PlatinumGames Inc.(Japanese:プラチナゲームズ株式会社Hepburn:Purachina Gēmuzu Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japan-based independent video game development company. It was founded under the name Seeds, Inc. on August 1, 2006 by Shinji Mikami, Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya, the former key members of Capcom's Clover Studio and still retains many other former members of the studio.