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Bayonetta Creator Is Demanding an Apology After Voice Acting Controversy

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Around three years ago, Hellena Taylor, the former voice behind Bayonetta, posted a series of incendiary social media posts that called out PlatinumGames, the studio behind the Japanese action game franchise. Though Taylor had voiced the sultry character for years, she had been replaced for Bayonetta 3 — and she claimed it was over an “insulting” pay dispute. And now, world-class blocker and shit-talker Hideki Kamiya, who directed the original B…

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The former head of PlatinumGames, Hideki Kamiya, has finally responded to Bayonetta 3’s polemic about her dubbing actress Helena Taylor. In 2022, before the third game was released, Taylor revealed that she had been badly paid for her work in a franchise that attracted millions of dollars. At first, Taylor claimed that she had only been offered $4,000 for her return as Bayonetta, but then it was revealed that her total offer was closer to $20,00…

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GameLuster broke the news in on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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