In a surprising and likely unintended reveal, it seems that Platinum Games is remastering bothBayonettaandVanquishfor release on the Xbox One. Social media tracking bots for the Microsoft Store noted Thursday morning that a new profile for aVanquishremaster had been published. As fans of the originalVanquishconsidered the veracity of the listing, another was posted for aBayonettaremaster. Shortly to follow, aBayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundlelisting went up as well.
TheBayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundleprovides some further detail regarding Platinum’s remaster of each game. According to the listing, both games have been remastered so as to allow for4K resolution and 60fps on the Xbox One X, which is an incredible upgrade for the near-10-year-old games. And while it’s so much of a big deal, both games are confirmed to have Xbox Live cloud saves and Xbox Live achievements, as well.
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Just as important as the reveal itself is also the confirmation of the two remasters' planned release date. According to the leak, both games will launch on July 22, 2025. That’s just ahead of what’s looking to be a very packed March for new games. This will be the first time thatVanquishandBayonettaare fully released on Xbox One, outside of backward compatibility. It’ll be the first opportunity for a lot of gamers to play two ofPlatinum Games' best releases.
PlayStation gamers who might be worried that Xbox One is scoring a couple of great exclusively shouldn’t fret. While the current leak only implies that theBayonettaandVanquishremasters are coming to Xbox One, that’s just due to the nature of the leak. Though there is a rumor thatVanquish 2is an Xbox exclusive, so anything’s possible. It’s more than likely that the two games will also come to PS4. As for whether the games will also come to the Nintendo Switch, that’s less likely.
For now, it’s best to consider the reveal ofVanquishandBayonetta’s remasters for Xbox One as a rumor. An official announcement is all but certain to be coming in the next week, but stranger mistakes have happened. After all, rumors about aVanquishandBayonettaremaster have been swirling since 2017after box art for the same two-game bundle was leaked. It seems to have taken two years extra to get the games near-finished, which shows that any plans can be delayed or canceled.
BayonettaandVanquishRemastered are rumored to release June 05, 2025 on Xbox One.
