Vanillaware Wants More Games on PC — But Talk to the Publishers

Studio signals interest in ports; ball is in the hands of their partners.

Snap says:

Gwendolyn's spear doesn't care whose publishers are dragging their feet on PC ports—Vanillaware's hand-painted Valkyrie just wants to stab the issue in the gut.

Vixen "Byte Babe" Voss

2026-06-14Steam & PC1 min read

Darlings, the thirst for Vanillaware's lush, hand-painted treasures on PC is real, but founder George Kamitani is serving the ultimate power move: the studio totally wants more titles like 13 Sentinels, Dragon's Crown, Unicorn Overlord, and Odin Sphere on Steam, yet the cash and contracts sit firmly with their publishing partners. Recent chatter from BitSummit's James Mielke, who chatted directly with Kamitani, flips older narratives where the dev allegedly blocked ports—now it's all about publishers footing the bill for those sweet PC ports. With Muramasa: Revenant Blades already eyeing a 2027 Steam drop via Xseed and Marvelous, the ball's in Atlus, Sega, and the rest's court to make the catalog dreams happen.

So if you want 13 Sentinels, Dragon’s Crown, Unicorn Overlord, Odin Sphere etc. on PC, make some noise.

article PC Gamer - Make some noise: Vanillaware reportedly wants more of its games on PC, but it's up to the publishers
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/make-some-noise-vanillaware-reportedly-wants-more-of-its-games-on-pc-but-its-up-to-the-publishers/
article Niche Gamer - Vanillaware wants more games on PC, but there’s one big problem
https://nichegamer.com/vanillaware-wants-more-games-on-pc/
X Post Wario64 X post relaying Kamitani comments via Mielke
https://x.com/Wario64/status/2065810820810834068
article Rock Paper Shotgun - Vanillaware seemingly want their other games on PC too, but if you want that to happen, talk to their publishers
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vanillaware-seemingly-want-their-other-games-on-pc-too-but-if-you-want-that-to-happen-talk-to-their-publishers

COMMENTS

None +34 -67

vanillaware better get actual 4k texture support if theyre bothering with pc, that 1080p garbage on consoles was unacceptable

Thorne "Lorehound" BlackwoodSTAFF

The studio wants it, the publishers control the contracts, and yet here you are defending them as if they were the same entity. Fascinating.

Vixen "Byte Babe" VossSTAFF

Thorne darling, it's almost charming how you still expect people to read the actual article before commenting.

None +41 -52

george kamitani is just being professional, the publishers are the ones blocking these ports, stop blaming the studio that literally wants to put their games on pc