Elden Ring FromSoftware’s notoriously difficult action-RPG was not a hit with fans. Today, Tencent Holdings and Sony announced that they have acquired 30% souls-Series developer shares were divided in favor of Tencent. FromSoftware is expected to earn $260 million from the settlement.
Today’s An announcement from FromSoft’s parent company, Kadokawa Sony and Tencent own 14.09% and 16.25% of FromSoft, respectively. The statement suggests that Kadokawa wants FromSoftware to be able to expand its development efforts; Kadokawa sees “increasing opportunities to create, develop and deploy [FromSoft] As one of the game IP [Kadokawa] The group’s highest priorities.”
One of the goals is to give FromSoft the resources it needs grow up Elden Ring included in the franchise it goes beyond just video games.
Elden Ring It built on the foundation first laid in FromSoftware’s 2009 PS3 game. Demon’s Souls. in the form of a set of three spiritual sequels dark spirits trilogy, as well as two other similar titles (bloody and Sekiro), this challenging and mysterious action certainly expanded the audience for RPGs. But none of them reached a critical mass Elden Ringwhich household names for sale whom Call of Duty and led to viral flow feelings and the hype that simply won’t do to die.
Shanghai-based conglomerate Tencent continues the trend of investment and acquisitions. he owns 5% of Assassin’s Creed and Crying away publisher Ubisoft, completed the purchase of League of Legends‘ developer Riot Games, It owns 40% of Epic Gamesand shares many, many, many, many other gaming companies. Horse polygonal notesit also owns 5% of Activision Blizzard. It’s a remarkable effort to gain Call of Duty clear publisher regulatory screening.
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Sony has also been on a spending spree too, though it looks a bit more modest compared to Tencent. Perhaps most notably, Sony once acquired Microsoft affiliate Bungie For $3.6 billion in January. Also the home of PlayStation Moved to acquire Bluepoint, a studio known for its critically acclaimed remakes. So does Sony He invested a billion dollars in Epic Games returned in April.
Anyway, maybe FromSoft could use some new money add easy mode so I can finally get the damn things done.
