By cryptoadmin 
Sony has acquired a serious stake in FromSoftware’s mum or dad firm Kadokawa. This follows stories that Sony was in talks to buy the corporate outright. It seems like that isn’t occurring, however Sony has boosted its whole possession of Kadokawa as much as ten p.c after spending round $300 million on extra shares. This makes Sony the most important shareholder of the Japanese writer.
Sony possible made this transfer to get its fingers on a few of Kadokawa’s IP, which incorporates the complete roster of FromSoftware video games and franchises created by Spike Chunsoft and Gotcha Gotcha Video games. Kadokawa additionally publishes a boatload of anime and manga. A press launch famous that the 2 firms will now “talk about particular initiatives for collaboration,” which can embrace “live-action movies and TV drama.”
Does this imply that we’ll quickly get an Elden Ring or Darkish Souls film? These are a few of Kadokawa’s most distinguished franchises, so it’s actually potential. The businesses have additionally promised to advertise the “world growth of a variety of leisure, together with anime and video games.”
As for console exclusivity, don’t maintain your breath. Sony already owns a 14 p.c stake in FromSoftware and video games like Elden Ring and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice can be found on PlayStation consoles, Xbox consoles and for PCs. To that finish, there's some co-op DLC coming to Elden Ring someday subsequent 12 months.
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