The rumour is no longer a rumour, so I hope youXboxfolks aren’t fans of soulslikes.
Yeah, you can probably figure out where I’m going with this already, asSonyhas officially confirmed their interest in buyingElden RingandDark SoulsdeveloperFromSoftware’sparent company Kadokawa Corporation.
Obviously they also madeBloodbornebut, well, you Xbox owners were never getting that one anyway.
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In case you need a quick refresher, we’vebeen hearing a lot of chatterregarding Sony’s purchase of Kadokawa Corporation since the end of last month.
Kadokawa are primarily in the anime and manga publishing side of things (as they own several huge Japanese publishers such as Yen Press, ASCII Media Works and Enterbrain), but they do also happen to own a little video game developer you might have heard of called FromSoftware.
To be fair, we did basically have confirmation of this a long time ago - but said confirmation came from Kadokawa, not Sony.
ICYMI: FromSoft revealed Elden Ring: Nightreign yesterday.
Back when the story first broke, Sony actually declined to comment on the acquisition following a statement from Kadokawa’s CEO Takeshi Natsuno that they had received a “letter of intent to acquire the company’s shares” from Sony.
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It seems Sony is sick of being badgered about it however, as they finally confirmed their plans to purchase the companyin a statement to Yahoo Japan.
“It’s true that we have made an initial statement of intent. We would appreciate it if we could refrain from further comment,” a Sony representative revealed to Yahoo Japan.
According to a few of Kadokawa’s employees, it actually turns out that Kadokawa approached Sony and asked them to purchase the company instead of the other way around (like many assumed).
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Hey, at least they announcedthat newElden Ringgame before everything was finalised, so you’ll assumedly still get that one on Xbox.
Might wanna savour it though, because I’d be surprised ifElden Ring 2orDark Souls 4ever come your way once Sony owns FromSoftware.
Topics:Fromsoftware,Xbox,Sony,Microsoft,PlayStation,Elden Ring,Dark Souls,Bloodborne
