Japan’s Kadokawa Group (KADOKAWA) announced today (31) that China’s Tencent and Japan’s Sony have officially invested in FromSoftware, a game developer under Kadokawa, becoming one of the three major shareholders.
FromSoftware, which created the well-known “Dark Souls” trilogy and created high-profile soul works such as “Bloodborne Curse”, “Sekiro: Shadow Double Death” and “Elden Circle”, has always been a subsidiary of Kadokawa Group in the past. company.
However, this time FromSoftware issued a total of 36.4 billion yen in new shares, of which Tencent subsidiary Sixjoy Hong Kong holds 16.25%, Sony Interactive Entertainment holds 14.09%, and Kadokawa Group holds 69.66% and remains the largest shareholder.
According to the official announcement, this time the funds will be used for FromSoftware’s new IP development and global business, and the official has continued to recruit talents in the near future. Foreign media generally believe that “Ayrden Circle” is likely to have follow-up new works that will continue to be published.
