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Opinion

Does a Sony bid for Kadokawa make sense? | Opinion

Buying Elden Ring developer From Software would be a coup for Sony – but buying one of Japan's biggest media groups would be a complex and potentially difficult acquisition

Nov. 22, 2024 Rob Fahey

News

FromSoftware parent Kadokawa confirms buyout interest from Sony

Sony sent the firm a letter of intent to acquire its shares, but "no decision has been made at this time," CEO says

Nov. 20, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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FromSoftware to increase average basic salary pay by around 11.8%

Starting salary for new graduates will also increase from ¥260,000 to ¥300,000

Oct. 4, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon hits 3 million sales | News-in-brief

"Thank you to all Ravens, new and old, who have braved the fires and flown on borrowed wings"

July 25, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Elden Ring ships 25m units worldwide | News-in-brief

FromSoftware's action RPG launched in February 2022

June 13, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice sells 10m units | News-in-brief

The FromSoftware action-adventure title launched in 2019

Sept. 26, 2023 Sophie McEvoy

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Bandai Namco: Elden Ring success will "truly widen" Armored Core 6's audience

Publisher says sales expectations are "not on par with Elden Ring" but believes new title will break series records

Aug. 24, 2023 Marie Dealessandri

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Composer Yuka Kitamura exits FromSoftware after 12 years

The musician leaves the game studio to work as a freelancer

Aug. 1, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Elden Ring wins Nebula Award for Game Writing | News-in-brief

Hidetaka Miyazaki and George RR Martin's work was recognised during the 58th Annual Nebula Awards last week

May 22, 2023 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Elden Ring has sold 20m copies worldwide | News-in-brief

FromSoftware's acclaimed action RPG reaches milestone within less than a year of launch

Feb. 22, 2023 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Kadokawa: Elden Ring drove games sector revenue to an increase of 123% in Q3

The FromSoftware parent company's Q3 report also says that overall it saw a revenue increase of 27%

Feb. 3, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau

Feature

How much does From Software crunch?

Current and former staff at the Elden Ring developer respond to claims of excessive overtime and low pay

Nov. 29, 2022 Geoffrey Bunting

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Chairman of FromSoftware parent firm charged with bribery

Tsuguhiko Kadokawa and two other employees were arrested last month

Oct. 4, 2022 Danielle Partis

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Sony and Tencent acquire stakes in FromSoftware

Two firms take a combined 30% in Elden Ring maker

Aug. 31, 2022 Danielle Partis

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Bandai Namco was allegedly aware of Dark Souls PC security exploits for years

New report claims that publisher was advised by player reports dating as far back as 2019

Feb. 1, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Sony now has a stake in parent of Dark Souls dev From Software

PlayStation firm forms 'capital alliance' with Kadokawa Corporation, taking 1.93% ownership

Feb. 5, 2021 James Batchelor

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FromSoftware's Dark Souls series has now shipped 25m units

The franchise debuted in 2011, and has spanned three full titles

June 11, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Xbox closes E3 2019 conference with Project Scarlett, coming Holiday 2020

Hardware details, plus every major announcement from the platform holder's press conference

June 9, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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News

Bloodborne board game adaptation raises $1.6m in two days

Tabletop adaptation of FromSoftware's nightmarish monster-fest breaks funding goal in 17 minutes

April 25, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice sells 2m in less than ten days

FromSoftware's latest challenge on track to outsell Dark Souls games, Bloodborne over a comparable period

April 11, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

Feature

Why From Software chose Activision to publish Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

"When From Software knocks on your door and says 'hey, we wanna make a game,' you have only one answer right?"

Aug. 28, 2018 Ivy Taylor

Opinion

Tenchu: No prescription needed

Why I Love: Solar Sail's Tancred Dyke-Wells finds freedom in an overshadowed PSone ninja game

May 8, 2018 Tancred Dyke-Wells

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Hidetaka Miyazaki named From Software president

Dark Souls director takes role following Kadokawa acquisition

May 21, 2014 Rachel Weber

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News

From Software bought by Kadokawa Shoten - report

Japanese corporation will purchase 80 per cent of Dark Souls developer's stock

April 28, 2014 Matthew Handrahan

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Dark Souls has sold over 2.3 million units

From Software's tough RPG cut against the grain and found success

April 12, 2013 Matthew Handrahan

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