Japanese Sony and a Chinese giant tencent invest together in FromSoftware, authors of Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro or the latest Elden Ring. This was announced by the parent company of the studio. Kadokawa Corporation. Sony will receive a 14% stake in Japanese developers, Tencent will receive another two percent. At the same time, the aforementioned Kadokawa remains the majority owner of almost 70% of the shares.
The investment cost Asian corporations more than 36 billion yen, which is approximately $260 million. FromSoftware wants to invest the funds raised to strengthen its brands and make it easier to release games outside of Japan. Developers often had to resort to cooperation with other companies – for example, Sekiro was published in the West by Activision.
FromSoftware is also ready to provide more of your PC games. About a possible port or remaster Bloody it was supposed for a long time, as well as talk about a sequel, both in conjunction with Sony and with the studio Bluepoint and Knickswhich the Japanese colossus has recently acquired.
Source :Indian TV
