Sony has acquired a Kadokawa. This follows experiences that Sony was in talks to . It seems to be like that isn’t occurring, however Sony has boosted its complete 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 seemingly made this transfer to get its arms on a few of Kadokawa’s IP, which incorporates the whole roster of FromSoftware video games and franchises created by Spike Chunsoft and Gotcha Gotcha Games. Kadokawa additionally publishes a boatload of anime and manga. A press launch famous that the 2 corporations will now “talk about particular initiatives for collaboration,” which is able to embrace “live-action movies and TV drama.”
Does this imply that we’ll quickly get an Elden Ring or Dark Souls film? These are a few of Kadokawa’s most distinguished franchises, so it’s definitely attainable. The corporations have additionally promised to advertise the “international enlargement 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 yr.
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