Tencent and Sony to buy into Elden Ring game developer in $260m deal

Share sale will fund more in-house development at Kadokawa-owned studio

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FromSoftware's Elden Ring had sold 16.6 million copies as of June. © Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. / ©2022 FromSoftware, Inc.

JYO CHOU, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Tencent Holdings and Sony Group will take stakes in FromSoftware, the Japanese developer of the hit action role-playing game Elden Ring.

The private share placement in September will raise about 36 billion yen ($260 million), to be used to step up game development and expand international sales, FromSoftware parent Kadokawa said Wednesday.

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