Kadokawa Company, the father or mother firm of Elden Ring and Bloodborne developer FromSoftware, has acquired the studio behind Octopath Traveler.
As reported by Gematsu, Kadokawa revealed throughout its newest earnings outcomes it had made the studio, referred to as Purchase, a “wholly owned subsidiary”, putting it alongside the likes of fellow builders FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft.
Maybe greatest recognized for creating Octopath Traveler and its 2023 sequel, Purchase can also be liable for No Heroes Allowed VR, Akiba’s Beat, and Akiba’s Journey: Undead and Undressed.
“To strengthen the power to create IP in video games as a part of our recreation enterprise technique, we’ve got made ACQUIRE Corp. into a completely owned subsidiary,” Kadokawa stated.
“By buying the corporate, which has produced million-seller hit titles, we anticipate to generate synergies with our present game-related subsidiaries, strengthen our planning and improvement capabilities groupwide, and improve our lineup of console video games.”
It is unclear what the “synergies” between recreation studios will entail, but it surely’s seemingly associated to improvement effectivity relatively than seeing Elden Ring downloadable content material in Octopath Traveler 2 and vice versa.
The Octopath Traveler is probably most recognised for its artwork model, dubbed HD-2D, which reimagines basic role-playing recreation pixel artwork in a contemporary and dynamic means.
The most recent earned a 7/10 in IGN’s evaluation. “Octopath Traveler 2 is a really gratifying JRPG sequel that feels a bit too secure and acquainted,” we stated.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.