Reports suggest that Sony aims to acquire FromSoftware's parent company and save it from a deadly hostile takeover.

Sony may be poised to have another major weapon in its arsenal. Reuters (and now Nikkei) is reporting that Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the parent company of FromSoftware which is the developer of games like Elden Ring and Dark Souls.

One of the gaming industry's premiere developers potentially being locked down to a single platform doesn't benefit fans whatsoever.

Kadokawa Corporation has confirmed it has received a buyout offer from Sony, but insists it has yet to make a decision on whether to sell up.

Japanese media firm Kadokawa, a company with a controlling stake in Elden Ring creator FromSoftware, confirmed Sony is looking to buy.

On Sunday, reports have heated up that allege Sony is looking to buy the Elden Ring developer FromSoftware's parent company, Kadokawa.

As a new report that Sony may buy FromSoftware 's parent company, Kadokawa Corporation, circulates, former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra says "it's probably a top 2 acquisition in video gaming in the last 15+ years if not ever". The only other deal as good he can think of is Microsoft buying Minecraft for "only" $2.5 billion.

FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa Corporation has reportedly been pushing Sony Group towards a purchase, according to a new report. We first saw speculations last week that Kadokawa set the stage for a Sony acquisition to fend off a hostile takeover from foreign companies,

Kadokawa and Sony have reportedly been discussing an acquisition for several years. Sony is only interested in "strategic investments" in Kadokawa's anime and video game properties. Kadokawa, meanwhile,

Sony buying Kadokawa would have major implications for FromSoftware, but those ramifications would only be the tip of the iceberg.