Future of Elden Ring could be changed forever as FromSoftware takes full ownership

  ❘   Printed: 2024-02-16T15:29:45

The Elden Ring builders FromSoftware have taken full possession of the IP after the rights have been transfered to them by Bandai Namco.

The information might come as a shock to some because the rights to Elden Ring had beforehand been owned by FromSoftware and Bandai Namco. Nonetheless, it now seems that after a large funding of cash from each Sony and Tencent, FromSoftware has been ready aquire the rights to the sport from Bandai Namco after the writer transfered them again in April 2023.

It’s shocking, as many gamers and pundits (ourselves included) anticipated Elden Ring’s former co-owner and writer, Bandai Namco, to push for a sequel, particularly since Elden Ring was thought of one of the crucial profitable video games of 2022. Nonetheless, it might now appear that FromSoftware is in full management of the franchise’s future going ahead, so will probably be fascinating to see the place it goes from right here.

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FromSoftware is now the only real proprietor of Elden Ring.

It was reported earlier in 2024 that Tencent was working with Elden Ring on a cell spin-off recreation, one thing that may beforehand have been very out of character for the Souls developer. Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have collaborated on Souls video games for a very long time, with Ban Nam being the writer of all three Darkish Souls video games previous to Elden Ring.

Sony and FromSoftware even have a historical past of working collectively, with the house owners of the PlayStation model serving as publishers for FromSoftware’s different Souls video games; Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne. A more in-depth connection between Sony and FromSoft might be nice information for Bloodborne followers, who’ve been craving a sequel for years now.

Nonetheless, it does depart the way forward for an Elden Ring sequel up within the air considerably. Though it’s totally doable that FromSoftware may use Sony or one other writer to choose up these duties, even publishing the sequel themselves doubtlessly. The change additionally doesn’t totally rule out Bandai Namco as a writer of Elden Ring 2, though it does make it considerably unlikely.