{"id":46634,"date":"2025-04-03T11:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46634"},"modified":"2025-04-03T11:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:27:40","slug":"fromsoftware-owner-kadokawa-sees-stocks-soar-following-the-duskbloods-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/fromsoftware-owner-kadokawa-sees-stocks-soar-following-the-duskbloods-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"FromSoftware owner Kadokawa&#8217;s stocks soar following The Duskbloods announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite an overall downward trend in the market, Kadokawa Corporation\u2019s stock price has been on a sharp rise on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/403477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gamebiz<\/a>). This comes after new announcements from developer <strong>FromSoftware<\/strong> during April 2\u2019s Nintendo Direct.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kadokawa saw shares rise by 6.9% compared to the previous trading day to 3,866 JPY. This is the highest the publisher\u2019s stocks have risen since December last year, when it announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/sony-to-become-kadokawa-largest-shareholder-in-new-co-operative-business-alliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strategic capital and business alliance with Sony<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Duskbloods \u2013 Nintendo Direct | Nintendo Switch 2\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/niKHDEKQ7xA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kadokawa Corporation owns 70% of FromSoftware, with Tencent and Sony owning the remaining 16% and 14% respectively. Yesterday, FromSoftware announced that it will be releasing The Duskbloods, a brand-new IP, as a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, as well as a Tarnished Edition of Elden Ring. Likewise releasing on the Switch 2, the Tarnished Edition will include Elden Ring\u2019s base game, the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, and additional new content such as weapons, armor and mount customization.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set to launch simultaneously worldwide in 2026, The Duskbloods is a multiplayer-focused PvPvE title that has already sparked much interest as gamers liken it to a \u201cspiritual sequel to Bloodborne\u201d that they\u2019ve been waiting for all this time. The announcement seems to have affected buyer interest just as much, driving publisher Kadokawa\u2019s shares.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst an overall downward trend in the market, Kadokawa Corporation&#8217; stocks are soaring after new announcements from FromSoftware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":46636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[261,17],"class_list":["post-46634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-financial-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FromSoftware owner Kadokawa&#039;s stocks soar following The Duskbloods announcement - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amidst an overall downward trend in the market, Kadokawa Corporation&#039; stocks are soaring after new announcements from FromSoftware.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/fromsoftware-owner-kadokawa-sees-stocks-soar-following-the-duskbloods-announcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FromSoftware owner Kadokawa&#039;s stocks soar following The Duskbloods announcement - 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