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Japanese video game visitor

FromSoftware, Inc.

Native name	株式会社フロム・ソフトウェア
Romanized proper noun	Kabushiki gaisha furomu sofutowea
Type	Kabushiki gaisha subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	November i, 1986; 35 years ago  (1986-11-01)
Founder	Naotoshi Zin[1]
Headquarters	Tokyo , Japan
Fundamental people	Hidetaka Miyazaki (Representative Managing director and President) [2] Masanori Takeuchi (Senior Managing Manager) [2]
Products	Rex’s Field Armored Core Souls Bloodborne Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Elden Ring
Number of employees	332 (2021[ii])
Parent	Kadokawa Corporation
Website	fromsoftware.jp

FromSoftware, Inc.
is a Japanese video game development visitor founded in November 1986 and a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation. The company is all-time known for their
Armored Cadre
and
Souls
series, including the related games
Bloodborne,
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
and
Elden Band, known for their high levels of difficulty.

History

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FromSoftware was founded as a productivity software developer in Tokyo, Japan, on November i, 1986. Their first video game did non come until 1994, when they released
Male monarch’s Field
equally a launch title for the PlayStation.^[three]
The game did not encounter a release in North America, although a 1995 sequel would later on exist released in North America bearing the same title and known every bit
Rex’south Field Two
in Nihon. After releasing a third title in that series, FromSoftware moved on to release
Echo Dark
every bit well equally
Shadow Belfry
in 1998. IGN would later annotation that the latter was “finer a
Rex’south Field
follow-up” as it shared many of the gameplay conventions with it. Also during this time FromSoftware would release
Armored Core, the kickoff in a mech game series which would continue to spawn many sequels.^[4]
The making of
Armored Core
solidified the company’s development skills, and in July 1999, they released the multiplayer activity game
Frame Gride
for the Sega Dreamcast.^[5]

When the PlayStation 2 was launched in 2000, FromSoftware supported the organization with the two RPGs
Eternal Ring, which like the
Male monarch’s Field
series is a first person RPG, and
Evergrace, a more than conventional activity RPG viewed from a third person perspective.^[four]
In addition to these titles, FromSoftware published
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, a stealth game that combines activeness and adventure elements.^[5]
The company besides released a pair of sequels to their PlayStation 1 offerings with
Male monarch’due south Field Four
and
Shadow Tower Completeness.^[4]
FromSoftware also released the
Lost Kingdoms
titles for the GameCube, a competing sixth generation panel.^[4]
IGN would annotation nonetheless that during this generation FromSoftware’s focus would shift from RPGs to mech games due in function to the success of the
Armored Core
series. In 2002, FromSoftware released the mech action game
Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit
for the Xbox before entering the mobile game market, where they released another
Rex’due south Field
title.^[5]
In 2004, they released another Xbox title,
Metal Wolf Chaos.
In 2005, FromSoftware would start to produce a serial of licensed games based on the various anime backdrop nether the banner
Another Century’south Episode.^[4]
In the aforementioned year, the company hosted the video game manufacture’due south first internship that let students experience game development through a game creation kit,
Adventure Player, for the PlayStation Portable.^[5]
In 2008, FromSoftware underwent a stock split before entering the Nintendo Wii market to release
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins.^[5]
Afterwards the success of Dark Souls in 2011, Hidetaka Miyazaki became the president of FromSoftware in May 2014.^[6]

In Apr 2014, Kadokawa Corporation announced its intention to buy the company from onetime shareholder Transcosmos. The deal was finalized on May 21, 2014.^[7]
In Dec 2015, FromSoftware was nominated for developer of the year at The Game Awards 2015, but lost to CD Projekt Crimson.^[8]
In January 2016, FromSoftware established a studio in Fukuoka that focuses on creating computer-generated imagery (CGI) avails for their games.^[9]
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Games

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With fifteen games adult, the
Armored Core
series is the studio’s longest running franchise. The most recent championship,
Armored Cadre: Verdict Twenty-four hour period, was released worldwide in September 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Earlier, less notable outside Japan, titles include the
Enchanted Arms,
Male monarch’due south Field,
Chromehounds,
Otogi, and
Tenchu
series.

In 2009, FromSoftware released
Demon’s Souls
for the PlayStation three, which brought them international exposure. Its spiritual successor,
Dark Souls, was released in 2011. In March 2014,
Dark Souls 2, was released, while
Dark Souls Three
was released in 2016.^[11]
A championship inspired by the
Souls
series,
Bloodborne, was released in March 2015. The
Souls series, forth with
Bloodborne, received widespread critical acclamation, as well equally strong sales domestically and internationally.^{[12]
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They take also received a number of awards, primarily those for the role-playing genre, including multiple “RPG of the Year” and Game of the Twelvemonth awards.^{[15]
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Since release,
Dark Souls
and
Bloodborne
accept been cited by many publications to exist among the greatest games of all time.^{[19]
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In April 2016, FromSoftware revealed that they were working on a new intellectual holding, as well equally stating their intent to return to the
Armored Core
series.^[22]
Two games, the PlayStation VR exclusive
Déraciné
and the multiplatform
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, were announced at E3 2018.^[23]
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An activeness role-playing game featuring the collaboration of FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki and
A Song of Water ice and Burn down
serial writer George R. R. Martin, titled
Elden Ring, was released in 2022.^[25]

References

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External links

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• 
  Official website