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In 2015, Adam graduated from the University of Aberystwyth with a bachelor's in Media and Communications. Working in the industry for over ten years. If it has anything to do with Nintendo and Pok\u00e9mon chances are you will see me talking about it, covering, and likely not sleeping while playing it.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/MonkeyKingHero"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/adam-newell"}]}},"raw_content":"Sony is reportedly acquiring Kadokawa, a huge Japanese conglomerate company that owns everything from video game studios to television and anime. This has led many fans to wonder what Sony could get\u00a0if the deal goes through. On the gaming side, Sony could get Spike Chunsoft, Acquire, Gotcha Gotcha Games, FromNetworks, and the 70 percent stage of FromSoftware that Kadokawa owns. Sony already owns a 14 percent stake in FromSoftware before the reported merger, which would put it far from owning the entire company. The biggest losers from this potential takeover include Bandai Namco, which publishes many of Kadokawa's games and works with its studios to make titles like the recently popular Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, the Souls games, and more. Nintendo also works with Spike Chunsoft and other Kadokawa companies to make titles like Pok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon. The sheer scale of properties that Sony could be picking up here is massive, so to give you an idea of what Sony could own if the takeover goes through and what games and series might be under threat, here is a complete list of games, franchises, and companies that could soon follow Kadokawa to Sony. Table of contentsKadokawa video game companies that could join SonyFromSoftwareSpike ChunsoftAcquireGotcha Gotcha GamesOther companies Sony could acquire through Kadokawa takeoverPublicationsMedia CompaniesFilms, TV, Anime, and Visuals Kadokawa video game companies that could join Sony FromSoftware FromSoftware is the biggest hook here on Kadokawa's game division, with many franchises under its wings. Some of the popular series include: King's Field Armored Core Demon's Souls Dark Souls Bloodborne Sekiro Elden Ring Some smaller games are also on the list:\u00a0Echo Night, Shadow Tower, Lost Kingdoms, Otogi, and more. But most FromSoftware fans will know the studio for the titles above. Spike Chunsoft Spike Chunsoft is an orthodox studio known mainly for a few franchises with a cult following and co-developing games for other publishers using its licenses. Some of the bigger Spike Chunsoft franchises include: The Sound Novel series The Mystery Dungeon series (Pok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon is a licensed version of the franchise that is developed with Chunsoft's permission, as an example) Zero Escape Fire Pro Wrestling Danganronbpa Conception Kenka Bancho On top of these franchises, Spike Chunsoft also works closely with other studios to co-create games, some of which are massive. Spike Chunsoft recently worked with Bandai Namco to create\u00a0Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero\u00a0and helped Nintendo create\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon\u00a0games. Spike Chunsoft is also a publisher for many Western third-party games in Japan.\u00a0Witcher 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Ark, Cyberpunk, and other huge Western franchises were only published in Japan, thanks to Spike Chunsoft. Acquire A recent acquisition in 2024, Acquire is better known for co-developing games over making its own franchises. It has worked with many studios like Nintendo and Square Enix to make recent games like Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Octopath Traveler, and the Tenchu: Stealth Assassins series, with the latter being for PlayStation. Gotcha Gotcha Games PC players might know Gotcha Gotcha Games for creating one of the best game makers on the market. Pixel Game Maker MV, RPG Maker MV, and more maker games that let fans create their own games with a pre-built engine are popular among PC owners, especially in Japan. Other companies Sony could acquire through Kadokawa takeover Kadokawa isn't just a games division, either. The studio owns a bunch of companies in other spaces outside of Interactive entertainment, which includes the following: Publications BookWalker (and its subsidiaries, including GeeXPlus, Inc, and Trista) Choubunsha Publishing Co. Comic Walker eb Creative Japan Digital Library Service Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories Kadokawa Book Navi Kadokawa Future Publishing (and its subsidiaries like Media Factory) Kadokawa Game Linkage Kadokawa Uplink Mainichi GA Hakken Production Ace Gaspereau Press Media Companies Dwango (and its subsidiaries like Niconico) Docomo Anime Store 80% of K.Sense Kadokawa Media House Kadokawa Uplink Kids Net Movie Walker T Gate Smile Edge Films, TV, Anime, and Visuals Doga Kobo 53% of ENGI\u00a0 EuropaCorp Japan Glovision Japan Film Fund Kadokawa Anime Kadokawa Architecture Kadokawa Daiei Studio Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting Movie Walker Studio Kadan A host of other Japanese companies like ATX and other Kadokawa-licensed projects would fall into Sony's hands, showing the sheer scale of what this takeover could do in Japan outside of just video games.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/04071305\/maxresdefault-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/916"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464871"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465021,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464871\/revisions\/1465021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464871"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=1464871"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=1464871"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=1464871"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1464871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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The biggest losers from this potential takeover include Bandai Namco, which publishes many of Kadokawa's games and works with its studios to make titles like the recently popular Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, the Souls games, and more. Nintendo also works with Spike Chunsoft and other Kadokawa companies to make titles like Pok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon. The sheer scale of properties that Sony could be picking up here is massive, so to give you an idea of what Sony could own if the takeover goes through and what games and series might be under threat, here is a complete list of games, franchises, and companies that could soon follow Kadokawa to Sony. Table of contentsKadokawa video game companies that could join SonyFromSoftwareSpike ChunsoftAcquireGotcha Gotcha GamesOther companies Sony could acquire through Kadokawa takeoverPublicationsMedia CompaniesFilms, TV, Anime, and Visuals Kadokawa video game companies that could join Sony FromSoftware FromSoftware is the biggest hook here on Kadokawa's game division, with many franchises under its wings. Some of the popular series include: King's Field Armored Core Demon's Souls Dark Souls Bloodborne Sekiro Elden Ring Some smaller games are also on the list:\u00a0Echo Night, Shadow Tower, Lost Kingdoms, Otogi, and more. But most FromSoftware fans will know the studio for the titles above. Spike Chunsoft Spike Chunsoft is an orthodox studio known mainly for a few franchises with a cult following and co-developing games for other publishers using its licenses. Some of the bigger Spike Chunsoft franchises include: The Sound Novel series The Mystery Dungeon series (Pok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon is a licensed version of the franchise that is developed with Chunsoft's permission, as an example) Zero Escape Fire Pro Wrestling Danganronbpa Conception Kenka Bancho On top of these franchises, Spike Chunsoft also works closely with other studios to co-create games, some of which are massive. Spike Chunsoft recently worked with Bandai Namco to create\u00a0Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero\u00a0and helped Nintendo create\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon\u00a0games. Spike Chunsoft is also a publisher for many Western third-party games in Japan.\u00a0Witcher 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Ark, Cyberpunk, and other huge Western franchises were only published in Japan, thanks to Spike Chunsoft. Acquire A recent acquisition in 2024, Acquire is better known for co-developing games over making its own franchises. It has worked with many studios like Nintendo and Square Enix to make recent games like Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Octopath Traveler, and the Tenchu: Stealth Assassins series, with the latter being for PlayStation. Gotcha Gotcha Games PC players might know Gotcha Gotcha Games for creating one of the best game makers on the market. Pixel Game Maker MV, RPG Maker MV, and more maker games that let fans create their own games with a pre-built engine are popular among PC owners, especially in Japan. Other companies Sony could acquire through Kadokawa takeover Kadokawa isn't just a games division, either. The studio owns a bunch of companies in other spaces outside of Interactive entertainment, which includes the following: Publications BookWalker (and its subsidiaries, including GeeXPlus, Inc, and Trista) Choubunsha Publishing Co. Comic Walker eb Creative Japan Digital Library Service Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories Kadokawa Book Navi Kadokawa Future Publishing (and its subsidiaries like Media Factory) Kadokawa Game Linkage Kadokawa Uplink Mainichi GA Hakken Production Ace Gaspereau Press Media Companies Dwango (and its subsidiaries like Niconico) Docomo Anime Store 80% of K.Sense Kadokawa Media House Kadokawa Uplink Kids Net Movie Walker T Gate Smile Edge Films, TV, Anime, and Visuals Doga Kobo 53% of ENGI\u00a0 EuropaCorp Japan Glovision Japan Film Fund Kadokawa Anime Kadokawa Architecture Kadokawa Daiei Studio Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting Movie Walker Studio Kadan A host of other Japanese companies like ATX and other Kadokawa-licensed projects would fall into Sony's hands, showing the sheer scale of what this takeover could do in Japan outside of just video games.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/04071305\/maxresdefault-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/916"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464871"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465021,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464871\/revisions\/1465021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464871"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=1464871"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=1464871"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=1464871"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1464871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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Sony is reportedly acquiring Kadokawa, a huge Japanese conglomerate company that owns everything from video game studios to television and anime. This has led many fans to wonder what Sony could get if the deal goes through<\/span>.<\/p>

On the gaming side, Sony could get Spike Chunsoft, Acquire, Gotcha Gotcha Games, FromNetworks, and the 70 percent stage of FromSoftware that Kadokawa owns. Sony already owns a 14 percent stake in FromSoftware before the reported merger<\/a>, which would put it far from owning the entire company.<\/p>

The biggest losers from this potential takeover include Bandai Namco, which publishes many of Kadokawa’s games and works with its studios to make titles like the recently popular Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero<\/a><\/em>, the Souls <\/em>games<\/a>, and more. Nintendo also works with Spike Chunsoft and other Kadokawa companies to make titles like Pok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon.<\/a><\/em><\/p>

The sheer scale of properties that Sony could be picking up here is massive, so to give you an idea of what Sony could own if the takeover goes through and what games and series might be under threat, here is a complete list of games, franchises, and companies that could soon follow Kadokawa to Sony.<\/p>