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FromSoftware

Japanese video game developer

Also known as FromSoftware, Inc. · From Software

Founded: November 1, 1986
Headquarters: Tokyo
, Shinjuku
Country: Japan
Industry: video game industry
Employees: 456(June 2024)
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1.fromsoftware.jp/ww/company_about.html
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, 349(May 2022)
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Parent: Kadokawa Corporation
Website: fromsoftware.jp/ww
, fromsoftware.jp/jp

Overview

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FromSoftware, Inc. is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Founded by Naotoshi Zin on November 1, 1986 as a business software developer, the company released their first video game, King's Field, for the PlayStation in 1994. Its success shifted FromSoftware to focus fully on games, with them producing two more King's Field games before the first release of the mecha shooter series Armored Core in 1997.

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Developed

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Demon's Souls(2009)
Ninja Blade(2009)
Souls(2009)
Shadow Assault: Tenchu(2008)
Armored Core: For Answer(2008)
Another Century's Episode 3: The Final(2007)
Armored Core 4(2006)
Tenchu Z(2006)
Chromehounds(2006)
Another Century's Episode 2(2006)
Enchanted Arms(2006)
Armored Core: Last Raven(2005)
Tenchu: Time of the Assassins(2005)
Another Century's Episode(2005)
Yoshitsune Eiyuuden: The Story of Hero Yoshitsune(2005)
Metal Wolf Chaos(2004)
Armored Core: Formula Front(2004)
Armored Core: Nine Breaker(2004)
Tenchu: Fatal Shadows(2004)
Kuon(2004)
Armored Core: Nexus(2004)
Echo Night: Beyond(2004)
Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors(2003)
Shadow Tower Abyss(2003)
Lost Kingdoms II(2003)
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven(2003)
Silent Line: Armored Core(2003)
Otogi: Myth of Demons(2002)
Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit(2002)
Lost Kingdoms(2002)
Armored Core 3(2002)
King's Field IV(2001)
Forever Kingdom(2001)
Armored Core 2: Another Age(2001)
The Adventures of Cookie & Cream(2000)
Armored Core 2(2000)
Evergrace(2000)
Eternal Ring(2000)
Frame Gride(1999)
Armored Core: Master of Arena(1999)
Echo Night 2: The Lord of Nightmares(1999)
Echo Night(1998)
Shadow Tower(1998)
Armored Core: Project Phantasma(1997)
Armored Core(1997)
King's Field III(1996)
King's Field II(1995)
King's Field(1994)
King's Field
Dark Souls

Published

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Produced

1 linked to FromSoftware in Wikidata

SSekiro2019 · character from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

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Legal form: kabushiki gaisha
Owned by: Kadokawa Shoten
Sixjoy Hong Kong Limited
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1.“Tencent and Sony Interactive Entertainment collectively acquire 30.34 percent of FromSoftware”gematsu.com/2022/08/tencent-and-sony-interactive-entertainment-collectively-acquire-30-34-percent-of-fromsoftwareRetrieved 2022-08-31
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Sony Interactive Entertainment
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1.“Tencent and Sony Interactive Entertainment collectively acquire 30.34 percent of FromSoftware”gematsu.com/2022/08/tencent-and-sony-interactive-entertainment-collectively-acquire-30-34-percent-of-fromsoftwareRetrieved 2022-08-31
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Social media followers: 180,847(May 23, 2023) subreddit: fromsoftware
444,218(February 7, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 150151699
307,962(February 21, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 150151699
231,443(January 3, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 150151699
Nominations: Golden Joystick Awards − Studio of the Year(November 22, 2022) statement is subject of: Golden Joystick Awards 2022
The Game Awards − Developer of the Year(November 13, 2015) statement is subject of: The Game Awards 2015
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1.polygon.com/2015/11/13/9728874/the-game-awards-2015-nominees
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Awards: Golden Joystick Awards − Studio of the Year(November 22, 2022) statement is subject of: Golden Joystick Awards 2022

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