A PlayStation government has shot down Sony FromSoftware acquisition speculations that stemmed from an harmless tweet that she printed over the weekend. Director and world head of third-party portfolio, Shawne Benson, posted a photograph of herself posing with an Elden Ring statue at work that shortly escalated into followers assuming that she was teasing a FromSoftware acquisition. It additionally spurred a frantic ResetEra thread that was promptly deleted, with Benson having to calm her followers down.
There’s no reality to rumors of Sony FromSoftware acquisition
Though rumored for some time, claims that Sony is eyeing FromSoftware have largely come from social media and Reddit want lists. No recognized insiders or dependable leakers have ever heard rumblings in regards to the corporations becoming a member of forces. The closest we’ve heard is Sony getting into right into a capital alliance with Kadokawa, which occurs to be FromSoftware’s father or mother firm. However that’s all it’s – a capital alliance between two Japanese corporations.
Simply displaying my new work bestie round campus. pic.twitter.com/rv03rij3ae
— Shawne Benson (@shawnethegirl) April 22, 2022
To place this to mattress…I’m simply an enormous fan of the sport. It was my first day again within the workplace and I noticed the statue close to my coworker’s desk. Nothing extra! As a reminder, my remit is on third get together CONTENT acquisitions. Not studios. That’s a very completely different staff!
— Shawne Benson (@shawnethegirl) April 22, 2022
Whereas Benson did her half to place the discourse to relaxation, a fast take a look at her replies counsel that some die-hard followers stay satisfied that there’s one thing occurring between Sony and FromSoftware. It doesn’t assist that Sony has confirmed we’ll hear extra on the acquisition entrance this yr, with journalists listening to experiences of “huge” plans.
In different information, Ubisoft’s leaked Undertaking Q has formally been confirmed, and Spider-Man PS1 dev has mentioned that he wouldn’t thoughts engaged on a remake.
