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Octopath Traveler<\/em> developer Acquire has been purchased by FromSoftware\u2019s parent company, the Kadokawa Corporation, for an undisclosed sum. The Japanese conglomerate announced the acquisition in a quarterly earnings report published today, as revealed by <\/ins>Gamesindustry.biz.<\/ins><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The purchase makes Acquire a sister company to FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft, among others. For the uninitiated, FromSoftware is the developer behind little known games like Dark Souls, Elden Ring and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.<\/em> Spike Chunsoft is also no slouch, as it's behind the Danganronpa and AI: The Somnium Files franchises.<\/p>\n

Acquire has made many games beyond Octopath Traveler<\/em> and its sequel, including No Heroes Allowed VR, Akiba's Beat<\/em> and Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed.<\/em> Kadokawa said the purchase should help the company \u201cgenerate synergies\u201d with its \u201cexisting game-related subsidiaries.\u201d We don\u2019t know what that means, but hopefully it refers to a bizarre Octopath Traveler<\/em> and Elden Ring<\/em> crossover title.<\/p>\n

Kadokawa also says the move will enhance its \u201cline-up of console games.\u201d This is true, as the original Octopath Traveler<\/em> sold over three million copies<\/ins><\/a> and the sequel sold a million copies in just three months.<\/ins><\/a> Those are big numbers for JRPGs with old-school mechanics. The company hasn\u2019t announced whether it\u2019ll still rely on Square Enix for publishing future entries in the Octopath franchise, but with those sales numbers it\u2019s a fairly safe bet.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Octopath Traveler 2<\/em> arrived to mostly positive reviews, though we dinged it<\/ins><\/a> for the same reason many people took umbrage with the original.<\/ins><\/a> The eight storylines don\u2019t intersect enough, making the whole thing seem kind of random and disconnected. Still, the games are gorgeous and manage to capitalize on nostalgia for retro gameplay mechanics. They \u201cfeel\u201d like classic Square Enix RPGs, even if they struggle with some of the execution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"