Octopath Traveler developer Acquire has been acquired by FromSoftware’s parent company, Kadokawa Corporation, for an undisclosed sum. The Japanese conglomerate announced the acquisition in its quarterly earnings report published today.
The acquisition makes Acquire a sister company to FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft. For the uninitiated, FromSoftware is the creator of lesser-known games Dark Souls, Elden Ring, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Spike Chunsoft is also no slouch, being behind the Danganronpa and AI: The Somnium Files franchises.
Acquire has made many games outside Octopath Traveler and its continuation, incl VR, Akiba’s Beat No Heroes Allowed and Akiba’s Journey: Undead and Undressed. Kadokawa said the acquisition should help the company “create synergies” with its “existing gaming-related subsidiaries.” We don’t know what that means, but we hope it refers to something weird Octopath Traveler and Elden Ring crossover title.
Kadokawa also says the move will increase its “console game lineup.” It is as true as the original Octopath Traveler and so on Those are big numbers for JRPGs with old-school mechanics. The company has yet to reveal whether it will trust Square Enix to publish future entries in the Octopath franchise, but with these sales numbers, it’s a pretty safe bet.
Last year Octopath Traveler 2 came to mostly positive reviews, many people for the same reason The eight storylines don’t intersect enough, making everything seem random and disjointed. Still, the games are great and manage to capitalize on nostalgia for retro game mechanics. Even if they struggle with some of the execution, they “feel” like a classic Square Enix RPG.
