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FromSoftware's parent company Kadokawa says that the team is "currently working hard on the development of DLC for Elden Ring."

A trial looking into bribery at the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has begun

A former Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive who has been arrested in a bribery probe is suspected of proposing that Games sponsorship fees from a major publisher be diverted to an acquaintance's consulting firm, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee who was arrested last month on suspicion of receiving bribes from one Games sponsor, Aoki Holdings, Inc., was rearrested on Tuesday on suspicion of receiving a total of about 76 million yen in bribes…

Japanese prosecutors arrested two officials at a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday as part of a widening bribery investigation that media said involved a former member of the Tokyo 2020 board.

Hironori Aoki, the former chairman of Aoki Holdings, Inc. who is under investigation for alleged bribery related to the Tokyo Olympics, has admitted that he made bribes, according to sources.

Rumors that Sony would buy 'Dark Souls' dev FromSoftware still haven't panned out, but Sony and Tencent recently buying shares could change FromSoft's future.

As part of the forward-looking statements in Kadokawa’s financial results, it mentions “development of console games originating from books and animated titles” as a future goal.

Rumors of Sony purchasing Elden Ring developer FromSoftware have been running rampant, but it's seems somewhat unlikely in the grand scheme of things.