Also during this time FromSoftware would release Armored Core, the first in a mech game series which would go on to spawn many sequels. IGN would later note that the latter was 'effectively a King's Field follow-up' as it shared many of the gameplay conventions with it. After releasing a third title in that series, FromSoftware moved on to release Echo Night as well as Shadow Tower in 1998. The game did not see a release in North America, although a 1995 sequel would later be released in North America bearing the same title, which was released as King's Field II in Japan.
Their first video game did not come until 1994, when they released King's Field as a launch title for the PlayStation. FromSoftware was founded as a productivity software developer in Tokyo, Japan, on November 1, 1986.
