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One of the defining games of the last decade, Pokémon Go, now belongs to the Saudi Arabia government. Mobile game maker Scopely, which is owned by the Saudi royal investment fund, announced its ...
Scopely said it would buy Niantic’s video game business, which includes Pokémon Go, for $3.5 billion. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund acquired Scopely in 2023. By Yan Zhuang Niantic ...
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Niantic was still raking in hundreds of millions a year from the beloved mobile game when CEO John Hanke decided to sell its ...
Niantic Inc. has confirmed the sale of Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now, and their development teams to the Saudi-owned maker of Monopoly Go! for $3.5 billion. An additional $350 ...
Scopely, a Culver City-based mobile game developer and publisher, will acquire the games portfolio of developer Niantic, including “Pokémon Go ... company built by Saudi Arabia’s ...
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Saudi Arabian-owned mobile developer Scopely has announced that it'll be acquiring Niantic's video game division, paying $3.5 billion for the ...
A Saudi-owned entity tied to the government has reached a deal to acquire the developer of the popular game Pokemon Go for $3.5 billion, the two sides announced on Wednesday, in a move that further ...
Niantic—the developer behind the popular augmented reality (AR) mobile game Pokémon Go—announced the sale of its gaming ...
The $3.5 billion Scopely deal could bring Niantic’s AR gaming catalog under Saudi ownership ... which later acquired Monopoly Go! developer Scopely for $4.9 billion in 2023.
Savvy Games Group was established in 2021 by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment ... Ed Wu, head of Pokémon Go and a senior VP at Niantic, said the move to Scopely “will be a positive step ...
After "Pokemon Go" became one of the successful mobile games ... It also axed the "Harry Potter: Wizards Unite" vide-game in 2022. For Saudi, already a growing hub for gaming and home to the ...