Just over two weeks ago, Bloomberg reported that Niantic wanted to sell its games division. Today, the deal has been made official, and just as was mentioned in that report, the buyer is Scopely (for $3.5 billion, though Niantic is contributing an extra $350 million of cash for the benefit of stakeholders). The Californian company is already the second biggest mobile publisher per revenue in 2024 (albeit at a great distance from leader Tencent) thanks to popular titles like MONOPOLY GO!, Marvel Strike Force, Star Trek Fleet Command, and more. Now, it will add the rights to Pokémon GO, Pikmin […]
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