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Pokémon Go Maker Niantic in Talks to Sell Games Unit to Scopely

by tlyleung on 2/19/25, 5:16 AM with 2 comments

  • by smcin on 2/19/25, 5:31 AM

    Archive: https://archive.ph/dFUAe

    Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group 7/2023 for $4.9bn, a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), and is one of their 5 properties.

    ... Savvy is part of the Saudi Public Investment Fund’s larger effort to diversify its economy by investing in the video-game industry.

  • by worthless-trash on 2/19/25, 5:48 AM

    All the collected metadata will go with it.