Pokemon GO and Other Niantic Mobile Games Sold to Scopely

Pokemon GO and different cell video games from Niantic have been bought to Scopely. The deal is reported to be price $3.5 billion. The corporate confirmed this through official websites for titles.

This sale implies that all Niantic video games will now be managed by Scopely, the cell developer accountable for Monopoly Go, Star Trek: Fleet Command and Marvel Strike Pressure. Whereas Pokemon GO is essentially the most outstanding recreation bought as a part of the deal, Scopely may also be overseeing different former Niantic video games. This consists of Nintendo’s Pikmin Bloom and Capcom’s Monster Hunter Now. At current, the prevailing groups dealing with these video games will stay in place, with no modifications to personnel. This consists of the Pokemon GO crew chief, Ed Wu, who wrote concerning the sale in a weblog submit on the sport’s official web site.

The sale attracted some criticism as a consequence of Scopely’s reference to the Saudi Arabian authorities. Whereas the corporate relies within the US, it’s a subsidiary of Savvy Video games Group, an funding agency created by the Saudi Arabian public wealth fund. In the meantime, Niantic have bought off their video games division as a way to concentrate on know-how improvement, notably AI.

Regardless of the sport being bought to Scopely, Pokemon Go ought to see no speedy modifications. Updates and occasions will proceed as regular, such because the current occasion that introduced Black Kyurem and White Kyurem to the sport.

Pokemon Go is out now for cell gadgets.

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