Pokémon Go Maker Niantic sells its game division in Scopey for $ 3.5 billion
Mobile game giant Scopeyly said on Wednesday that he agreed to acquire the Pokémon Go Niantic games division for $ 3.5 billion. Niantic said that it would add an additional $ 350 million in cash to report a total value of $ 3.85 billion to Niantic shares.
The list of niantic games includes the Hit Pokémon Go, which has more than 20 million weekly active players; Pikmin BloomA game on foot introduced in 2021; Monster Hunter Now, an AR game released in 2023; Campfire, a community interaction platform; And Wayfarer, a tool to contribute new card locations through Niantic Games.
Niantic has said that he will now focus on building real world cards via a new autonomous entity called niantic space which will be led by the CEO and founder of the company John Hanke. As part of the agreement, all employees working on Niantic Games will join Scopey, who has 2,300 staff.
“Niantic games have always been a bridge to connect people and inspire exploration, and I am convinced that they will continue to do both as part of Scopey. Scopely shares our concentration on the construction and exploitation of incredible live services, has an exceptional experience by working with the largest and most appreciated intellectual properties in the world, and is deeply cared for its players of players and its game teams, “said Hanke in a press release.
Niantic Spatial will receive a cash infusion of $ 250 million – 200 million dollars from Niantic and $ 50 million from Scopey.
Scopely said players can expect that Niantic’s games, applications and events remain faithful to their minds. The company, which makes popular titles like “Monopoly Go!” And “Stumpy Guys”, did not specify the future roadmap for the Niantic Games.
Niantic said that he would continue to use Ingress Prime, the revised version of the first game of Niantic, and Péidot company simulator gamesub -space.
Niantic has released several titles in recent years that have been well received, but he has struggled to match the success of Pokémon Go. Even Pokémon Go players complained The rise of paid content And elements of the game in recent months.
After the pandemic, the company interrupted certain high -level projects, including the NBA, Harry Potter and Marvel games, and Licensed hundreds of employees In recent years.
In the future, Ninatic will focus on collecting data points related to the real location. Last year, he updated his Scanning Application to allow users to create real world objects and provide data to developers. In November 2023, the company said he wanted to build a large geospatial model This would use automatic learning to “understand a scene and connect it to millions of other scenes in the world”.
