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Monopoly Go maker buying Pokémon Go for $3.5bn


Pokémon Go will be sold to Monopoly Go maker Scopely, developer Niantic has confirmed.

Development team to remain together through sale. Pokémon Go will be sold to Monopoly Go maker Scopely, developer Niantic has confirmed. Following a report last month that a deal was in the offing, the news has now been confirmed by Ed Wu, Niantic's senior vice president of Pokémon Go and veteran developer on the game.

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