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Pokémon Go developer close to selling games for $3.5bn to Saudi-owned Monopoly Go maker - report
Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go, is in talks to sell off its games for $3.5bn to the Saudi Arabia-owned Monopoly G…
If the deal went through, ownership of Niantic's smash hit Pokémon Go would transfer to Scopely, alongside the rest of the company's gaming portfolio. Scopely is best known as the company behind Monopoly Go!, the biggest mobile hit of 2023 that continues to dominate app store spending. Savvy Games Group, an arm of Saudi Arabia's controversial Public Investment Fund (PIF), snapped up Scopely for $4.9bn in July 2023.
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