Investment firm The Carlyle Group has acquired Runescape publisher and developer Jagex for an estimated $530 million.
Investment firm The Carlyle Group has acquired RuneScape publisher Jagex for an estimated $530 million. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Daily Telegraph reported the deal was worth $530 million. It’s another sign of the biggest investors taking a new interest in games as a haven for investment during the pandemic. The acquisition was announced as Cambridge, United Kingdom-based Jagex said it was celebrating 20 years of RuneScape, the massively multiplayer online fantasy game targeted at young players.
