Scopely has bought Niantic’s whole games division, including Pikmin Bloom and Monster Hunter Now. Here are the details of the deal.
The rumors were true. Niantic’s games division, which makes the augmented reality megahit Pokémon Go, has been sold to mobile gaming powerhouse Scopely for a whopping $3.5 billion.
As confirmed by Niantic, Scopely, and the Pokémon Go team, the deal will see the entire Niantic Games operation snapped up by Scopely, which among many, many other things makes Monopoly Go — one of the few mobile games to achieve the same stratospheric level of success as Niantic’s flagship.
That means that Niantic’s other current AR games, Pikmin Bloom and Monster Hunter Now, are also now owned and operated by Scopely, alongside the companion apps Campfire (for social connections between players) and Wayfarer (for submitting real-world Wayspot locations to the games).
