'Pokemon Go' maker Niantic to sell game division to Saudi-owned Scopely for $3.5 billion

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Pokemon Go mobile game bought by Saudi government

Pokemon Go was bought for $3.5 by mobile game maker Scopey, which the Saudi Royal investment fund owns.

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Saudi Arabia Buys Everybody’s Sensitive Pokémon Go Location Data

During the great TikTok moral panic of 2022-2025 we noted repeatedly how it was very weird for the public, press, and lawmakers to singularly hyperventilate about the privacy and propaganda impacts of one specific Chinese-owned app while just completely refusing to do anything about the much broader problems that TikTok (and a thousand other companies) exploit every day. The U.S. is awash in propaganda we do absolutely nothing about. And our cor…

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Who is Scopely, Pokémon Go’s new owner?

Niantic’s sale of Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now to Saudi-owned mobile games company Scopely raises questions for longtime players.

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Saudi wealth fund acquires games developer behind Pokémon Go

The PIF will buy the company for $3.5 billion, consolidating its position as one of the most powerful players in the global mobile gaming market.

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Niantic sold its video game division, which also includes "Pikmin Bloom" and "Monster Hunter Now", to the Scopely studio, California's subsidiary of Saudi group Savvy Group, for $3.5 billion.

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Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to buy Pokémon Go

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund will purchase Pokémon Go as part of a major mobile game company acquisition.