A brand new report from Bloomberg claims Pokémon GO developer Niantic is seemingly in talks to promote its online game enterprise to the Saudi Arabia-owned firm Scopely.
This deal would supposedly be introduced within the “coming weeks” and the determine of the sale is anticipated to be round $3.5 billion. This sale would reportedly embrace the cell hit Pokémon GO, however take into account there is not any direct affirmation from Niantic at this stage and the data comes from “a number of folks acquainted with the discussions”.
Whereas Niantic has skilled loads of success with GO over time, it is struggled to recreate this magic with some other mental properties. This consists of having to cancel Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and in addition reduce its workforce.
Scopely is a subsidiary of Savvy Video games Group, owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund (the identical fund with a stake in Nintendo).
