Scopely is a well-funded mobile gaming startup with a wide range of talent, and the company is both producing its own games and publishing games for other developers. CEO Walter Driver spoke with [a]list daily recently to discuss the company's growth and its strategies for marketing in an increasingly crowded mobile gaming market.
The mobile behemoth is also boasting 150 billion hours of playtime.
Savvy Games Group, a games and esports company that is part of the Saudi government’s Public Investment Fund, has agreed to acquire mobile games studio Scopely for $4.9 billion. Founded in 2011, Scopely is known for several popular mobile games including Yahtzee With Buddies, Star Trek Fleet Command, Marvel Strike Force, Stumble Guys and Scrabble Go. Scopely has grown over the past few years with a number of notable acquisitions.
Probably will. Just need the sale for Activision Blizzard to go through then they can go on a shopping spree maybe purchase EA, Ubisoft, 2K or some other publisher because there will be no way to stop anyone from buying any publishers.
The Saudi Public Investment Fund already owns SNK and have investments in Disney, Capcom, Nexon, EA, 2K, Nintendo, Embracer. SNK started as an investment then they outright purchased SNK.
Before anyone suggests they can't buy 2-5 large publishers just consider they have $400 billion worth of investments already in all those publishers and companies like Uber, solar panels, Blackstone etc
The games-as-a-service trend has changed what developers need from partners, and how much input they want
