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(Bloomberg) – Niantic Inc., the company behind the 2016 hit Pokémon Go, is in talks to sell its video-game business to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc., according to several people familiar with the discussions.

Representatives of Niantic and Scopely declined to comment. Scopely is owned by Savvy Games Group, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

  • N00b22@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    They turned Stumble Guys p2w, not to mention that when you open the game you get like 4 pop-ups for real life money stuff

    There are emotes that can punch or kick a player to get them eliminated, and these are OP and locked behind the battle pass