The Pokémon Go developer, Niantic, finally opened on his recent acquisition, assuring his staff and the players that the Tentpole franchise “will not undergo any important change” after Niantic was sold to Monopoly Maker, with support of Saudi, Go Maker as part of a $ 3.5 billion agreement last month.
In a general meeting of all the hands that united both companies last week in Japan, Niantic representatives sought to calm the concerns, insisting that he bought Niantic with an escort due to the success of his games, not because he wants to change them.
“The address of our game will not undergo any important change under the influence of Scopely,” said a Niantic spokesman to those at the meeting, as reported by Itmedia (thanks, Automaton).
“[Scopely] It will only support its additional improvement, and we will continue doing what we have been doing from the beginning. To put it more bluntly, be sure that we will not close the game. “
The Niantic executive said there was nothing more to announce at this time, but it did insinuate that the company will continue to “evolve” Pokémon over time.
As Tom recently summed up for us, Pokémon Go fans had expressed a deep concern for the acquisition of the game by Scopely, after the agreement leaked online. The enormously popular mobile game has more than 20 million weekly active players, with an average of 40 minutes of daily game time, and is ready to celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2026.
