Niantic, the company behind the mobile app that took the mobile gaming by storm back in 2016, Pokemon GO, has reached an agreement with another giant in the mobile gaming industry, Scopely, for the acquisition of their gaming business, which includes several games, one of which being Pokemon GO for a total of 3.85 billion USD.

Niantic's decision to let go of their gaming division comes from their stance of focusing more on "advancing augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and geospatial technology", and Scopely's work on some of their mobile apps laid the foundation for Niantic to reach the agreement with said company for the acquisition of their games.

The games that Scopely will be acquiring as part of the deal are the following:

• Pokémon GO
• Pikmin Bloom
• Monster Hunter Now
• Niantic Campfire
• Niantic Wayfarer

Scopely has previously worked on software like "MONOPOLY GO!”, “Stumble Guys,” “Star TrekTM Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force, amongst many others.

After the acquisition, Niantic will be modifying their technology platform from Niantic to Niantic Spatial, which will focus on pioneering geospational AI, with their Niantic Spatial Platform releasing last year "integrating spatial computing, Extended Reality, Geographic Information Systems, and Artificial Intelligence to create immersive experiences that seamlessly blend the digital and physical worlds with centimeter-level precision".

However, Niantic, or rather, Niantic Spatial, will still continue to operate and and own their other AR specific games, like "Ingress Prime" and "Peridot".

Niantic's Post
Scopely's Post

 

[SylverReZ]

Pokémon GO is dead, nobody has ever played since the massive hype, and then the final nail in the coffin was by tracking its users with artifical intelligence. Surely they could've come up with a new game instead of slapping "GO!" in the title.

 

[Quore]

"to create immersive experiences that seamlessly blend the digital and physical worlds with centimeter-level precision"​

i sleep...

 

[ShadowOne333]

i sleep...

I'm not sure if they're related or not to the teasers I've seen of people using Earth-view maps and going into specific locations with accurate 3D precision.
It might be them, they might be not, not sure, but it's certainly something interesting to see.

 

[Quore]

I'm not sure if they're related or not to the teasers I've seen of people using Earth-view maps and going into specific locations with accurate 3D precision.
It might be them, they might be not, not sure, but it's certainly something interesting to see.

Hmmm so i might wait to see more

 

[Ryab]

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Niantic, the company behind the mobile app that took the mobile gaming by storm back in 2016, Pokemon GO, has reached an agreement with another giant in the mobile gaming industry, Scopely, for the acquisition of their gaming business, which includes several games, one of which being Pokemon GO for a total of 3.85 billion USD.

Niantic's decision to let go of their gaming division comes from their stance of focusing more on "advancing augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and geospatial technology", and Scopely's work on some of their mobile apps laid the foundation for Niantic to reach the agreement with said company for the acquisition of their games.

The games that Scopely will be acquiring as part of the deal are the following:

• Pokémon GO
• Pikmin Bloom
• Monster Hunter Now
• Niantic Campfire
• Niantic Wayfarer

Scopely has previously worked on software like "MONOPOLY GO!”, “Stumble Guys,” “Star TrekTM Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force, amongst many others.

After the acquisition, Niantic will be modifying their technology platform from Niantic to Niantic Spatial, which will focus on pioneering geospational AI, with their Niantic Spatial Platform releasing last year "integrating spatial computing, Extended Reality, Geographic Information Systems, and Artificial Intelligence to create immersive experiences that seamlessly blend the digital and physical worlds with centimeter-level precision".

However, Niantic, or rather, Niantic Spatial, will still continue to operate and and own their other AR specific games, like "Ingress Prime" and "Peridot".

Niantic's Post
Scopely's Post

Oh god... Scopely is known for some of the biggest P2W mobile games out there.

 

[The Catboy]

I hope they reverse many of the shit decisions, like the character model changes in Pokémon Go.

 

[NinStar]

Pokémon GO is dead, nobody has ever played since the massive hype, and then the final nail in the coffin was by tracking its users with artifical intelligence. Surely they could've come up with a new game instead of slapping "GO!" in the title.

They always tracked users, everyone is well alware of that since their games got popular.

 

[Ryab]

I hope they reverse many of the shit decisions, like the character model changes in Pokémon Go.

Well if you know anything about Scopely.... I'd only expect things to get worse.

 

[jpx86]

Pokémon GO is dead, nobody has ever played since the massive hype, and then the final nail in the coffin was by tracking its users with artifical intelligence. Surely they could've come up with a new game instead of slapping "GO!" in the title.

Just because you quit playing it doesn't mean it died. It has remained one of the top grossing games in the app store for 9 years. Scopely wouldn't be buying a dead 9 year old game.

 

[SDA]

YEEEEEEEES! Soon Pokémon GO will be nothing but a thing of the past!

Come on Scopely, acquire that gaming division and kill off that goddamn app once and for all! I'll be waiting!

 

[chrisrlink]

YEEEEEEEES! Soon Pokémon GO will be nothing but a thing of the past!

Come on Scopely, acquire that gaming division and kill off that goddamn app once and for all! I'll be waiting!

if that happens sure they'll end up hacked (like X was which i support 100%) catch and kill is very bad for PR of any type (news video games etc)

 

[Flame]

YEEEEEEEES! Soon Pokémon GO will be nothing but a thing of the past!

Come on Scopely, acquire that gaming division and kill off that goddamn app once and for all! I'll be waiting!

That farfetch'd

 

[The Catboy]

Well if you know anything about Scopely.... I'd only expect things to get worse.

I actually don't know shit about them, lol
So I am guessing my dreams of not having an ugly model is mislead

 

[SDA]

if that happens sure they'll end up hacked (like X was which i support 100%) catch and kill is very bad for PR of any type (news video games etc)

Am I wrong, or I have you in my ignore list?

 

[chrisrlink]

look i'm sorry bout that i was having a manic episode (besides you seem to have "come around" with your blind faith to Nintendo)

 

[SDA]

look i'm sorry bout that i was having a manic episode (besides you seem to have "come around" with your blind faith to Nintendo)

No forgives.

Anyway, I have said it many times and I'll say it again - I want this app to die. And the rest of the franchise to die with it.

 

[SylverReZ]

Anyway, I have said it many times and I'll say it again - I want this app to die. And the rest of the franchise to die with it.

Let people enjoy things.... anyways.

 

[Darth Meteos]

Pokémon GO is dead, nobody has ever played since the massive hype

there's a meetup day every month and a few dozen always show up in person in most of the large cities i've encountered
you are mistaken

 

[ZachariasBarnham]

It was a good thing I stopped playing last year when they futzed up my character model on an alt I created. I was actually a little scared to see what they did to my original 2016 character, so I logged out of my alt and promptly uninstalled the game. I have yet to log back in.