TOKYO — Fresh off its acquisition of Pokemon Go’s Niantic, U.S. gaming giant Scopely is looking to grow its relations with Japanese peers with lucrative intellectual property (IP) franchises.
In an interview with Nikkei, Scopely co-CEOs Walter Driver and Javier Ferreira described their plans to increase investment in Pokemon Go and other games and to expand the company’s presence in Japan, possibly through additional mergers and acquisitions.