Supercell invests US$55.8 million to acquire a 62% stake in British game studio to strengthen its R & D capabilities

Supercell paid US $55.8 million to acquire a stake in British game studio SpaceApe62%. After the transaction is completed, SpaceApe will continue to operate independently and be supported by Supercell resources, while Supercell will strengthen its R & D strength, accelerate its global layout, and prepare for the production of larger mobile game products.

original title: Supercell invests $55.8 million to acquire 62% equity of Supercell to strengthen R & D strength

Supercell invests $55.8 million to acquire a stake in British game studio SpaceApe62%. After the transaction is completed, SpaceApe will continue to operate independently and be supported by Supercell resources, while Supercell will strengthen R & D strength and accelerate the global layout. To prepare for the production of mobile game products of a larger magnitude.

Space Ape Games was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in London. Its main business is R & D and operation of mobile games. It has nearly 100 employees and 7 game studios. The main works include COC mobile games such as "Samurai siege" and "the Nation of Competition: the Age of destruction", which cover users in 150 countries around the world. Among them, the cumulative income of the Samurai siege has exceeded 20 million US dollars.

Space Ape co-founder and CEOJohn Earner said Supercell intended to invest in 2016, but there was still some competition between the two companies at the time. Now, the company will continue to operate independently after the transaction. As the development of the team tends to be similar to that of Supercell, in cooperation, it will make use of the resource advantages of Supercell to adjust its own structure and cooperate to develop larger mobile game products.

Supercell CEO Eka Pananen said that SpaceApe has the ability to produce mobile game products of a larger magnitude, which is in line with the vision of the enterprise itself. Through investment, Supercell will turn former competitors into partners, and the two sides will cooperate on IP, research and development, operation, distribution and other aspects to jointly develop new heavyweight mobile game products.

earlier, Supercell invested $2.9 million in Finnish gaming company Shipyard in April. According to Eka Pennanen, Supercell is building relationships with more game development studios around the world through investment and cooperation to accelerate the global layout while preparing for the development of larger mobile game products. This layout and resource integration will also benefit Tencent.

Edit: nancy