{"id":529325,"date":"2026-07-07T09:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/529325\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:49:13","slug":"niantics-games-team-has-rebranded-as-scopely-explore-mobilegamer-biz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/529325\/","title":{"rendered":"Niantic\u2019s games team has rebranded as Scopely Explore \u2013 Mobilegamer.biz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scopely has rebranded the Niantic games team behind games like Pok\u00e9mon Go, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now as Scopely Explore.<\/p>\n<p>Scopely Explore has not been spun out as a separate company or subsidiary, but will instead sit as a \u201cmission-driven team\u201d within the main company, the Monopoly Go developer confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Scopely \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilegamer.biz\/scopely-and-niantic-on-getting-that-seismic-3-5bn-megadeal-over-the-line\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which acquired Niantic for $3.5bn last year<\/a> \u2013 said the new branding \u201creflects a mission that has guided these teams from the very beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExploration sits at the heart of these games and experiences, and the communities they serve,\u201d it added. \u201cWhether encouraging players to discover new places, connect with others, or experience the world in new ways, this team has always been united by a belief that there is more to explore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scopely Explore says it will continue building experiences that inspire people to get outside, connect, and explore the world \u201cfor many years to come as part of Scopely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of last year\u2019s deal, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilegamer.biz\/its-official-scopely-is-buying-niantic-for-3-5bn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scopely acquired all of Niantic\u2019s game teams<\/a>, including companion apps and services Campfire and Wayfarer. Appmagic reports Pok\u00e9mon Go has generated more than $6.35bn in lifetime revenue across a billion global downloads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Scopely has rebranded the Niantic games team behind games like Pok\u00e9mon Go, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,46,125],"class_list":["post-529325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}