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Company Profile
Scopely
Website
www.scopely.com
About
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports an extremely diverse portfolio of experiences. With expertise in game design and development, live operations, marketing, analytics and more, our team is dedicated to empowering players to play their own way by creating deep experiences that inspire play, every day.
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Dan Scheidegger
General Manager of Casual Games
Jessica Neal
Chief People Officer
Rob Ricca
VP of corporate development
Néstor Pequeño
Director of Operations
Steve Seoane
SVP, Publishing Platform
Liz Liu
People Business Partner
Georgina King
Business Manager, Ads & Monetisation
Darion Lowenstein
VP of Game Development
Michael Steranka
VP of Product
Walter Driver
CEO
Victor Díaz-Roig
Senior Vice-President and Studio General Manager
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Pokemon Party
Pokémon Day 2026: Legendaries, legacies and the latest opportunities for a $10.7bn mobile portfolio
The Pokémon Company’s seven active mobile games have surpassed $10bn in player spending, led by Pokémon Go and Pokémon TCG Pocket
Seriously Celebrating
Pokémon Go celebrates 30 years of Pokémon with rare encounters and web shop promotions
Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are being rerun, increasing accessibility after almost 10 years of Go
Crossovers
Scopely brings Hello Kitty and Friends to Monopoly Go in limited-time crossover
The Sanrio collaboration runs from March 10th to 29th across iOS and Android
Hot Five
Hot Five: Scopely acquires majority stake in Loom Games, Phil Spencer retires, and Unity shares approach all-time low
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Podcast | Episode 84
Scopely's $1bn Loom Games deal and Matthew Ball's State of Video Games report | Week in Mobile Games podcast
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TÜrkiye's New Star
Loom Games' rapid rise to Türkiye's next unicorn
Scopely's acquisition of a majority stake in the Pixel Flow developer is the latest success story in Türkiye's vibrant mobile games sector
Week In Views
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The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Growth Story
Loom Games CEO: "This is not an exit story - it's a new beginning"
We speak to Kübra Gündoğan about that big Scopely deal and why the team isn't intimidated by Pixel Flow copycats
M&a
Scopely acquires majority stake in Istanbul’s Pixel Flow developer Loom Games at $1bn valuation
The performance-based deal structure values studio in excess of $1 billion
Major Deal
Why Scopely acquired a majority stake in the Pixel Flow team
"The combination of creativity and immediate traction is extremely rare with a new game, and we see high potential in this group of game makers"
Pokemon Pvp
Pokémon Go PvP revamped after competitive players "pushed the system to its limits"
Foundational changes have been made to reduce the impact of connectivity and hardware differences between players
Jobs Roundup
February 2026's Movers and Shakers: Shifts at Steel Media, Sega’s new CFO, Unity's board room shuffle, and more
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Making Monopoly Go
"Playfulness and mischief": The strengths of subtle storytelling in Monopoly Go
Monopoly Go's director of content design Phil Williams talks fresh events, seasons and connecting with players
New Offerings
Scopely launches Monopoly Go Pets Season with charity-driven challenge
Pets Season links in-game play to real-world support for animal welfare organisations
Podcast | Episode 81
Ubisoft turmoil and what happened to Big Fish Games? | Week in Mobile Games podcast
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Week In Views
Record engagement on Roblox, Netflix Games’ cloud focus and Pokémon Go’s event strategy | Week in Views
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Road To Kalos
Pokémon Go to experiment with new strategy on the Road to Kalos
Ahead of this year’s Go Tour, the now-Scopely-owned title will echo some of Go’s most lucrative events
Milestone
Scopely’s Monopoly Go fastest mobile game to hit $6 billion
Hit title hit the milestone in 1,275 days, according to Sensor Tower estimates
Jobs Roundup
January 2026's Movers and Shakers: Meta Reality Labs lays off dev relations head, Jagex creative design director exits, Unity's Larry Hryb is out, and more
Our regular roundup of the mobile games industry's movers and shakers
Anniversary
Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward talks four years of growth, major acquisitions and what comes next
“If the people who played Scopely’s games over the last 12 months were a country, they would be the third largest country in the world"
Job News
Scopely-owned Niantic recruits Jori Pearsall as SVP of games
He will lead the creative and strategic direction of Scopely’s Tokyo Studio
Come Together
Why Scopely hosted real-world event Dough Fest for Monopoly Go
The community get-together combined with global in-game trading event Trade Fest
Hot Five
Hot Five: Netflix to acquire Warner Bros, Google Play in-app purchases fall, and Kingshot surpasses $500m
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Week In Views
Netflix’s Warner Bros. Games question, Twitch’s audience boom, and Pikmin Bloom’s big year | Week in Views
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Jobs Roundup
December 2025’s Movers and Shakers: Clash of Clans’ esports manager, Metacore’s new CTO, Ali Farha joins Behold Ventures, and more
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New Partnerships
Monopoly Go brings Harry Potter Magic to players in new limited-time event
The event launches December 10th 2025, celebrating iconic characters, locations and film moments
Pikmin Power
Pikmin Bloom hits $100m after four years as 2025 becomes its best year yet
After making just $8.4m in its first full year, Pikmin Bloom has raked in $34.8m during 2025 with another month to go
Play Store Parley
Top 50 mobile games could all face higher 20% fee under Epic and Google's Play Store plans
Games selling cosmetics will only be charged a 9% fee under Google’s new policy, but gameplay advantages will come with a 20% cut
New Games
New release roundup: Hill Climb Racing 3, Monopoly Go Chat, Angry Birds Match World, and more
We highlight the latest new games that have broken cover over the past week
Hot Five
Hot Five: Sensor Tower’s AI investment, Monopoly Go's Chat app, and AWS chaos
Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
Chat App
Scopely releases Monopoly Go Chat app
After amassing $5 billion and millions of players, the publisher looks to expand on the mobile game's blockbuster success
Jobs Roundup
October 2025’s Movers and Shakers: Unity's latest leadership shift, new Kokku execs, InnoGames names CEO, and more
Our regular roundup of the mobile games industry's movers and shakers
Best Of 2025
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2025
The mobile movers and shakers of the last 12 months revealed!
Inside Look
Inside Flamed: Scopely’s in-house creative agency
Naor Itzhak shares on how Scopely’s Flamed turns ideas into global game campaigns
Week In Views
Balatro update delayed to avoid crunch and Monster Hunter Now celebrates second anniversary | Week in Views
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Monster Milestone
Monster Hunter Now celebrates second anniversary and $271m in lifetime player spending
Originally a Niantic game, Now was purchased by Scopely as part of a larger $3.5bn deal this May
Crossovers
Scopely partners with Nickelodeon for a Stumble Guys and Avatar crossover event
Aang, Zuko, Toph, Sokka, and Appa all become playable characters
Marvellous Mena
Saudi Arabia’s games market projected to reach $1.64bn by 2028
Savvy Games Group's 2024 annual report shows the MENA region generated $5.62bn in 2024 and is estimated to reach $6.94bn in 2027
Jobs Roundup
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Mobile Games Awards 2025
Scopely triumphs as Best Publisher at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025
Monopoly Go, Pokémon Go… It’s all go!
Crossovers
Monopoly Go taps into Marvel IP with The Fantastic Four
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Data Dive
H1 2025 genre analysis: Mobile strategy games surge to $10.6bn as RPG revenue tumbles
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Expansions
Scopely opens major games and creative hub in Barcelona with over 700 staff
Scopely is now Spain’s largest video game employer with nearly 1,000 staff across the country
Coin Master Go
Moon Active takes on Scopely with Monopoly Go-like Coin Master - Board Adventure
Scopely took inspiration from the hit casual casino game - now Moon Active is returning the favour
Hot Five
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The Power Of Pokemon
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As solitaire installs rise for seven consecutive years to a record-breaking 347m, we ask game design consultant Jakub Remiar for further insight
Hot Five
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