Pokemon Go players are having a pretty miserable day after it was announced that developer Niantic's gaming division is being sold to Saudi-backed publisher Scopely for $3.5 billion.
In case you missed it, Niantic and Scopely announced today that all of Niantic's current dev teams, as well as all of its games, including Pokemon Go, Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now, will all soon fall under Scopely's umbrella. The sale has broad implications for the future of Pokemon Go, especially when you look at other games that have been acquired by Scopely like Marvel Strike Force, and players are already bracing for a new tier of microtransaction hell.
