According to Bloomberg, a deal could materialize in the next few weeks but nothing is locked in for certain yet. A potential sale would come after Niantic and Savvy, Scopely’s parent company owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, inked a deal last summer to expand Pokémon Go ’s reach in the region through local investments.

Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go, is in talks to sell off its games for $3.5bn to the Saudi Arabia-owned Monopoly

Pokémon Go developer Niantic is reportedly in talks to sell its video game division to Saudi-owned Scopely for $3.5 billion. As first reported by Bloomberg, the sale would likely include Pokémon Go, the hit augmented-reality mobile game that sends players out into the real world to collect Pokémon.

According to several people "familiar with the discussions," Niantic is in talks with Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc. to acquire its video game division for $3.5 billion. While no