Friday, May 10, 2019

Scopely Buys DIGIT Game Studios

Los Angeles-based mobile game publisher Scopely has acquired DIGIT Game Studios, the game development studio behind its hit mobile game, Star Trek Fleet Command, Scopely announced on Thursday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Scopely was already a strategic investor in Dublin, Ireland-based DIGIT, having made an investment in DIGIT in 2015. The move comes as Scopely said that Star Trek Fleet Command is on track to be the fastest title in its portfolio to surpass $100M in lifetime revenue. The game was only just launched in November of 2018. Scopely said Star Trek Fleet Command hit $50M in revenues in just its first four months. DIGIT founder and CEO Richard Barnwell will continue to manage the Dublin operations of DIGIT Game Studios.