This article is based on our Weekly News Digest #6 from 12.02.2024. If you want to receive such analyses first, subscribe to our weekly newsletter. There, we analyze the most significant deals, elaborating on the financials and strategy behind them, while also covering the smaller transactions of the week.
UK-based multiplatform games publisher and developer Jagex is acquired by private equity and investment advisory firms CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments for a rumored sum of $1.1B. The company’s seller, private equity firm The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG), owned Jagex since its acquisition in 2021. The sum of the deal is undisclosed. After the acquisition, Jagex will use expertise and resources further to support the expansion of its flagship MMORPG RuneScape, and create new games.
