This isn't an accurate headline... Niantic sold some of its assets (most of its games, excluding Ingress and Peridot) to Scopely, but it wasn't acquired.<p>The official announcements from Niantic <a href="https://nianticlabs.com/news/niantic-next-chapter" rel="nofollow">https://nianticlabs.com/news/niantic-next-chapter</a> (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43342478">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43342478</a>) or Scopely <a href="https://www.scopely.com/en/news/scopely-to-acquire-niantic-games-business-which-includes-pokemon-go-one-of-the-most-successful-mobile-games-of-all-time" rel="nofollow">https://www.scopely.com/en/news/scopely-to-acquire-niantic-g...</a> are better