It was announced today that private equity firms CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investment have acquired Jagex, the company behind the massively multi-player RPG game RuneScape. According to reports, the value of the deal, which was not disclosed, is about 900 million British pounds, or about 1.13 billion. dollar!
RuneScape has achieved $1.5 billion in revenue since its launch in 2001 and has reached about 320 million players. This year, the company plans to release the new open-world survival game Scum, which is currently available in an early access version on the Steam store.
