xenluo reported on December 23 that Perfect World announced today that the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Perfect World and Scopely signed an “Asset Purchase Agreement” on December 23, 2024. Scopely plans to $34.5 million(IT Home Note: Currently approximately RMB 252 million) Purchase assets related to games being developed by Chengfeng Studio, a subsidiary of Perfect World, as well as documents, computers and other office equipment (the “subject assets”).
The majority of the Studio’s employees, including key core teams (“Target Employees”), will leave the Company,Establish a new company to develop new gamesScopely will invest in the company and take a minority stake.
Perfect World will, based on the target employee’s tenure at Perfect World and relevant laws and regulations,Pay severance pay to such employees。
Chengfeng Studio was established in 2020. Its current main job is to accept commissions from partners and be responsible for the development of the company’s “Codename PIE” game. Some of the game assets and related documents owned by Perfect World formed during the development of this project will be transferred to Scopely in this transaction.The target employees will join the new company established by the core employeesScopely will invest in the new company and hold a minority stake; Perfect World has the right to continue to use the underlying assets in the manner and scope agreed by both parties.
It is expected that this transaction will have an impact on the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company.The net impact is approximately 120 million yuan。
Perfect World stated that this transaction aims to further sort out the company’s business layout, optimize resource allocation, quickly recover initial investment funds through external cooperation, and continue to promote entrusted game projects under development with investments that adapt to project positioning, thereby increasing the use of funds. efficiency,Concentrate resources on projects that are more advantageous and more in line with the company’s strategic transformation needsin order to achieve the healthy development of the company’s game business without harming the interests of the company and shareholders, especially small and medium shareholders.
Scopely is a mobile social game developer founded in 2011. It is headquartered in Los Angeles and focuses on the entertainment consumption needs of the next generation. It owns “Star Trek Command”, “Marvel Commando” and “Star Trek Command”. Strike Force”, “MONOPOLY GO!” and other popular products.
Among them, “MONOPOLY GO!” is a casual mobile game similar to Monopoly. It uses dice rolling and real estate purchasing, but has richer social content. It is adapted from the famous board game “MONOPOLY (Real Estate Tycoon)”. It has dominated the US download charts for many months.
