The Carlyle Group acquires Jagex

The British developer mainly known for the creation of Runescape, Jagex, was officially redeemed by The Carlyle Group. Although the Company did not discuss the financial conditions of the Agreement, The Carlyle Group and Jagex made statements confirming the acquisition. The Carlyle Group is a global investment company with approximately $ 230 billion in assets to its credit, Jagex joining tastes. The very popular mmorpg runescape of jagex is available for free trial now for PC, Mac, PC and mobile.

"I am so proud that Jagex associates with Carlyle, a prestigious investment group who believes in the potential of Jagex, our vision of growth, and will support us in the acceleration of our multiannual growth strategy," said Phill MANSELL, CEO of Jagex. "We will continue to expand our game teams to create and provide more quality content for RuneScape and Old School Runescape. We will continue to create exciting experiences for our players, to develop our global communities, create new games to expand and explore the Runescape world, to bring our expertise to publish third-party games of online game developers sharing The same ideas and invest in the incredible technology and talent that feed all that.

"The global video game market is vast and growing, and in this context, the global massively multiplayer online role-playing sub-sector (MMORPG) is particularly attractive," said Patrick McCarter, Managing Director of The Carlyle Group. "We were impressed by Jagex's position on the market, the strong history of revenue growth and market share, as well as the team's experience and passion."

"Runescape is one of the most durable RPG franchises and has a fantastic and engaged players' base," said Michael Wand of the Carlyle Group. "We look forward to taking advantage of all Carlyle's resources to help Phil and his team continue to develop existing Runescape Franchise as well as to launch new and exciting. We believe that with new investments and innovations, Jagex can rely on its position from one of the most exciting video game developers for existing generations and news of MMORPG players.

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