Supercell acquires Metacore, Tencent expands its presence in the global casual gaming market

Supercell announced this week that it has completed the full acquisition of Metacore and its flagship title Merge Mansion, a deal that has drawn attention across the global games industry and further highlighted Tencent’s evolving strategy in the casual gaming sector. Since Tencent acquired a majority stake in Supercell for roughly $8.6 billion in 2016, the Finnish studio has continued to operate with a high degree of independence. Rather than folding Supercell into a traditional top-down struct