Paul Wilkinson, head of Nio Games in Stockholm.
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N3twork acquires Swedish game studio Nio Games as it returns to mobile gaming

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N3twork, the social network that pivoted into mobile games a few months ago, has acquired Swedish mobile-game studio Nio Games. That means N3twork will accelerate its return to gaming with the help of the newly acquired company in Stockholm, headed by game veteran Paul Wilkinson.

In December 2013, Neil Young and Bob Stevenson launched N3work, a new social network based on interests rather than friends. It didn’t take off like they expected, so they pivoted back into mobile gaming.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.