Scopely is launching Scrabble Go on mobile soon.

Scopely’s Javier Ferreira on breaking into the top ranks of mobile gaming

Scopely has broken out of the pack of mobile game makers to be one of the biggest in the industry, with hit games that are generating more than $100 million a year.

Speaking at our GamesBeat Summit 2020 event with Drake Star’s Michael Metzger, Javier Ferreira (co-CEO of Scopely) also talked about the company’s acquisition spree, which included today’s announcement that Scopely has acquired Los Angeles game studio PierPlay, maker of Scopely’s Scrabble Go mobile game. It has built a war chest, with $400 million raised in the past six months.

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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.