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Online gaming firm Aeria Games merges with Japan’s Gamepot

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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wizardryGaming is a global business. The latest companies to step up and make a play for the global stage are Aeria Games and Gamepot, which announced today that they are merging.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Aeria Games is a publisher of free-to-play online games for hardcore players. Gamepot is a Tokyo-based publisher of PC and mobile games. Together, the combined companies will have more than 50 PC and mobile titles. They will have operations in five countries, games in 11 languages, and more than 50 million registered users. And the entity will have more than 600 employees.

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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.