Futureplay's latest game is Merge Gardens.
Futureplay's latest game is Merge Gardens.
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Plarium buys Finland’s mobile studio Futureplay to expand into casual games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Plarium’s games have 390 million midcore mobile and PC players, and now it is expanding into the casual sector with an agreement to buy Finland’s Futureplay. The companies didn’t disclose the price.

The Helsinki-based Futureplay has made games such as Merge Gardens, Battlelands Royale, and Idle Farming Empire. The deal is expected to close at the end of August.

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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.