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Reggie Fils-Aimé and United Talent lead $200M gaming and entertainment SPAC

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UTA Acquisition Corp. plans to raise $200 million in public funds for a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) headed by former Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aimé and other leaders from United Talent Agency, a big talent, entertainment, and athlete representation company.

The fund shows how the environment for gaming-related deals is still hot. So far this year, investors have poured $71 billion over the past nine months into gaming acquisitions, investments, and public offerings, according to Drake Star Partners.

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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.