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Shipyard Games raises $2.9 million from Clash Royale maker Supercell

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Clash Royale maker Supercell has invested $2.9 million in Helsinki-based Shipyard Games, which is making a location-based mobile game.

The deal is the second example of Supercell’s new strategy of investing in external mobile game companies. In September, Supercell acquired 51 percent of Badland game developer Frogmind for $7.8 million. Supercell is a major player in mobile, as it has produced enormous mobile game hits such as Clash Royale and Clash of Clans. China’s Tencent acquired an 84 percent stake in Supercell in 2016 at a $10.2 billion valuation.

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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.