CVC and Carlyle Announce $1.1 Billion Deal to Sell Jagex, the Maker of RuneScape

Global investment firm Carlyle and CVC, a leading global private markets manager, announced the agreement to sell Jagex, a leading developer and publisher of video games to CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII and Haveli Investments. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed; however Sky News speculated the deal to be valued at $1.1 billion.

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in the United Kingdom, Jagex's popular multiplayer online role playing game, RuneScape, has garnered a community of 2.4 million active subscribers and one million free-to-play users, boasting over 300 million lifetime accounts. 

Jagex posted on LinkedIn:

After a lot of hard work from our teams and support at Carlyle, today we announced the agreement with CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments to acquire Jagex.

Together with CVC and Haveli, we will continue to build on our community-driven vision and strengthen our flagship RuneScape IP. Our focus on our people and players remains unwavering, and we look forward to achieving continued success with our communities empowered and at the heart of everything we do.