Tripledot Studios acquires Supersonic from Unity for $40m

Tripledot Studios has purchased mobile publisher Supersonic from Unity for $40 million. Unity disclosed intentions to divest Supersonic earlier this year following the shutdown of its IronSource network. Supersonic became part of Unity in 2022 through an all-stock merger valued at $4.4 billion. Supersonic will remain as an independent entity under the Tripledot Group banner, led by its existing management team and staying based in Tel Aviv.

Igor Bereslavski, Supersonic's CEO, stated that joining Tripledot provides a platform with scaled game publishing, capital, technology, and user acquisition expertise. The CEO emphasized that the core team, tools, and hands-on support for developer partners will remain unchanged, backed by a larger and faster engine. Lior Shiff, Tripledot co-founder and CEO, noted that AI is reducing the barriers to creating high-quality games, with the primary challenge now moving from game creation to market penetration and scaling to millions of players.

Tripledot and Lion Studios will now partner with more studios in various markets, accompanied by advanced technology. Tripledot's recent acquisition of AppLovin's mobile games business for $800 million last year expanded their reach to the US and Asia. Unity recently reported its highest quarterly earnings, following a shift towards its core game engine and AI-driven advertising and user-acquisition platform, Vector.