PopReach
Games
has
shut
down
its
Vancouver
studio
and
seems
to
have
fully
exited
the
video
games
industry.
The
closure
was
confirmed
by
the
company’s
vice
president
of
game
studios
Marina
Sapunova
via
a
LinkedIn
post,
spotted
by
PocketGamer.biz.
It
is
unclear
how
many
staff
have
been
affected.
The
news
follows
the
sale
of
PopReach
Games
India
and
its
portfolio
of
free-to-play
titles
–
including
Smurf’s
Magic
Match,
Gardens
of
Time,
and
Kitchen
Scramble
–
to
Phoenix
Games
for
$9.8
million
in
cash
back
in
April.
In
its
most
recent
financials,
PopReach
parent
Ionik
confirmed
the
sales
of
its
video
games
business.
Meanwhile,
PopReach’s
own
website
only
lists
studios
in
Bangalore,
India
and
Vancouver,
Canada,
suggesting
the
entire
PopReach
Games
business
has
been
wound
down.
PopReach
Games
was
founded
in
2015
and
previously
had
additional
studios
in
Toronto
and
London.
In
addition
to
the
games
it
published
directly,
it
also
took
over
management
and
live
operations
of
select
titles
from
other
companies,
such
as
Kabam’s
Kingdoms
of
Camelot.