Australian game publisher buys over Lemon Sky Studios, for RM135mil


Lemon Sky Studios CEO Cheng-Fei Wong (right) said new partnerships keep things fresh, following their acquisition by Australian game company iCandy Interactive for RM135mil. — Lemon Sky Studios

Australian mobile game publisher iCandy Interactive Ltd has bought over Malaysia’s Lemon Sky Studios, making it one of the largest indie video gaming companies in South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

The company said in a statement that the acquisition would put it in a position to produce games for the metaverse, where players can interact with a virtual world built with Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies.

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