Saudi Arabia’s PIF and investment firm Silver Lake have reportedly been in talks to buy Unity
The creator of the Unity engine is evaluating its options, a report claims
Why am I seeing this Ranked on corroboration — 2 independent outlets
2 independent outlets carried this — Video Games Chronicle and Eurogamer. Agreement across newsrooms that do not share an owner is the strongest thing we can measure, so it carries the most weight.
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| Factor | Weight | Score | Contribution | Where it came from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corroborationleads | 0.35 | 0.61 | +0.215 26% | 2 distinct tier-1/2 orgs, counted once each: Video Games Chronicle and Eurogamer. Saturates at 5. |
| Source trust | 0.25 | 0.85 | +0.212 26% | Video Games Chronicle is the highest-trust source on this story. Trust is taken from the best source, not averaged. |
| Pickup rate | 0.20 | 1.00 | +0.200 24% | The sources carry no usable publish times, so the rate could not be measured from them directly. |
| Freshness | 0.20 | 0.98 | +0.196 24% | Halves every 10 hours from the newest item on the story. This is the only factor that rewards a story for nothing more than being recent. |
Corroboration counts distinct organisations, once each, and only from tiers 1 and 2. Freshness halves every 10 hours, so this ranking is a snapshot and will differ at the next build.
What happened
The creator of the Unity engine is evaluating its options, a report claims After acquiring EA for $55bn earlier this year, Saudi Arabia and private equity firm Silver Lake are reportedly in the market for another massive video game company. And according to new reports, it's Unity.
How this story arrived
Ordered by when each source was first observed, which is what the velocity figure is computed from. Publishers backdate; observed order does not.
- 01 Videogameschronicle first seen Saudi Arabia’s PIF and investment firm Silver Lake have reportedly been in talks to buy Unit
- 02 Eurogamer +0m After gobbling up EA, Saudi Arabia and private equity firm Silver Lake reportedly looking to
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