![]() The gaming service was first introduced at the end of 2014 and was expanded globally in February of this year. ![]() “In this deal, we looked for a team that shares our passion, drives innovative thinking and brings its expertise in building an open platform for developers.” “We are delighted to welcome the Nextpeer team to the Viber family,” said Michael Shmilov, COO, Viber, in a statement. Rakuten says the SDK and related services are staying online and will be expanded and integrated to work with Viber’s platform. All 12 employees of Nextpeer will join Viber, effective immediately. It is paying $9 million for Nextpeer, a social gaming startup based in Israel that offers games developers an SDK to incorporate social gaming features into their apps. Viber, the messaging app with 600 million+ users acquired last year by Japan’s Rakuten for $900 million, is today making its first acquisition, specifically aimed at building out its new games business.
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