--- title: Saudi PIF moving $12bn of games firm shares to Savvy description: Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is transferring approximately $12 billion in gaming company shares to its subsidiary Savvy Games Group. The transfer... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/saudi-pif-moving-12bn-of-games-firm-shares-to-savvy-trygoaqlx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Saudi PIF moving $12bn of games firm shares to Savvy | daily.dev og:description: Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is transferring approximately $12 billion in gaming company shares to its subsidiary Savvy Games Group. The transfer... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/saudi-pif-moving-12bn-of-games-firm-shares-to-savvy-trygoaqlx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tRYGoAQLx.png og:image:alt: Saudi PIF moving $12bn of games firm shares to Savvy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Saudi PIF moving $12bn of games firm shares to Savvy **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is transferring approximately $12 billion in gaming company shares to its subsidiary Savvy Games Group. The transfer includes stakes in major publishers like Nintendo, Take-Two, Square Enix, Koei Tecmo, NCSoft, Nexon, and Bandai Namco, with Savvy set to own around 10% in several of these companies. Savvy will maintain the PIF's hands-off investment approach while serving as the primary vehicle for Saudi Arabia's gaming investments under the National Gaming and Esports Strategy. The move was previously announced in 2024 and represents a consolidation of the kingdom's gaming portfolio under one entity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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