ByteDance Sells Moonton Games for Over $6 Billion to Prioritize AI
NextFin News -- ByteDance has announced that it has reached a final agreement to sell Moonton Games to Savvy Games Group, a subsidiary of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), for over $6 billion.
Moonton Games, the developer and publisher of the renowned MOBA mobile game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) in Southeast Asia, was acquired by ByteDance in 2021. It is reported that ByteDance has made significant investments in AI, and with the overall profit declining in the fourth quarter of 2025, the sale of Moonton is seen as a strategic signal of ByteDance's increased focus on AI.
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