Report: Sega Nearing Deal to Acquire Angry Birds Developer Rovio - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 April 2023 / 4,087 Views
Sega Sammy is nearing a deal to acquire Angry Birds developer Rovio Entertainment, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke with The Wall Street Journal.
The sources say the deal could be done by early next week as long as talks don't break down or drag on.
Angry Birds was one of the first big mobile hits with the original released in 2009. It was the first mobile game to top one billion downloads and as of last year the game catalog for Rovio surpassed five billion downloads.
Rovio was founded in 2003 in Helsinki, Finland and currently has studios based in Espoo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Montreal. The developer has expanded the Angry Birds IP with several TV series and two films.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Sigh, definitely not what I want them spending money on.
Idk Sega makes a lot of questionable decisions but this is definitely one of them.
Is this 2011 already ?
Why not?
I thought this was an April Fools' joke.
This seems like a bad deal to me. I was under the impression that Angry Birds' popularity is a hollow shell of what it once was, and that's pretty much Rovio's only IP. $1b seems like alot to buy the developer of an IP that is way past it's prime.
My brother in law was playing it the other day. When I noticed him playing it, I thought to myself oh that's still around.
angry Sonic? seriously i do not see the value here, Sega needs to use what they have in their arsenal.
