I’m sure more than one person over the age of 30 will have read the news of Sega’s purchase of Rovio in disbelief, perhaps even with some irritation. “Why, instead of making a new Golden Axe, Sega is buying a Finnish studio whose main franchise no longer sells?”, “Where’s my new OutRun?”, “Will a new ...
Japanese gaming publisher Sega announced on Monday that it will buy the company behind the smartphone one-hit wonder Angry Birds for $775 million. It’s the latest major gaming acquisition, and one of the strangest yet. Comments on Grand Theft Auto 6: A Dramatic Read We got a first taste of the deal a report from ...
The Wall Street Journal published a report stating that SEGA plans to acquire popular game developer Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the hit Angry Birds franchise. Today, SEGA confirmed its intentions to buy the company. The main purpose of this acquisition is to leverage Rovio’s live streaming expertise to bring SEGA’s “current and emerging titles ...
Sega announced plans to acquire mobile developer Rovio for as much as $775 million. In Europe, that’s $706m, or £625m. Rovio is best known for its mobile game Angry Birds, which took the world by storm in the early 2010s. SEGA acquired the developer to strengthen its position in the mobile gaming market, which SEGA ...
Sega plans to acquire Rovio, the Finnish company behind the Angry Birds games, for three-quarters of a billion dollars, the company announced Monday morning. The Wall Street Journal on Friday reported the deal as nearing completion, although it forecast a higher price of $1 billion. Sega made it clear that it wanted to strengthen its ...
Image: Nintendo Life Tracking rumours that Sega was preparing a deal to buy the Finnish company Rovio — the maker of Angry Birds — the Japanese company officially announced it. Published press release on its website (currently in Japanese only) confirms that the deal has been signed following an offer made by Sega through its ...
Sega could buy Angry Birds developer Rovio for a staggering $1 billion, with the deal closing as early as next week. That comes from a report in The Wall Street Journal, which spoke to people familiar with the situation. The deal is apparently expected to close sometime next week, assuming discussions don’t fail or otherwise ...
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Japanese publisher Sega is close to an agreement to acquire Finnish company Rovio Entertainment. Talks for a deal that could total $1 billion are well advanced. According to WSJ sources, the deal is set to close quickly, possibly as early as next week. Of course, if everything goes ...
New information reaches us thanks to The Wall Street Journal, apparently, SEGA is close to reaching an agreement with Rovio. That’s to say, the company behind popular game Angry Birds could be part of the Japanese big business. A movement that would be around a billion dollars. A figure that surprises by its low amount ...
Sega’s parent company, Sega Sammy Holdings, is about to buy Rovio Entertainment, the Finnish mobile games maker behind Angry Birds, in a deal worth $1 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. That deal could be finalized next week, according to the Journal. Rovio is best known for Angry Birdsthe physics puzzle game released ...
