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Rovio Entertainment Corporation (casually known as Rovio) is a Finnish game developer founded in 2003, when it was named Relude before 2005. From 2005 to July 2011, they were known as Rovio Mobile. They developed a worldwide popular hit mobile game, Angry Birds in 2009 to save them from bankruptcy.
The studio had 40 employees at the start of 2011, to which they expected to reach 100 by the end of the year.[1]
On April 15, 2023, Rovio confirmed that it was in takeover talks with Japanese video game developer Sega, with a deal close to $1 billion.[2] Rovio rejected an earlier bid from Israeli mobile company Playtika for ~$736 million a month prior.[3]
As of April 2023, Rovio has over 500 employees deriving from over 50 different nations.[4]
Games[]
Angry Birds[]
- Angry Birds (released December 2009)
- Angry Birds Seasons (released October 21, 2010)
- Angry Birds Rio (released March 22, 2011)
- Angry Birds Free with Magic (released April 2011)
- Angry Birds Chrome (released May 2011)
- Angry Birds Google+ (released May 2011)
- Angry Birds Volcano
- Angry Birds in The Hunt For The Golden Pistachio
- Angry Birds Vuela Tazos
- Angry Birds Winter Wonderland
- Angry Birds Friends (mobile and online, released February 2012 for online May 2, 2013, for mobile and August 9, 2019, for offline Windows 10)
- Angry Birds Fuji TV
- Angry Birds Space (released March 22, 2012)
- Angry Birds Cheetos
- Angry Birds Coca-Cola
- Angry Birds McDonald's
- Angry Birds Trilogy
- Bad Piggies (released September 27, 2012)
- Angry Birds Star Wars (released November 8, 2012)
- Angry Birds Tazos
- Angry Birds Cheetos 2
- Angry Birds Star Wars II (released September 19, 2013)
- Angry Birds Go! (released December 11, 2013)
- Angry Birds Epic (released March 17, 2014, for AUS/NZ, June 12, 2014, worldwide)
- Angry Birds Stella (released September 4, 2014)
- Angry Birds Transformers (released October 15, 2014)
- Angry Birds Fight!
- Angry Birds 2 (released July 30, 2015)
- Angry Birds Football (released April 25, 2016)
- Angry Birds Action! (released April 28, 2016)
- Angry Birds Ace Fighter (released May 31, 2016, for Chinese Beta Testing and July 27, 2016, for Open Beta Testing)
- Angry Birds Blast! (released December 22, 2016)
- Angry Birds Evolution (released June 15, 2017)
- Angry Birds Match (released August 31, 2017)
- Angry Birds Champions (released February 21, 2018)
- Angry Birds for Facebook Messenger (released March 1, 2018)
- Angry Birds Dream Blast (released January 24, 2019)
- Angry Birds POP Blast (released April 12, 2019)
- Angry Birds Island (Never got released worldwide)
- Angry Birds Tennis (released February 2020)
- Angry Birds Journey (released worldwide January 20, 2022)
- Angry Birds Legends (Never got released worldwide)
- Angry Birds Double Crossed (Not released yet)
- Angry Birds Launch It! (Not released yet)
- Angry Birds Reloaded (released July 15, 2021 at 11:00 P.M EST)
- Angry Birds: Mayhem Simulator (released December 16, 2021)
- Rovio Classics: Angry Birds (released March 31, 2022)
- Bad Piggies 2 (softlaunched on May 4, 2023, on Sweden, Finland, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and Poland on [IOS]) (May 9, 2023 on Android in same countries)
Other Games[]
- indicates no longer available
- Amazing Alex*
- Battle Bay
- Bounce Evolution
- Bounce Tales
- Bounce Touch
- Bounce Boing Voyage
- Burger Rush
- Burnout (Java)
- Business Time!
- Collapse Chaos
- Cyber Blood
- Darkest Fear
- Darkest Fear 2: Grim Oak
- Darkest Fear 3: Nightmare
- Darkfire Heroes
- Deminions Unleased (Pet Monsters)
- Desert Sniper
- Dragon & Jade
- Formula GP Racing
- Gem Drop
- Hardhead Squad: MMO War*
- King of The Cabbage World
- Love Rocks
- Marine Sniper
- Moomin Blast
- Mole War
- Need for Speed: Carbon (Java mobile)
- (Fruit) Nibblers
- Paid to Kill
- Paper Planes
- Party Monsters*
- Patron Angel
- Phoenix Rangers
- Playman Winter Games
- RETRY*
- Shopping Madness
- Sugar Blast
- Small Town Murders
- Space Impact: Meteor Shield
- Star Marine
- Supernatural City: Match 3
- Sumea Ski Jump
- Swat Elite Troops
- US Marine Corps Scout Sniper
- The Croods*
- Totomi
- Travel Match Club
- War Diary Burma
- War Diary Crusader
- War Diary Torpedo
- Wolfmoon
- X-Factor 2008
Rovio Stars[]
Rovio Stars is Rovio's publishing arm, where they help other game studios with developing and publishing their video games. The Rovio stars titles are:
Once again, * means no longer published.
- Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage*
- Tiny Thief*
- Juice Cubes
- Word Monsters*
- Plunder Pirates
- Jolly Jam*
- Sky Punks*
Trivia[]
- In the Finnish language, Rovio means pyre, or alternatively, bonfire.
- As of September 2021, Rovio is one of the top 10 most attractive employers among Finnish young professionals, according to the annual Young Professional Attraction Index.
- In 2014, Rovio created a new publishing studio called LVL11, but their only title produced was Retry in 2014.
- In late October 2021, Rovio founded the new game studio called "Rovio Toronto", with its goal to produce more casual mainstream games.
- Rovio has had multiple conventions in their name, for example: RovioCon 2017 had Dong Nguyen (the creator of Flappy Bird) to speak at a panel about game development! So far, there has only been RovioCon 2017, 2018 and 2019.
- In 2018, the company's estimated second-quarter adjusted operating profit dropped from 16 million euros to 6 million ($7 million) euros[5]
- On November 11, 2021, Rovio pledged on Twitter and their site blog that their company will become carbon neutral by 2022, by limiting airflights their staff takes and limiting carbon production in studios like in Espoo and Stockholm.
- Rovio is a member of the "Playing for the Planet Alliance" and joined back in 2020.
- As of January 22, 2024, all shares of Rovio stock were bought by SegaSammy at €9.28 a share.[6]
- In late August 2024, the Rovio Twitter account reached 100,000 followers.
Financial Reports[]
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2018[]
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2021[]
Annual Reports[]
2020[]
Investor Presentations[]
Gallery[]
Logos[]
Posts[]
Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.wired.com/2011/01/app-stars-angry-birds/
- ↑ https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/14/23683633/angry-birds-rovio-sega-sell-deal
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/angry-birds-maker-rovio-says-talks-with-playtika-have-ended-2023-03-22/
- ↑ https://www.rovio.com/open-positions/product-lead-reds-club-77dd18ad-2aff-439b-bbbd-eeb99016b2ad/
- ↑ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/angry-birds-maker-rovio-posts-sharply-lower-quarterly-profit/articleshow/65436128.cms
- ↑ https://investors.rovio.com/en/share-shareholders/share-chart
External links[]
- http://www.rovio.com/
- http://www.youtube.com/user/RovioMobile
- https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/59000/level-up-rovio-announces-new-publishing-label-lvl11/
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