Finnish video game maker Rovio Entertainment has agreed to a $775 million sale to Japanese gaming firm Sega that will bring together the companies’ iconic Angry Birds and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises ...

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Angry Birds instantly became one of the most successful mobile games ever released when it made its debut in 2009 - Copyright AFP/File Evaristo SA Angry Birds ...

“Preliminary discussions … have now ended,” the companies say, but Rovio is continuing to explore options, including "preliminary non-binding discussions with certain other parties." By Georg Szalai ...

HELSINKI, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Finland's Rovio, maker of hit mobile phone game Angry Birds, said it will axe about a third of its workforce and will spin off its learning business to focus on games, ...

Video game maker Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. offered to buy Rovio Entertainment Oyj in a deal that values the Finland-based creator of Angry Birds at about €706 million ($776 million). Sega offered €9.25 ...

HELSINKI, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Finnish gaming firm Rovio, creator of "Angry Birds," the world's most popular computer game, is planning an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange in 2013 ...

Rovio Entertainment Oy is planning an initial public offering as early as next month that could value the maker of the Angry Birds mobile games and movie at about $2 billion, said people familiar with ...

Rovio's growth has been explosive -- rising from a mere €5.4 million ($7.4 million) in 2010 to well over $200 million. That growth has silenced critics over the past few years, who frequently called ...

Can a couple of Angry Birds turn around the disappointing Philadelphia Eagles? Maybe not, but Eagles’ management hopes the hit game can at least get the team some more fans. Angry Birds parent company ...

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Sega parent company Sega Sammy Holdings is nearing a deal to purchase Rovio Entertainment, the Finnish mobile game maker behind Angry Birds, in a deal worth $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal ...