Rovio Entertainment Oyj is a Finnish video game developer based in Espoo.
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Rovio Entertainment Oyj is a Finnish video game developer based in Espoo.
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Rovio Entertainment currently operates studios in Espoo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Montreal.
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In December 2009, Rovio Entertainment released Angry Birds, its 52nd game, a puzzle game where a bird is flung at pigs using a slingshot for the iPhone; it reached No 1 spot in the Apple App Store paid apps chart after six months, and remained charted for months after.
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In March 2011, Rovio Entertainment raised $42 million in venture capital funding from Accel Partners, Atomico and Felicis Ventures.
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In March 2012, Rovio Entertainment acquired Futuremark Game Studios, the game development division of benchmarking company Futuremark, for an undisclosed sum.
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In May 2012, Rovio Entertainment announced that its game series Angry Birds had reached its one billionth download.
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In July 2012, Rovio Entertainment announced a distribution partnership with Activision to bring the first three Angry Birds titles to video game consoles and handhelds, in a collection named Angry Birds Trilogy.
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In November 2012, Rovio Entertainment released Angry Birds Star Wars, an iteration of its popular game licensed from the Star Wars original trilogy, for mobile devices and PC.
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Rovio Entertainment partnered with Activision again to port the title to video game consoles and handhelds, with it being released on those platforms in October 2013.
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In January 2014, Rovio Entertainment announced that its game series Angry Birds had reached its two billionth download.
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In May 2014, Rovio Entertainment launched a new publishing arm, Rovio Entertainment LVL11, to release experimental games.
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Rovio Entertainment noted that "the company are unsatisfied over the result of our licensing business".
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On 16 January 2017, Rovio Entertainment opened its new game studio in London to focus on massively multiplayer online games.
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On 15 February 2017, Rovio Entertainment announced that it will be cutting at least 35 jobs as it restructures the animation division.
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In March 2017, Rovio Entertainment reported that it has returned to profitability with a gross revenue of US$201 million with the success of the Angry Birds Movie and its recent video games.
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On 5 September 2017, Rovio Entertainment announced its intention to become a publicly-traded company.
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In October 2017, Rovio Entertainment shares were sold at NASDAQ Helsinki and the company was valued at $1 billion.
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On 2 March 2018, Rovio Entertainment announced the closure of its London studio after disappointing results.
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On 14 November 2018, Rovio Entertainment announced that it appointed the former Gameloft executive Alexandre Pelletier-Normand as executive vice president of its game business unit.
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On 30 November 2018, Rovio Entertainment announced that they had fully acquired PlayRaven, the developer known for making strategy games such as Eve: War of Ascension.
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On 21 December 2020 Rovio Entertainment announced that Executive Vice President of games, Alexandre Pelletier-Normand, would take over as CEO.
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In 2021, the New Mexico attorney general filed a federal lawsuit against Rovio Entertainment, alleging the company illegally collected and sold private personal data of users under thirteen to third party advertisers.
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