SEGA has completed the purchase of the Finnish company Rovio, which created the Angry Birds series of games. The deal cost SEGA €706 million.

The Finnish company Rovio has published a financial report for the second quarter of 2023. She reported a drop in almost all key indicators.

SEGA has received all the necessary permits from antitrust regulators to purchase the authors of Angry Birds. This was announced by Rovio in a report for investors.

Top managers of Supercell and Rovio criticized the Finnish government’s program tightening migration policy. In their opinion, it will make the country much less attractive for foreign developers.

Rovio is another gaming company that shared a financial report today. The creators of Angry Birds told how the first quarter of 2023 passed for them.

The Japanese company SEGA has made an offer to buy the creators of Angry Birds for € 706 million ($ 775.8 million). Earlier, the media reported that she was ready to pay $1 billion for Rovio.

Morning surprise from The Wall Street Journal. The publication reports that SEGA is close to acquiring Angry Birds developers.

On February 23, Rovio removed the original Angry Birds from Google Play, and renamed it Red’s First Flight in the App Store. In a comment to Axios, a Rovio representative said that the company does not mind re—placing the game in the Google store in the future – or removing it from the App Store.

In July 2015, Rovio released the second part of Angry Birds. Since that moment, the revenue of the mobile game from in-app purchases has exceeded $ 500 million, writes MobileGamer.biz with a link to the AppMagic data.

Finnish Rovio announced that it will soon remove the first Angry Birds from access again. On February 23, it will remove the game from Google Play. The game will remain in the App Store for now, but will be renamed Red’s First Flight.

The Finnish publisher and developer Rovio has published an annual report. The company managed to increase revenue, but its profit and audience of games decreased.

In January, Playtika announced its desire to acquire Rovio. Today, the Finnish company confirmed that it is negotiating a sale.

Rovio investors reacted positively to the news that Playtika wants to buy Angry Birds developers. During the day, the value of Rovio shares jumped by 34.4% to €7.6 per share.

Reuters has learned that the Israeli holding company Playtika has made a proposal to consolidate with the Finnish developer and publisher of games Rovio, best known for the Angry Birds franchise.

The local team will support existing projects – Angry Birds Friends and Dream Blast. It will work “in tandem” with the head office located in Finland.

The third news today about the finances of gaming companies. Now the report for the second quarter of 2022 has been released by Rovio.

According to Bloomberg, this is the largest daily growth for Rovio since the company went public in 2017. At the moment, one of its shares can be bought for €8,54.

Finnish Rovio has published a financial report for the first quarter of 2022. Despite the general decline in the mobile frituplay market, the creator of Angry Birds managed to achieve a good income. In three months, the company earned €85 million — 26.6% more than a year ago.

Yesterday, several other gaming companies announced that they were leaving the Russian and/or Belarusian markets. The list includes Sony Interactive Entertainment, WarnerMedia, Rovio and others.