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Company Profile
Rovio
Website
www.rovio.com
About
Rovio is a leading European mobile game developer that focuses on publishing its benchmark quality games directly, and uses selected partners to further broaden its distribution network. The company was founded in late 2004, is based in Helsinki, and is growing fast to support the global demand of its premium games.
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Accolades
Articles featuring Rovio
Rovio: Angry Birds was almost cancelled
Studio had to rediscover the 'magic'
Rovio: We want to be the first entertainment brand with 1 billion DAUs
Plus, Vesterbacka answers the China question
Rovio: Half our revenue to come from physical goods
Food, drinks, everyday goods on table
Rovio partners with McDonald's in China to create location-based Angry Birds
A game that gets better with burgers
Rovio: Angry Birds still drawing in 200 million active users a month
Stalbow talks numbers and brand extension
Out There: Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka can keep going all night
Mighty Eagle in caffeine-fuelled campaign
Rovio swoops for Battlefield 3 producer Patrick Liu
Leaves DICE for new Swedish office
Angry Birds plush toys sales to double to $400 million in 2012
Commonwealth Toys & Novelty celebrates
Rovio takes to the PocketGamer.biz jobs board to find 'Amazing' applicants
Recruiting for eight positions
Rovio confirms no plans to move HQ to Ireland
Ireland move 'taken out of context'
Rovio reveals even more new games in the pipeline
Angry Birds could move down the pecking order in 2012
What happened to the $42 million 'invested' in Rovio?
Not listed in company financials apparently
Rovio acquires Casey's Contraptions IP for renewed splash on iOS and Android
Relaunch due this summer
Rovio's 2011 sales were 75.4 million euros, with pre-tax earnings of 48 million euros
Bird flying high
Angry Birds Space and all future Rovio games coming to Nokia Lumia devices, including with exclusive content
Sets up a dedicated dev team
Animated Angry Birds TV series rolling out autumn 2012
Movie pushed back
Rovio announces plan to set up Stockholm, Sweden office
Looking for a GM to manage recruitment of 20-30 staff
Angry Birds outfit Rovio acquires Futuremark Games Studio
Finnish favourite ups its game
Peter Vesterbacka on why Rovio is looking to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US
Also planning 100 Angry Birds retail stores in China
Rovio waiting for the right time to sell, claims CEO Mikael Hed
Studio also in the market for acquisitions
Global Winners
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2012
The movers and shakers of the past 12 months
Speculation in Finnish press values Rovio at more than $6 billion
Company shareholding structure also revealed
Gene Simmons talks up Rovio collaboration for KISS Angry Birds
Doing what they did with Hello Kitty
Piracy can help, not hinder, your game, reckons Rovio's Mikael Hed
No point in taking on small offenders
Angry Birds merch flies into Russia and CIS as Rovio signs distribution deal
Very important market
Rovio setting up new development studio in Tampere
Headed by ex-Universomo co-founder Atte Kotiranta
Angry Birds accounted for 2.7% of Christmas Day app downloads on iOS and Android - 6.5 million
Still no turkey
Rovio revenue to hit $100 million in 2011 as studio eyes Hong Kong IPO in 2013
Up from $10 million in 2010
Rovio teams up with Lappset as Angry Birds set to take over playgrounds
First Finland, then the world
Rovio's Vesterbacka claims Angry Birds' is the largest mobile ad network with 10 billion monthly impressions
Studio looking for longterm $60 billion valuation
Rovio set to sign deal with major US player to push carrier billing Bad Piggy Bank platform
AT&T mooted
Angry Birds hits 500 million downloads milestone
Flying in the face of franchise peak rumours
Rovio to open official Angry Birds stores in China to fight unlicensed merchandise
Looking to generate $100 million in sales in 2011
As Rovio talks up $1+ billion IPO, rumours suggest DAUs for the original Angry Birds game are dropping
Have we reached the start of Peak Angry Birds?
Rovio CMO Vesterbacka hints at IPO in 2011, says valuation now 'a bit north' of $1 billion
The Mighty Eagle gets mightier
Rovio breaks 70:30 revenue split rule on Android thanks to carrier billing deal with T-Mobile
Demonstrates biggest brand can get better deal
Rovio thirdparty publishing rumours resurface with the suggestion it's taking a longterm approach
Brand building
Rovio prepares for Angry Birds animation with appointment of ex-Fox exec Andrew Stalbow
Will become general manager of Rovio North America
Rumour: Rovio's getting a strategic investment that will value it at more than $1 billion
Birds getting plumper
Rovio's Vesterbacka dismisses 'games company' tag, claims studio building 'next gen entertainment franchise'
A strong brand can take you anywhere
Rovio sets sights on 1 billion fans for Angry Birds by 2014
Studio betting the farm on the series
Exclusive: Angry Birds' developer Rovio is on the trail for mobile IP acquisition
Nest needs more eggs
VP Ville Heijari reckons Rovio is 'maybe' worth more than PopCap
Ruffling feathers
Angry Birds' big screen debut nears as former Marvel man Maisel joins Rovio
Set to serve as executive producer
Angry Birds hits 250 million downloads across mobile platforms
Up 50 million in less than a month
Rovio acquires Finnish animation studio Kombo
Firm to focus production on studio's IP
Angry Birds series surpasses 200 million downloads
Chrome web release signs up 6 million fans in a week
Angry Birds hits 140 million downloads
Up 40 million since mid-March
Rovio chairman says it's planning US IPO in the next 5 years
Future planning