Spreading His Wings
Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka flies the nest to pursue startup
Retains shares with Angry Birds developer
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
From Pocket To Multiplex
The Angry Birds Movie hits $238 million worldwide, with China in the lead
Angry Birds and Warcraft movies enjoy strong start
Flying Higher
The Angry Birds Movie rakes in $70 million from US and China opening weekends
Now number 1 in 44 markets
Lights, Camera, Action!
Bouncing birds and staying on brand: The making of Angry Birds Action!
How Tag Games gave the familiar characters a whole new style
Flying High
The Angry Birds Movie makes $43 million in opening weekend
Around half its budget made back before launching in the US
Best Of The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2016
The shakers, movers and moneymakers
Millionaire Panel
Video: What does it cost to make a million on the App Store?
Less than a million, you would hope
Meg-ua Predictions
Eric Seufert predicts the UA mega trends of 2016
What will be big?
Turnaround
Rovio's game sales up again to $161 million, but company makes loss in 2015
#MakeRovioGreatAgain
10 In 10
10 years of Pocket Gamer: Rovio's Wilhelm Taht on moving from 'dumb phone games' to ultra HD graphics
10 questions, 10 answers, 10 years
Like A Boomerang
Ville Heijari returns to the nest; he's Rovio's new CMO
Making Rovio Great Again
Deminions Revealed
Rovio has a mid-core game in soft launch that looks a bit like Japanese hit Monster Strike
Deminions Unleashed is being tested
Turning The Page
Rovio's decoupling continues as book publishing activity spun out
Books become separate affiliate
Expert Knowledge
Rovio outsources its European ad sales business to Venatus Media
Better out than in
Its The Finnovators
Dealing with success: is Finland still ahead of the game?
Small country, big games
New Wave Ua
User acquisition experts talk about the "new wave" of UA
A brave new world of user acquisition?
Mega Trends
Eric Seufert predicts the 3 mega trends in user acquisition for 2016
Multiple screens and multiple devices
Millions And Millions
User acquisition experts talk about how much it costs to make a million on the App Store
The real cost of user acquisition
Non-gaming Ua Catchs Up
#PGCLondon 2016 speaker Rovio's Eric Seufert foresees a top 5 grossing apps chart devoid of games
What to expect at PG Connects London
More Pigs, Better Pigs
2015 in Review: Rovio's new head of games Wilhelm Taht on a big year coming
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Brands In Context
Rovio's Wilhelm Taht offers an alternative to the "zero-sum game" of video ads
When is an advert not an advert? When it's "a gift from a brand"
Fruity Fun
Rovio on balancing luck and skill in Nibblers
Teemu Hämäläinen interviewed
Take Over
A history of Finland's mobile games industry: The rise of Rovio and Supercell
App stores open the door
Iap Inspector
Pulled taut: the monetisation of Angry Birds 2
The IAP Inspector examines Rovio's F2P sequel
Plucked Feathers
Angry Birds creator Rovio readies 260 redundancies
Rovio is getting ready to shrink once more.
Bird Brand
Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka on why brands are best
As since proved by Angry Birds 2
Expanding The Nest
Rovio spreads its wings with new country director for India
Anurag Sachdeva is taking Angry Birds east.
Catapulted
Angry Birds 2 does 30 million downloads in two weeks
Birds and pigs are flying
Tweet Tweet
How Jonatan Crafoord squeezed the entire audio for Angry Birds 2 into 10Mb
Rovio Stockholm's audio director takes us behind the scenes on Angry Birds 2's audio
Egg-selent
Angry Birds 2 blasts 20 million downloads in first week
Rovio's on a roll
Hot Five
The making of Angry Birds 2, Bethesda's F2P Boogeyman, and Apple and Google unite
We round up the top five stories of last week.
Fast Feathers
Angry Birds 2 scores 10 million downloads in 4 days
Rovio's sequel carries on pulling in interest
Eagle For A Buck
Flashback Friday: Rovio leverages 18 million Angry Birds downloads with Mighty Eagle IAP
Don't get stuck on a level. Buy through it
Big Birds
Angry Birds 2 guzzles 1 million downloads in 12 hours
Players flock to play Rovio's sequel
Flapping Great
Bigger, badder, birdier: The Making of Angry Birds 2
The general manager of Rovio Stockholm lifts the lid on a new sequel
The Birds Are Back In Town
Angry Birds 2 launches with new Silver female cast member
Rovio's sequel hits shelves
New Old Bird On The Block
Rovio will lay Angry Birds 2-shaped egg on July 30
Angry Birds 2 inks in a launch date
Rage Against The Machine
Angry Birds get political with #UpForSchool education petition
Rovio joins campaign for educational equality
Animal Magic
Sonic Dash celebrates 100 million downloads with playable Angry Birds characters
Hedgehog vs birds
Timed For Movie Release
Rovio signs Lego deal for Angry Birds construction toys
Building and destruction
Truth In Jest
Rovio bringing virtual reality Angry Birds to Gear VR
Rock in Rio VIPs get first go
Sisters Take Flight
Angry Birds Stella games pass 30 million downloads
Angry Birds Stella POP! does 5 million in launch month
Racing Ahead
Angry Birds Go smacks down Mario with 130 million downloads
Rovio spin-off game raises the stakes
Simply The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2015
The shakers, makers and movers
Cunning Fox
Rovio hires ex-Fox exec Alex Lambeek to push Asian business
New chief commercial officer brings Asia Pacific experience
Cash In
Rovio wins $4.2 million in toy vending machine copyright dispute
Counterfeit Angry Bird toys spark legal battle
Shooting Stars
Rovio Stars continues to build dream team with the appointment of F2P consultant Mark Sorrell
Pieces are falling into place
Espoo For You?
Rovio Stars is looking for 5 stars to build out publishing team
Rovio's publishing business on the move
Rovio Rebound
Rovio sees 2014 sales drop 9% but game revenue is up 16% to $134 million
Merchandising decline hits margins
The Journey
Triple-A branding an indie game concept: the Making of Angry Birds Epic
Chimera's epic journey