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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
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
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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
Angry Birds Still Go!
We talk about fans, not users or customers, says Rovio's Vesterbacka
Mighty Eagle bigs up branding for Angry Bird's future
New Birds
Eric Seufert joins Rovio as VP of User Acquisition and Engagement
Someone new is pulling on the Rovio hoodie
Hot Wings
Rovio hooks up with Kunlun to make Angry Birds for China
Beyond localisation
Fly Away
Jami Laes leaves "magical place" Rovio for something "interesting"
Rovio loses its head - of games, that is
Data
Five years on, Rovio celebrates 600 billion slingshotted Angry Birds
How you've grown
Jobs
Rovio shuts down Tampere studio as it confirms 110 job losses
Consolidates in Espoo
Charticle
100 million strong, but how has Angry Birds Go! found its audience on Google Play?
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Rovio launches Angry Birds Stella in China with Alibaba
And promotes it via Chinese Idols
Charticle
Rovio Star's Plunder Pirates discovers buried treasure in France, China and South Korea
A pirate's life
Deal
GungHo and Rovio plan two week Angry Birds and Puzzle & Dragons crossover
When worlds collide
The Finnsider
Don't make me Angry: Why Rovio is better equipped to ride the mobile wave than King or Supercell
An IP to last the ages
Mobile Mavens
Rovio's risk: Are layoffs evidence of lean times ahead at the house that Angry Birds built?
Our Mavens give their view
Jobs
Rovio lays off 130 staff
Finnish Facebook group offers help
Rovio CEO Mikael Hed to step aside in 2015
Flying the nest
Video
Rovio, Creative Mobile and Lima Sky discuss building global brands
Panel talking from PG Connects Helsinki
Video
Money doesn't matter: Embrace your mistakes and chase your passion, says Rovio's Niklas Hed
A phoenix rises
Artist files lawsuit after claiming her trademarked 'Angry Birds' IP was sold to Rovio illegally
Fight the power
Video
Realising potential: Rovio reveals how developers can brand their way to success
Learn from the best
The Charticle
Quest for gold: Did Angry Birds Epic find fortune on the App Store?
Epic by nature?
Video
Game changer: Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka on why brand building is the future
Detailing the '100 year plan'
Pg Connects
Rovio: Most games for our publishing label are 'found at conferences'
Call for indies to get out and about
Pg Connects
Angry Birds goes pop: Why branding and licensing is a must for devs looking to make it big
Power panel reveals all
Pg Connects
Brand power: Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka on why great games aren't enough
Don't get left behind
Pg Connects
Mistakes, epiphanies, and hard work: How Angry Birds conquered the world
The origins of a mobile superstar
Deal
NTT Docomo signs Angry Birds subscription deal with Rovio
Includes games, toons and free in-game items
Rovio shores up consumer products business with trio of strategic hires
And one in-house promotion
The Finnsider
Keep calm, we're Finnish: While the UK whips itself into a F2P furore, Finland's finest are steaming ahead
A tale of two territories
Angry Birds Go's IAPs not out to tempt kids, but the "inner child" in all of us says dev
Exient on finding its feet with F2P
Making Of
From kart to finish: The making of Angry Birds Go
The race is never over
Level up: Rovio announces new publishing label LVL11
Looking to do things outside Angry Birds