The Angry Birds Movie just took $150 million at the box office and gave Rovio...
"The Angry Birds Movie" has just given ailing Finnish gaming startup Rovio a vital lifeline.Rovio, traditionally a mobile gaming company, has had a tough time over the last couple of years, cutting 213...
View ArticleThe company behind Angry Birds desperately needs the movie to be a hit
It looks like the "Angry Birds" movie is a hit: it grossed more than $150 million in its opening weekend, and knocked "Captain America: Civil War" off the top of the U.S. charts.That's a nice boost for...
View ArticleRovio's 'Mighty Eagle' has left the company
Peter Vesterbacka, the brand ambassador and "Mighty Eagle" at "Angry Birds" developer Rovio has left the company after six years, Arctic Startup reports.Vesterbacka told Finnish newspaper Helsingin...
View ArticleThe cute new Transformer represents a trend that's destroying great movies
There's no good reason to care about the next Transformers movie. It has a ridiculous name, "Transformers: The Last Knight." It's directed by Michael Bay. And it's sure to include all kinds of...
View ArticleThe former 'Mighty Eagle' of the company behind 'Angry Birds' has joined a...
Peter Vesterbacka, the former brand ambassador and "Mighty Eagle" of "Angry Birds" developer Rovio, has joined a small gaming startup run by a team of ex-Rovio employees.Vesterbacka is joining...
View ArticleThe company behind Angry Birds has launched an app streaming service
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Rovio, best known as the publisher behind the popular mobile game...
View ArticleThe company behind 'Angry Birds' is laying off around 10% of staff
Rovio, the company behind hit mobile game "Angry Birds", is cutting its workforce by almost 10%, The Wall Street Journal reports.The Finnish company currently employs over 400 staff but up to 35 jobs...
View ArticleThe maker of Angry Birds is thinking about going public
(Reuters) - Finnish mobile game and animation studio Rovio, maker of the Angry Birds game, said it could list on the stock exchange in the future, while declining comment on a media report that China's...
View ArticleTencent eyes 'Angry Birds' maker Rovio to strengthen its mobile gaming dominance
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Tencent, known best for its Chinese messaging app WeChat, is looking...
View ArticleThe creator of 'Angry Birds' is set to go public with a value of $2 billion
Rovio Entertainment Oy is the Finnish game studio that created the mobile game megahit 'Angry Birds,' and subsequent movies.Anonymous sources told Bloomberg that Rovio is planning an IPO, with an...
View Article'Angry Birds' maker Rovio is planning to go public
HELSINKI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Finnish mobile games and animation studio Rovio Entertainment said on Tuesday that it was planning an initial public offering (IPO) and listing of its shares in Helsinki in...
View ArticleThe maker of Angry Birds is planning an IPO
(Reuters) - The maker of hit mobile phone game "Angry Birds" is planning an initial public offering to raise around 30 million euros ($36 million) and potentially use its shares to make...
View Article'Angry Birds' developer Rovio is going to IPO with a valuation of $1 billion
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish mobile games and animation studio Rovio Entertainment Ltd on Friday set the initial price range for its planned IPO which would value the company at around $1 billion.The...
View ArticleThe maker of Angry Birds prices its IPO at the top end of its range, nets $1...
(Reuters) - Finnish mobile games and animation studio Rovio Entertainment Ltd priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the top end of the initial price range on Thursday, giving the company a market...
View ArticleShares in 'Angry Birds' maker Rovio fell 19% after disappointing results
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment fell short of market expectations for quarterly sales and profit on Thursday, sparking a near 20 percent fall in the Finnish firm's...
View ArticleAngry Birds maker Rovio crashes 45% after warning on profits
Shares of Angry Birds maker Rovio plunged 45% Thursday after the company warned on profits.The company forecast an operating margin at 9% to 11 % in 2018, well shy of the 14.5% that was expected."That...
View ArticleThese are the most successful paid apps in the history of the Apple App Store...
10 years ago, Apple revealed the App Store, a curated marketplace that represented the one and only way for iPhone owners to buy and install software. Since then, Apple has paid over $100 billion to...
View ArticleI played 'Angry Birds' on Magic Leap and it blew my mind
The gaming studio behind "Angry Birds" has made a version of the famous mobile game for mixed-reality headset Magic Leap.I got to demo the game, and it was the perfect use of Magic Leap's tech.I...
View ArticleNetflix is reportedly working on a 'Resident Evil' series — here are 17 more...
Netflix is reportedly planning an adaptation of the horror video game franchise "Resident Evil.""Resident Evil" is already the highest-grossing video game movie franchise of all time, with more than...
View ArticlePopular movies inspired by video games, ranked from worst to best
There are many movies inspired by video games out there and a lot of them have not been well-received by critics.A few video-game films have been well-received by critics, including "Rampage" (2018),...
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