Sega Has Officially Acquired Angry Birds Developer Rovio, the Developer Has Joined Sega Group – TouchArcade
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Back in April, Sega Sammy announced that it will acquire Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment for 706 million Euros (about $776 million) to help with its expansion in the mobile market. Today, Sega has confirmed that the acquisition is complete and Rovio has joined Sega Group.
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Good for Sega. But have they released anything worthwhile recently? The OG Angry Birds was a fun game but I feel like they milked it with all its worth and people got sick of it pretty soon after.

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All it needs is another movie featuring The Rock

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I think the idea is that this way they can work on things that aren’t Angry Birds, Sega has a lot of IP. Sega just seems to want a developer with a track history that can make things for that market. They also seem to want to make sega look more appealing to future buyers so having a mobile arm probably helps there.

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