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| Category | Consumer Web |
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| Description | Mobile Gaming |
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| Series A, 3/11 Accel Partners Atomico Felicis Ventures | $42M |
Rovio is one of Europe’s leading independent developers of wireless games with an ever-growing portfolio of award-winning titles spanning many genres from casual to core next-gen console IP. Their studio has developed games for some of the biggest names in the mobile space, including Electronic Arts, Nokia, Vivendi, Namco Bandai and Mr. Goodliving/Real Networks.
The seeds of Rovio were sown in 2003 when Helsinki University of Technology students Niklas Hed, Jarno Väkeväinen, and Kim Dikert participated in a mobile game development competition sponsored by Nokia and HP. A well-deserved victory with a real-time multiplayer game called “King of the Cabbage World†compelled the trio to set up their own company, Relude. King of the Cabbage World was sold to Sumea (now Digital Chocolate), and renamed to Mole War, which became the first commercial real-time multiplayer mobile game in the world.
In January 2005, Relude received its first round of investment from a business angel, and the company changed its name to Rovio Mobile. Rovio transformed into a full-fledged developer and publisher of 2D Java games, and increased its studio headcount to 30. The initial focus was on creating hard-core gamer titles covering genres such as survival horror, strategy and RPG. In September 2005, Rovio launched its first big titles, Darkest Fear and War Diary: Burma, the former instantly gaining critical acclaim for its innovative game design.
In January 2006, Rovio acquired Pixelgene, a Helsinki-based developer of 3D mobile games that was working on projects for Digital Chocolate and Mr.Goodliving. With the ability to create both 2D and 3D games, Rovio branched out into external development services, as well as continuing to develop and publish its own titles. The first outsourced title, Need for Speed Carbon for Electronic Arts was released in October 2006 and was awarded 9/10 by Pocketgamer. The year 2007 saw the release of Burnout (also for EA), SWAT: Elite Troops (Vivendi Universal Games), and Collapse Quest (Real Networks).
In 2008, Rovio developed Bounce Boing Voyage for Nokia’s N-Gage platform, and published its most casual title to date, Totomi, in both Flash and iPhone versions.
Their most successful game Angry Birds was developed in 2009 and was released for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. An Android version was released in 2010.
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| Tags | mobile-app, mobile-game, iphone-game, desktop-game |
Angry Birds is a puzzle video game developed by Rovio, a developer based in Finland. Since its release for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch devices, over 6.5 million copies of the game have been purchased, and versions have appeared for other touchscreen-based smartphones.
In Angry Birds, players take control of a flock of birds that are attempting to retrieve eggs that have been stolen by a group of evil pigs. The pigs have taken refuge on or within structures made of various materials, including wood, glass and stone, and the object of the game is to eliminate all the pigs in the level.
Using a slingshot, players launch the birds at the structure, with the intent of either hitting the pigs directly or damaging the structure, which would cause it to collapse onto the pigs. If all of the pigs are defeated by the time the last bird is used, the level is completed and the next level is unlocked. Players may re-attempt levels as many times as they wish, and may also replay completed levels in an attempt to boost their score.edit your birds pigs and levels
