Ruby Games is the creator of Hunter Assassin.
Ruby Games is the creator of Hunter Assassin.
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Angry Birds maker Rovio will buy hypercasual studio Ruby Games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment has agreed to acquire hypercasual game studio Ruby Games, a Turkish studio that’s the creator of the hit game Hunter Assassin.

The move reflects one of the hot trends in mobile games as players focus on titles that don’t require a huge attention span, and it’s another big endorsement for Turkey’s mobile gaming ecosystem. Rovio is also joining in on an unprecedented acquisition spree across the game industry that saw $50.2 billion invested in games in the first half of 2021.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.