Rovio's match-3 game Small Town Murders
Rovio's match-3 game Small Town Murders
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Rovio’s Small Town Murders is a story-based match-3 puzzle game

Rovio continues its quest to diversify beyond Angry Birds with Small Town Murders, a match-3 mobile puzzle game. The free-to-play title launches Wednesday on iOS and Android.

The Espoo, Finland-based company hopes to distinguish itself with its story-based gameplay, said Rovio head of games Alex Pelletier-Normand in an interview with GamesBeat. Match-3 games are the biggest part of the U.S. mobile game market, according to market analyst firm GameRefinery.

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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.