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Sega agrees to acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment for $776.2M

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sega has agreed to acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment for $776.2 million (706 million euros) as the consolidation in gaming continues.

Sega, a division of Sega Sammy Holdings in Tokyo, said it plans to make a tender offer to acquire the Finnish company through the Sega Europe subsidiary and it has entered into a definitive agreement with Rovio. Sega said the deal will enable a global expansion of its consumer business through the boost that Rovio will give to its mobile gaming capabilities.

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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.