Plarium buys Finland’s mobile studio Futureplay to expand into casual games
Plarium’s games have 390 million midcore mobile and PC players, and now it is expanding into the casual sector with an agreement to buy...
Futureplay Games raises $2.5 million for ‘view-to-play’ mobile entertainment
Futureplay Games has raised $2.5 million to fund more titles in its “view-to-play” ad-based mobile gaming portfolio. Started by former Angry Birds veteran Jami...
Helsinki’s Futureplay Games attacks Hay Day with Farm Away mobile game
Look out, FarmVille and Hay Day. Futureplay Games, a mobile-game studio created by former Rovio executive vice president Jami Laes, has unveiled its debut title, Farm Away!. The new game from the Helsinki studio will debut on iOS on November 5.
More Finnish game veterans break off to create new mobile game studio Futureplay
Jami Laes believes the success of mobile video ads will fuel accessible games.
See what four experts have to say about the top gaming trends of 2014
At the recent 2014 International CES tech show, we quizzed representatives from Sony, Microsoft, Oculus VR, and Rovio about the challenges that stand in their way.
Rovio’s Jami Laes on keeping Angry Birds in the entertainment vortex (interview)
Laes sees technology coming that will blend the game and physical worlds of Angry Birds together.
Rovio reveals Angry Birds: Star Wars II with physical-toy gameplay mechanic
Rovio wants to make Angry Birds: Star Wars II the Skylanders of mobile.
Angry Birds maker Rovio hires new exec to lead game development
His job will be to get the game mojo back for Rovio
EA goes after CityVille with today’s launch of SimCity Social
In a bid to unseat Zynga’s CityVille game on Facebook, Electronic Arts has launched SimCity Social today. The new city-building simulation game represents the culmination of...