Rovio has been the subject of a stern warning from former Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello, after he questioned the way the company had gone about expanding its brand.
James M. Whitehurst named interim CEO as the board begins its search for a permanent replacement.
"Gee whiz, can't imagine what brought this on..."
Nowadays, *retirement* for CEOs from big gaming companies is a fancy term for *you f* up and now your fired!"
This bag of dirt probably got a big check to make this move. Very sad that the scummier you are the bigger the golden parchute! Hopefully he is done for good with the video game industry !
Saw it coming. Only way they can begin to regain trust is by having this guy step down. Well at least that'll help their image, corporate greed is gonna bring everything down eventually.
damn, the backash was so big that he, presumably, had to retire.
i mean, it was a scummy move
SEGA plans to buy Angry Birds mobile game developer Rovio in a sweeping deal for $771 million because of a number of reasons. Here are a few of them.
I never played Angry Birds, never seen it live, and i'm proud. I won't eat the cereal. Birds with eyebrows i can do without.
Not into mobile. Idgaf. Flex...ok. Angry Birds looks dumb af. Not for me. Not into the acquisition or AB craze. Sorry if it offends you. If Sega wanted in on mobile i can think of 800m better spent.
Angry Bird sympathizers. I won't even eat the AB gummies. I stay flexing.
Also, my first post wasn't meant as a flex, i was goofing about. AB does look dumb but idc. Man, Angry Army of bird lovin folk. I apologize. Eyebrows on birds are ok.
Sega has wanted to make it big in the mobile space for the past decade anyone remember that nightmare called sonic 4
One of the unfortunate parts of my Steam library after I bought one of the Sonic Humble Bundles years ago
SEGA has just acquired Angry Birds studio Rovio Entertainment for $775 million, and looks to use the studio's expertise in mobile gaming.
wow 775 million I thought Rovio was going serious downhill. As I saw multiple youtube videos on it. Rovio was supposed to be a juggernaut gaming company but management they went in all direction based only on 1 IP.
Why Did Angry Bird Go Bankrupt: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
What Killed Angry Bird Franchise: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
I feel like that was kind of what Shadow the Hedgehog was.
Plenty of edge and seething, and if you played it traditionally (without weapons), Shadow throws himself at enemies.
... Similar enough
Oh god, a mobile game about Angry Sonic, I suppose we already have Ugly Sonic, why not?
Sega upping their own value if anyone wants to acquire them! Not just getting console expertise but mobile now as well.
I doubt being acquired is in their plans. I used to think sega was in the dumps like capcom was in 2012-2014 but they own so many arcades, pachinko machines, and they publish western games in japan. They were able to buy out atlus and now this company, i think they in a position to not be touched.
Nice everything in finland is for sale. We even sold nokia and our own electricity network so global corporations can charge us from something that is made with taxpayer money.
They were too busy buying the company that wasn't tanking. You know the top-rated ones.
Good for Sega, maybe they can right the ship.
