![]() ![]() In January 2014, Rovio announced that its game series Angry Birds had reached its two billionth download. As of 2013, Rovio became a video game publisher and is publishing third party games through its Rovio Stars program. In March 2013, Rovio launched its multi-platform Toons.TV channel starting with Angry Birds Toons. A sequel, Angry Birds Star Wars II, based on the Star Wars prequel trilogy, was released in September 2013. ![]() Rovio partnered with Activision again to port the title to video game consoles and handhelds, with it being released on those platforms in October 2013. In November 2012, Rovio released Angry Birds Star Wars, an iteration of its popular game licensed from the Star Wars original trilogy, for mobile devices and PC. In July 2012, Rovio announced a distribution partnership with Activision to bring the first three Angry Birds titles to video game consoles and handhelds, in a collection named Angry Birds Trilogy. In May 2012, Rovio announced that its game series Angry Birds had reached its one billionth download. In March 2012, Rovio acquired Futuremark Game Studios, the game development division of benchmarking company Futuremark, for an undisclosed sum. The animation studio was acquired to produce a series of short videos released in 2012. By October 2011, Rovio purchased Kombo, a Helsinki-based animation company. In June 2011, the company hired David Maisel to lead their Angry Birds movie production. In July 2011, the company changed its name to Rovio Entertainment. In March 2011, Rovio raised $42 million in venture capital funding from Accel Partners, Atomico and Felicis Ventures. 1 spot in the Apple App Store paid apps chart after six months, and remained charted for months after. In December 2009, Rovio released Angry Birds, its 52nd game, a puzzle game where a bird is flung at pigs using a slingshot for the iPhone it reached No. In January 2005, Relude received its first round of investment from a business angel, and the company changed its name to Rovio Mobile, where "rovio" translates from Finnish as " pyre". King of the Cabbage World was sold to Sumea, and renamed to Mole War, which became one of the first commercial real-time multiplayer mobile games. A victory with a mobile game called King of the Cabbage World led the trio to set up their own company, Relude. In 2003, three students from the Helsinki University of Technology, Niklas Hed, Jarno Väkeväinen and Kim Dikert, participated in a mobile game development competition at the Assembly demo party sponsored by Nokia and Hewlett-Packard. The company's success has helped to establish Finland as a leading player in the mobile game industry, and has helped to create a thriving ecosystem for game development in the country. The company currently operates studios in Espoo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Montreal. Founded in 2003 by Helsinki University of Technology students Niklas Hed, Jarno Väkeväinen and Kim Dikert, the company is best known for the Angry Birds franchise. ![]() Rovio Entertainment Oyj (formerly Relude Oy and Rovio Mobile Oy and doing business internationally as the Rovio Entertainment Corporation) is a Finnish video game developer based in Espoo.
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