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As of May 2014, Rovio releases non-Angry Birds games under their Rovio LVL11 program. The Rovio LVL11 games are ''[[Retry]]'' and ''Selfie Slam''. ''Retry'' is a clone of ''[[Flappy Bird]]'' with additional features and in ''Selfie Slam'' the player takes a [[selfie]] and adds limbs to make an avatar, then uses the avatar to play a selection of mini-games.<ref>http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Selfie+Slam/news.asp?c=61536</ref> |
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==Games== |
==Games== |
Revision as of 22:08, 20 November 2014
File:Rovio logo.svg | |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Video Games |
Founded | 2003 (as Relude) 2005 (as Rovio Mobile) 2011 (as Rovio Entertainment) |
Founder | Mikael Hed Niklas Hed[1] |
Headquarters | Espoo, Finland[1] |
Key people | Mikael Hed, CEO Teemu Suila, COO Peter Vesterbacka, CMO |
Products | Angry Birds Bad Piggies |
Revenue | €156 million (2013)[2] |
€26.9 million (2013)[2] | |
Owner | Kaj Hed (70% owner)[3] |
Number of employees | 800 (April 2014)[2] |
Divisions | Futuremark Games Studio Rovio Animation Rovio Stars Rovio LVL11 ToonsTV |
Website | rovio.com |
Rovio Entertainment Limited, previously known as Relude and Rovio Mobile,[4] is a Finnish video game developer and entertainment company based in Espoo. The company was founded in 2003 as a mobile game development studio named Relude, and was officially renamed as Rovio[5] (Finnish for pyre) in 2005. The company is best known for creating the Angry Birds video game franchise.
History
In 2003, three students from Helsinki University of Technology (currently Aalto University School of Science), Niklas Hed, Jarno Väkeväinen, and Kim Dikert participated in a mobile game development competition at the Assembly demo party sponsored by Nokia and HP. A victory with a real-time multiplayer game called King of the Cabbage World compelled the trio to set up their own company, Relude. King of the Cabbage World was sold to Sumea (now known as Sumea Studios as part of Digital Chocolate), and renamed to Mole War, which became one of the first commercial real-time multiplayer mobile games in the world, the first one being Samurai Romanesque, a Japanese mobile MMOG released already in January 2001.
In January 2005, Relude received its first round of investment from a business angel, and the company changed its name to Rovio Mobile.[citation needed]
In December 2009, Rovio released Angry Birds, its 52nd game, a slingshot-puzzle game for the iPhone, where it reached No. 1 spot in the Apple App Store chart after six months, and remained charted for months after.[6] Angry Birds has since been downloaded over 1 billion times,[7] with paid downloads accounting for more than 25% of total downloads, making it one of the most sold games in the Apple App Store. On 9 May 2012, Rovio announced that its mobile game Angry Birds had reached its 1 billionth download.
In March 2011, Rovio raised $42 million in venture capital funding from Accel Partners, Atomico and Felicis Ventures.[8]
In July 2011, the company changed its name to Rovio Entertainment Ltd.[9] In June 2011, the company hired David Maisel to lead their Angry Bird movie production.[10] By October 2011, Rovio purchased Kombo, a Helsinki-based animation company.[11] The animation studio was acquired to produce a series of short videos released in 2012.[12]
In March 2012, Rovio acquired Futuremark Game Studios, the game development division of benchmarking company Futuremark for an undisclosed sum.[13]
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. The title was released on September 25, 2012 (a port for the Wii and Wii U consoles was released in 2013).
On November 8, 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.[14] Rovio partnered with Activision again to port the title to video game consoles and handhelds, with it being released on those platforms on October 29, 2013. A sequel, Angry Birds Star Wars II, based on the Star Wars prequel trilogy, was released on September 18, 2013.
In March 2013, Rovio launched its muliplatform ToonsTV channel starting with Angry Birds Toons.[15]
As of 2013, Rovio became a videogame publisher and is publishing third party games through their Rovio Stars program.[16]
In January 2014, it was revealed that their flagship series, Angry Birds, "leaked data" to third-party companies, perhaps even surveillance agencies like the NSA.[17] In retaliation, anti-NSA hackers defaced Rovio's website.[18]
As of May 2014, Rovio releases its non-Angry Birds titles under a new name, Rovio LVL11.[19] The first game published under this title is Retry[20] and the second is Selfie Slam.[21]
As of June 2014, Rovio considers themselves an entertainment and education company, not a mobile game company. This is reinforced by Rovio's merchandise and licensing business accounting for about half of its annual revenue of $216 million in 2013.[22]
In August 2014, Rovio announced that Mikael Hed will step down as CEO in January 2015 in favor of Pekka Rantala.[23] Hed will remain on Rovio's board and will be the chairman of Rovio Animation.
In October 2014, Mikael Hed announced that there would be 130 job losses at the company, after net profits halved in 2013.[24]
Divisions
ToonsTV
ToonsTV is a multiplatform channel owned by Rovio Entertainment. It is available via Rovio apps, video-on-demand providers, smart TVs and connected devices.[15] As of July 2014, it was viewed more than three billion times.[25]
On March 16, 2013, ToonsTV was launched by Rovio starting with Angry Birds Toons.[15] It was followed by a Bad Piggies-based animated series Piggy Tales, premiering on April 11, 2014.[26] The second season of Angry Birds Toons will debuted on October 19, 2014,[27] and an animated series based on Angry Birds Stella is scheduled to be released on November 1, 2014.[28]
ToonsTV also streams a third-party content, including Graphic India/POW!/Stan Lee's Chakra: The Invincible series, at least four shows from Xilam Animation, National Geographic Kids’ Amazing Animals, Jim Henson's classic show Fraggle Rock and works from Hasbro Studios.[15]
Rovio Stars
As of 2013, Rovio became a video game publisher and is publishing third party games through their Rovio Stars program. The Rovio Stars games are Tiny Thief, Juice Cubes, and Plunder Pirates. Sky Punks is an upcoming game to be published by Rovio Stars.
Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage was a game published by Rovio Stars, but it is no longer published by mutual agreement with Nitrome in April 2014.[29] Word Monsters was also a game published by Rovio Stars, but as of August 18, 2014, it is no longer published by them and is published by Raketspel. It was not publically released why Rovio is no longer publishing it.
Rovio LVL11
As of May 2014, Rovio releases non-Angry Birds games under their Rovio LVL11 program. The Rovio LVL11 games are Retry and Selfie Slam. Retry is a clone of Flappy Bird with additional features and in Selfie Slam the player takes a selfie and adds limbs to make an avatar, then uses the avatar to play a selection of mini-games.[30]
Games
Developed by Rovio Entertainment
Year | Title | Platform(s) | ||||
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Android | iOS | Mac | WP | PC | ||
2009 | Angry Birds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2010 | Angry Birds Seasons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2011 | Angry Birds Rio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2012 | Angry Birds Space | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2012 | Amazing Alex | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
2012 | Bad Piggies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2012 | Angry Birds Star Wars | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2013 | The Croods | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
2013 | Angry Birds Friends | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Angry Birds Star Wars II | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Angry Birds Go! | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
2014 | Angry Birds Epic | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
2014 | Angry Birds Stella | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
2014 | Angry Birds Transformers | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Developed by Rovio LVL11
Year | Title | Platform(s) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android | iOS | Mac | WP | PC | ||
2014 | Retry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
2014 | Selfie Slam | TBA | Yes | No | No | No |
Published by Rovio Stars
Year | Title | Platform(s) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android | iOS | Mac | WP | PC | ||
2013 | Tiny Thief | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Juice Cubes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2014 | Plunder Pirates | TBA | Yes | No | TBA | No |
2014 | Sky Punks | TBA | TBA | No | No | No |
No longer published by Rovio Stars
Year | Title | Platform(s) | ||||
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Android | iOS | Mac | WP | PC | ||
2013 | Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
2014 | Word Monsters | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Developed by Rovio Mobile
- Bounce Evolution - N900 (2009)
- Bounce Tales - N-Gage (2009)
- Bounce Touch - N-Gage
- Bounce Boing Voyage - N-Gage (2008)
- Burger Rush - J2ME
- Burnout - J2ME (2007)
- Collapse Chaos - J2ME
- Cyber Blood - J2ME
- Darkest Fear - iOS (2009), J2ME (2005)
- Darkest Fear 2 - J2ME
- Darkest Fear 3 - J2ME
- Desert Sniper - J2ME (2006)
- Dragon & Jade - J2ME
- Formula GP Racing - J2ME
- Gem Drop - J2ME (2008)
- Marine Sniper - J2ME
- Mole War - J2ME
- Need for Speed: Carbon - J2ME (2006)
- Paid to Kill - J2ME
- Paper Planes - J2ME (2008)
- Patron Angel - J2ME
- Playman Winter Games - J2ME
- Shopping Madness - J2ME (2008)
- Space Impact: Meteor Shield - N97, J2ME
- Star Marine - J2ME (2007)
- Sumea Ski Jump - J2ME
- Swat Elite Troops - J2ME
- US Marine Corps Scout Sniper - J2ME (2006)
- Totomi - iOS, Flash, J2ME
- War Diary Burma - J2ME
- War Diary Torpedo - J2ME
- Wolfmoon - J2ME
- X-Factor 2008 - J2ME
References
- ^ a b "Studio Profile: Rovio". Edge. Future plc. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "Rovio Entertainment Reports 2013 Financial Results". Rovio Entertainment. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ Anderson, Greg (2013-06-10). "Rovio's Updated Ownership Structure Points To Luxembourg-Based Accel Subsidiary". Arcticstartup.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ^ Wauters, Robin (21 December 2012). "Inside the nest: After 3 years of Angry Birds, what's next for Rovio?". The Next Web. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Rovio - Contact". Rovio. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ November 24, 2013 9:00 AM. "In the land of Angry Birds: Rovio reveals its global entertainment ambitions". Venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Rovio Passes a Billion Angry Birds Downloads, Still Mulling IPO - Ina Fried - Mobile". AllThingsD. 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ^ "Angry Birds Turn Rich, Get $42 Million in Funding". Mashable. March 10, 2011.
- ^ Wingfield, Nick (2011-08-10). "Rovio Has Plans for 'Angry Birds' Movies, Books and Toys - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ^ "Angry Birds hires movie producer for 'future films'". BBC.co.uk. July 5, 2011.
- ^ "Rovio Acquires animation studio Kombo". Rovio News.
- ^ "Angry Birds confirm work on a film version is underway". BBC.co.uk. October 20, 2011.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Chris (27 March 2012). "'Angry Birds' creator adds Futuremark Game Studio's team to fleet of talent". Bloomberg. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ "Oh God, They Really Are Making Angry Birds: Star Wars". UPROXX.
- ^ a b c d Holdsworth, Nick (September 25, 2013). "Rovio Announces Second Season of 'Angry Birds Toons' Series". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
- ^ Albanesius, Chloe (14 May 2013). "Angry Birds Maker Releasing Third-Party Games Via 'Rovio Stars'". PC Magazine. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Ball, James (28 January 2014). "Angry Birds and 'leaky' phone apps targeted by NSA and GCHQ for user data". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ Leyden, John (29 January 2014). "Angry anti-NSA hackers pwn Angry Birds site after GCHQ data slurp". The Register. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ "Rovio's New "LVL11 Publishing Arm Announces It's First Game: RETRY". AngryBirdsNest.
- ^ "An addictive game of RETRY also known as Flappy Bird". Forbes. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Selfie+Slam/news.asp?c=61536
- ^ 8:36 am ETJun 18, 2014 (2014-06-18). "Mighty Eagle: Angry Birds Maker Not a Games Company - Digits - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Struggling Angry Birds maker dumping CEO
- ^ "Angry Birds lay off 130 staff members". HR Grapevine. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "ToonsTV Hit 3 Billion Views and We're Just Starting!". Rovio. July 25, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ^ "A Brand-new Series Hits ToonsTV - Get Ready For the Piggy tales". Rovio. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ RovioMobile (October 13, 2014). "Angry Birds Toons - Season 2 Trailer!". YouTube. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
Angry Birds Toons Season 2 premieres Oct 19 on ToonsTV – with a new episode airing every week!
- ^ "Angry Birds Stella Animated Series!". Angry Birds. September 26, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ^ Where is the Icebreaker Update? Tue, 08 Apr 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Selfie+Slam/news.asp?c=61536