Sega Nears Deal To Purchase ‘Indignant Birds’ Maker Rovio For $1 Billion

In accordance with the Wall Road Journal, Sega father or mother firm Sega Sammy Holdings is nearing a deal to buy “Indignant Birds” maker Rovio for $1 billion. Polygon reviews: Rovio is finest identified for Indignant Birds, the physics puzzle sport that launched on iOS in 2009. Rovio has delivered a number of sequels, spinoffs, and tie-ins with different manufacturers, together with Star Wars, Transformers, and the animated film Rio. Sega and Rovio additionally teamed up in 2015 to convey Sonic the Hedgehog characters to Indignant Birds Epic, a turn-based RPG. An animated collection and two function movies have been additionally launched utilizing Indignant Birds characters.

Indignant Birds’ world success hasn’t translated to Rovio’s different video games, which embody action-role-playing sport Darkfire Heroes and colourful matching video games Small City Murders and Sugar Blast. Sega’s present cellular sport lineup consists of quite a lot of Sonic the Hedgehog operating video games and retro video games from the Sega Genesis period.