Sega may be buying Offended Birds developer Rovio for a surprisingly giant sum of $1 billion, closing the deal as early as subsequent week.
This comes from a report from The Wall Avenue Journal, who has spoken to individuals accustomed to the scenario. The deal is seemingly anticipated to wrap up someday subsequent week, assuming discussions do not fall by means of or anything will get in the way in which. An official touch upon the potential deal hasn’t been supplied by Sega or Rovio. Earlier this yr Israeli digital leisure firm Playtika was gearing as much as purchase Rovio for a smaller sum of just about $800 million, however talks led to March.
Rovio is clearly greatest identified for the Offended Hen collection, the primary recreation of which was launched in 2009. It was extremely profitable proper from the get go, spawning quite a few sequels, spinoffs, merchandise, and a few film diversifications. However the collection’ recognition has waned over time, notably with the change in cellular gaming habits transferring from informal experiences to extra in depth, fleshed out ones like with titles like Genshin Impression. All of which makes it a bit odd that Sega is probably buying the developer, particularly for such a lot of cash (though I suppose for firms that large, solely numbers like Microsoft’s $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard rely as some huge cash).
Bafflingly, earlier this yr Rovio made the choice to take away the unique Offended Birds recreation (which had been retitled to Rovio Classics: Offended Birds) from the Google Play Retailer, for causes that simply gave the impression to be it did not like that folks solely needed to spend 79p on it. It additionally renamed the sport on iOS to Crimson’s First Flight, although the sport is once more accessible on the Google Play Retailer beneath this identify now. Perhaps Sega did not like that alternative and spent a bit greater than 79p to make sure it might nonetheless play the unique Offended Birds.
