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1. • • In August 2023, Sega acquired Rovio Entertainment. The deal was closed on 17 August 2023, rendering Sega the current owner of the Angry Birds brand alongside their subsidiary Rovio.
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   Who owns Angry Birds & Candy Crush?

   • Candy Crush developer King was acquired by Activision Blizzard in a $5.9 billion deal that completed in 2016 while Zynga, the company behind FarmVille, was bought by Take-Two for $12.7 billion last year. Sega is acquiring Angry Birds developer Rovio, the companies announced today.

   Sega is officially buying Angry Birds developer Rovio for $775 million

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   Who owns Candy Crush Saga?

   • "Candy Crush Saga maker King's parent company reveals 2012 financial results". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019. ^ ab "Mobile gaming firm King.com sets sights on U.S. IPO: source".

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   Who made Candy Crush Saga?

   • King.com, makers of Candy Crush Saga, has been sold to Activision Blizzard for $5.9 billion.

   Activision completes $5.9 billion purchase of King | WIRED

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   Did Sega buy Angry Birds developer Rovio?

   • By Jon Porter, a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. Sega, the Japanese-headquartered video game company best known in the West for its Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, is acquiring Angry Birds developer Rovio, the companies announced today.

   Sega is officially buying Angry Birds developer Rovio for $775 million

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   How many Angry Birds games have been downloaded?

   • Rovio is best known for its work on the Angry Birds franchise, which launched in 2009 and is claimed to be the first mobile game series to have reached 1 billion downloads. In total, Rovio says its games have been downloaded over 5 billion times.

   Sega is officially buying Angry Birds developer Rovio for $775 million

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   Who makes Candy Crush & King games?

   • King was founded in Sweden in 2003 and has created more than 200 games from offices straddling London, Dublin and New York. Candy Crush, which was first launched on Facebook and smartphones in 2012, still accounts for more than a third of the company’s revenues.

   ‘Candy Crush’ owner King sold to Activision Blizzard for $5.9bn

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › King_(company)King (company) - Wikipedia

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   Headquartered in Stockholm and London, [1] and incorporated as King.com Limited in St. Julian's, Malta, [2] King rose to prominence after releasing the cross-platform title Candy Crush Saga in 2012. It is considered as one of the most financially successful games utilising the freemium model.

4. www.wired.com › story › king-candy-crush-activisionActivision completes $5.9 billion purchase of King | WIRED

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   Feb 23, 2016 · The full acquisition, which was first announced in November, was confirmed in a statement on the Activision website following the approval of shareholders and Irish courts and antitrust...

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5. www.ft.com › content › 680ccbd2-81d4-11e5-8095-ed1a‘Candy Crush’ owner King sold to Activision Blizzard for $5.9bn

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   Nov 3, 2015 · Activision Blizzard is to pay $5.9bn to acquire King Digital Entertainment, the London-based group behind the hugely popular Candy Crush Saga mobile games, in the gaming industry’s biggest...

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   Riccardo Zacconi is an Italian businessman, management consultant, and video game developer. He is best known as CEO of King, a video game development company he founded in 2003. [1] King is the developer of the popular mobile game app Candy Crush Saga. [2]

8. www.theverge.com › 2015/11/2 › 9662214Activision Blizzard buys Candy Crush maker King for $5.9 billion

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   Nov 3, 2015 · Finnish company Rovio, for example, originally profited greatly from the success of Angry Birds after its release in 2009, but failed to replicate its success with future games, seeing its...

9. www.theverge.com › 2023/4/17 › 23686155Sega is officially buying Angry Birds developer Rovio for ...

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   Apr 17, 2023 · Sega is acquiring Angry Birds developer Rovio, the companies announced today. It’s paying €706 million (around $775 million), in a deal that’s expected to close by the end of September.

10. www.slashgear.com › activision-blizzard-is-now-theActivision Blizzard is now the proud owner of Candy Crush

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    Nov 3, 2015 · Activision Blizzard is paying $5.9 billion to acquire Candy Crush Saga. And King, of course. That's not small sum by any means. Things aren't final yet, however, as the acquisition is still...