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In the second of our spotlights on top producers, we speak to Rovio’s senior producer Katharina Hautz about crossing from the world of film into games
Read More »Rovio spins off book publishing arm
Angry Birds owner Rovio has separated its book and comic publishing operations into a new affiliate company called Kaiken Publishing. Kaiken will focus on both children’s and teen content. Angry Birds will of course be the focus, although it will also try to develop the likes of Storm Sisters and …
Read More »Epic, Rovio and Google among Casual Connect Europe speakers
Facebook, Twitch, Unity and Wargaming also set to reveal development and industry advice at next month’s event
Read More »Rovio names new CEO as Rantala steps down
Rovio has revealed that its CEO Pekka Rantala will be stepping down from his role. Rantala has only served in the position for a year, but will be replaced by Kati Levoranta in early 2016, according toTechCrunch. Levoranta currently serves as chief legal officer. The change was attributed to a …
Read More »Rovio CEO Pekka Rantala stepping down
Chief exec will be succeeded by Kati Levoranta after just one year
Read More »EA, Konami and Sega veteran David Zemke joins DeltaDNA
Former Rovio director of advocacy to focus on building brand awareness of UK analytics firm in the US
Read More »Rovio’s revenues soar with Amazon Underground
Studio's downloads have doubled and revenues have tripled since signing up to new app platform
Read More »Rovio vets open educational game studio Lightneer
'Learning games are currently in a painstakingly similar situation as mobile games were in 2007'
Read More »Rovio lays off 213 staff
Number of redundancies less than exepcted
Read More »Angry Birds firm Rovio cuts over 200 jobs
The Finnish studio behind mobile hit Angry Birds has let 213 staff go in a new round of job losses. Rovio’s latest batch of cuts began with discussions in August, with original estimates suggesting up to 260 employees could be lost in light of an ongoing restructuring process. The 213 …
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