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Japan's Sega to buy Finnish Angry Birds maker Rovio

Agence France-Presse
April 17, 2023 | 4:17pm
Japan's Sega to buy Finnish Angry Birds maker Rovio
The Sega logo is pictured at the company's booth during the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba prefecture on September 15, 2022.
Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP

HELSINKI, Finland – Japanese video games group Sega has offered to buy Finland's Rovio, maker of Angry Birds, valuing the company at over 700 million euros ($770 million), the companies said Monday.

"Combining the strengths of Rovio and Sega presents an incredibly exciting future," Alexandre Pelletier-Normand, CEO of Rovio, said in a statement, which added that Rovio was recommending shareholders to accept the offer.

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