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In a rather surprising turn of events after the controversial news about Rovio delisting the very first Angry Birds from stores (with rumours claiming it was done due to not being able to profit from the lack of microtransactions on said title), SEGA has stepped up and made, and subsequently approved, offer to acquire the creators of the Angry Birds franchise.

According to some outlets, SEGA wants to be able to improve its mobile presence through the experience Rovio has on said market, and while initially the offer was rumoured to be around the billion dollars for the acquisition, the final amount to which the acquisition will be settled will be $776 million dollars.

It is still unknown what other goals SEGA might have with the merge of Rovio other than expanding their mobile experience, but it'll certainly be interesting to see what might come out of this merge.

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[KingVamp]

So, we will see even more crossovers and references.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Literally wtf

 

[Viri]

Spoiler

This company milked Angry Birds so hard, that they probably had EA and Ubisoft saying they should probably chill.

 

[eriol33]

I applied a job at Rovio at some point. They try so hard to monetize angry birds friends. I honestly impressed people are paying for their games.

 

[CoolMe]

What a rip-off (imo)..

 

[CeeDee]

The signs were there all along

 

[andyhappypants]

And there was everyone losing their shit over M$-Activision

Be afraid the mega expensive Gen 1 birds are coming back!

 

[Xzi]

Seems like a lot to pay for a cow that's already been milked dry, but I guess some people will buy anything if you slap Sonic skins on it.

 

[Viri]

They could have remastered a bunch of their old games, including some that are stuck on the Saturn, and burned less money. lol

 

[ZeroFX]

Instead of investing in good games... They're buying crappy western mobile companies.

 

[kb7cxWMSrPwL]

Considering Sega Hardlight has basically made the same game 3 times over, it's not surprising that they want someone who can make something else for a change

 

[HarveyHouston]

Remember all those Angry Birds clones via Adobe Flash? Those were fun.

...So, who's buying Defend the Castle?

 

[Marc_LFD]

Angry Birds are still relevant? Sega has so many incredible IPs and they've never ported them to modern consoles and PC so people have to emulate via MAME.

 

[T0biasCZe]

Um aKtUaLi, its not bought by SEGA but by SEGA Sammy

 

[daddu3]

Can't wait to see SEGA seeping themselves to Finnish gaming market within following years.

 

[Fusion]

Sega now wants to make angry games.
First release will be the Angry Sega Nerd.

 

[menist]

They better off just making another game console/handheld. Angry Birds is dead lmao, people only want the old games.

 

[RandomTask37]

So fuck the Angry Birds movie, it's now The Flickies movie?