Ex-Angry Birds CEO To Head Nokia Phones Relaunch
Exclusive Nokia-licensee HMD has appointed Pekka Rantala, a former CEO of Angry Birds-publisher Rovio, as its Chief Marketing Officer to head relaunch of Nokia ...
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Danes Plea For Harry Potter GO
Maguss Wand from Denmark wants to launch an augmented reality-based Harry Potter game. Seriously, wouldn't Harry Potter be the ideal figure for augmented realit...
Finns Launch No Money Betting App
Helsinki-based mobile gaming startup Sports Lion launched in time for Olympics its no-money sports betting application for iOS devices.
The free-to-play app al...
Kopla Games Sold To Germany
German mobile gaming publisher flaregames said on Tuesday it has acquired Kopla Games.
The acquisition follows the partnership between the two companies with N...
Big Bang Racing Tops Charts
Tampere, Finland-based gaming startup Traplight said on Monday its new Big Bang Racing game topped 1 million downloads during the first weekend.
The game has t...
Next: You Make Your Game
You caught every single Pokemon? Looking for the next challenge? Tampere, Finland based startup Traplight launched on Thursday a challenge outside your reach. I...
Koukoi Crashing To China
Oulu-based gaming startup Koukoi Games said on Friday it has partnered with MyGamez, a major publisher of foreign games in China, to launch Koukoi's first title...
GIG Buys Betit For €58 Mln In iGaming M&A
Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) has agreed to buy iGaming company Betit Holding in an all-share deal valuing Betit at 58 million euros, and creating one of the la...
Ex-Rovio Sweden Head Launches VR Gaming Studio
Swedish gaming industry heavyweight founders from Rovio, EA and DICE launched on Wednesday in Stockholm their own VR gaming studio Fast Travel Games and said th...
Supercell Valued at $10.2 Bln
Tencent has agreed to buy up to 84 percent of Supercell from Softbank Group in a deal valuing the Finnish gaming studio at $10.2 billion.
The valuation makes 2...