Sega to acquire Angry Birds creator for $1 bn: Report

San Francisco: Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the iconic Angry Birds mobile game franchise, may be acquired for $1 billion by Sega, the Japanese video game and entertainment company, the media reported.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Sega is close to buying Rovio and the deal may get closed by early next week.

The original Angry Birds game was a super success in 2009, but the franchise has seemingly fallen off since its 2014 peak.

The original was the first mobile game to reach 1 billion downloads, a record certified by Guinness World Records.

‘The Angry Birds Movie’ was a box-office success and is still the seventh highest grossing video game movie.

Its 2019 sequel, ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’, did not achieve the same level of success though.