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Sega nears deal to acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio for $1 billion - WSJ

Reuters
Updated ·1 min read
FILE PHOTO: Angry Birds game characters are seen at the Rovio headquarters in Espoo

(Reuters) - Japan's Sega Sammy Holdings Inc is nearing a deal to acquire Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the 'Angry Birds' mobile game, for about $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Tokyo-based Sega could finalize the deal to complete the acquisition of Rovio by early next week, the report said citing people familiar with the matter.

Israeli peer Playtika had made a preliminary bid in January to buy Rovio for 683 million euros ($750.96 million), but the Angry Birds maker confirmed last month talks had ended.

Rovio and Sega did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

($1 = 0.9095 euros)

(Reporting by Rahat Sandhu in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)