Rovio soars as flagship Angry Birds 2 continues to grow

Rovio Entertainment Oyj

29/04/2022 08:51

** Shares in Rovio  ROVIO.HE  rise 11.4% after the Finnish
mobile game maker reported growth in its first-quarter
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    ** The company posted its quarterly games revenue rising 27%
to EUR 82.3 million ($87.00 million), with its largest game
Angry Birds 2 growing over 20% year-on-year and achieving its
highest quarterly revenue since Q1 2019
    ** "Growth was fueled by launch of Angry Birds Journey in
January, good performance of Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds
Friends, and by Ruby Games' nice progression," CEO Alex
Pelletier-Normand said in a statement
    ** Shares are on track for their best day in five months





($1 = 0.9460 euros)

 (Reporting by Jagoda Darlak)
 ((jagoda.darlak@tr.com))