Sega In Talks To Buy Angry Birds Studio For $1 billion

According to the North American newspaper 'The Wall Street Journal' The Finnish Rovio Entertainment admitted the conversations with the giant of the world of video games.

The Japanese Sega is negotiating the purchase of the Finnish Rovio Entertainment , studio that created Angry Birds . According to the North American newspaper “The Wall Street Journal”, the European company admitted, in a statement, the conversations with the Japanese. The American newspaper found that the video game giants are willing to pay one billion dollars (at the current exchange rate, around R$ 4.91 billion). Rovio's move is part of a strategic review that began in February this year. In January, the mobile game developer had already received a proposal of 683 million euros (R$ 3.7 billion) from Playtika Holding Corp, an Israeli company. The conversations, however, did not evolve and the negotiations were ended.