PreMortem.Games

MARCH 4, 2024

Since it acquired Rovio , it has only announced smaller layoffs, I expect it to be highly likely for the firm to reduce its headcount by 600 to 700 employees to keep pace with the rest of the industry. The industry has fundamentally shifted—and companies as well as workers must adapt to this economic reality.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Companies like Blizzard and Valve have been trying to make it happen for years and to some extent have already succeeded with products like the Wow Tokens or the Steam Workshop. As leaders, we tend to believe that we are responsible for everything that happens around us: company outcomes, actions, and behavior of others.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This is in line with the macroeconomic situation where companies that possess the pricing power are making consumers carry the cost of inflation. Companies typically reduce prices to capture the biggest audience possible. TWIG wouldn't be what it is without a public apology.

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MARCH 7, 2023

The crew discusses Neil Long's App Store exposé in The Guardian, Rovio pulling the classic Angry Birds from distribution, Playtika suspending new game development, Street Fighter: Duel's launch and the explosive success of Hogwarts Legacy. Niklas Herriger is a former founder, whose company Gondola.io, was acquired by Tilting Point in 2019.

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JULY 2, 2020

in market capitalization, Amazon is the most valuable company in the world. Further, the company has arguably the highest defensive barriers to its business than any other company in the world. However, when we look at gaming companies, we don’t see the same level of defensibility that we see for companies in other industries.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Apex was one of the largest games in the company’s steeply declining mobile portfolio. The franchises of both companies have had a steep fall along with the quick exodus of leaders. The company was in no position to cancel it based on this. read: EA’s acquisition of Glu does not seem to be going according to plan.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 16, 2023

After its rapid rise to become Europe’s largest and most valuable game publisher, Embracer suffered a $2 billion loss on the eve of its most recent earnings and woke up this week to a company-wide restructuring plan. The plan had been to become an IP portfolio company and combine it with a slew of channels (e.g.,

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

psst, here’s the article folks are talking about: What’s Next for Rovio? Every game company out there is looking for an IP to support their UA pipeline, and Tactile is sitting on one that feels like a perfect match! Laura unpacks Voodoo's latest strategic shift from hypercasual to hybridcasual. ? Iteration Over Innovation?

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MAY 18, 2023

This week, now that the big news on Rovio is confirmed, we look at the question on the industry’s mind — what’s next for the company under Sega? In Conversation: How Pedro Pascal Become the Face of Merge Mansion What’s next for Rovio after the Sega Acquisition? Missed a previous newsletter? You can find them all here. ?

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APRIL 25, 2023

TWiG #228 Sega + Rovio = another case of two drunks holding each other up? ? In Conversation: Riot SVP & League Studio Head Andrei van Roon The Consolidation of Blockchain Gaming The entire world is preparing for a possible economic downturn, and companies are trying to find ways to minimize the negative impact.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Playtika recently made a bid for Angry Birds’ creator, Rovio. We dive into the details and why Rovio makes a great asset. ? Angry Birds maker Rovio has entered preliminary discussions with interested bidders following a ‘surprise’ all-cash proposal worth approximately €750 million from Israel-based Playtika in January.

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JUNE 21, 2022

Noam: SuperPlay was founded in 2019 by an experienced founding team coming from Playtika, PlayStudios, and Rovio. It’s what any responsible gaming company would do. Tell me more about SuperPlay’s Dice Dreams. How did this hit game come to be? In terms of concrete actions that we took to improve our performance, well, it’s data.

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JANUARY 10, 2021

This past year, some companies seem to understand this better than others. We decided it was unlikely that they would sell, but the rationale for the acquisition holds true: Tactile is the only top developer by revenue share without a parent company. Rovio’s Small Town Murders focuses on hidden object style narrative.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In my professional journey, I have led multiple teams all over the world - remote teams in South America, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe at Gameloft, international teams in Berlin at Wooga and Nordic cultural teams in Finland at Rovio. Looking closely at the most successful companies in the industry (i.e.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Exploring this vital role, Mishka engages in a conversation with Jesse Lempiäinen , Geeklab 's CEO and a former product marketing expert at Rovio. On the flip side, the product marketing manager, an external voice , reaches out to central units in larger companies, playing a vital role in audience acquisition.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Close to the top there are companies, such as Jam City (Cookie Jam, Panda Pop) , Rovio (Angry Birds Dream Blast) , Tactile (Lily’s Garden) , AppLovin (Matchington Mansion, Clockmaker) and Storm8 (Home Design Makeover, Property Brothers ) making strides with a hit or two, yet remaining miles away from the top three.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

It seems that the company has been thoroughly experimenting with better ways to monetize its existing user base via the introduction of features like Battle Pass, deeper live ops, tournaments. If Rovio is not making a sequel for this title, they should reconsider now that there’s a clear benchmark in the market to learn from.

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APRIL 2, 2022

Google and DoF brought together the most influential gaming investors, companies, and talents in Istanbul! Understanding players and marketability have also become more important, leading to larger companies increasingly building content fortresses – in which they acquire a user and move them between games in their portfolio.

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JULY 23, 2020

The valuations of these companies will drop rapidly. These market evolution catalyze large waves of investment into mobile gaming from sources of capital that don’t typically make equity investments into gaming companies. Smaller, single-game mobile gaming studios will see their growth trajectory obstructed completely and suddenly.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Therefore, these companies can afford more shots on goal due to more manpower available at a fraction of the cost. The most notable move being the opening of a Berlin studio that is categorically focussed on “casual” games, with key hires coming in from Blizzard, King, Rovio and the likes. Something’s got to give.

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