Japanese company Sega will buy Finnish company Rovio, known for its successful mobile video game franchise Angry Birds. Sega's goal is to develop well in mobile video games.
Mobile games are seen as a lifeline by the group, which last year achieved an annual turnover of 381.5 billion yen (about 2.6 billion euros) The race to acquire in the video game industry, a widespread practice to stand up to the competition, is well known in the industry. The Chinese giant Tencent had bought Riot Games, the publisher of League of Legends.