Angry Birds creator nets $42 million investment

Hope you're not tired of Angry Birds, because its creator, Rovio Mobile, has plans to keep legless birds flying around our heads for the foreseeable future. At least for the rest of the millennium. Rovio is looking for investors. Well, actually, according to GigaOM, it has already found investors, in the likes of Accel Partners and Atomico, a venture capital firm created by the co-founders of Skype, and their $42 million. Angry Birds is now being reported as being among the most profitable video games in history. A report from CVG explains how the game was made for just $140,000 and has generated around $70 million. Angry Birds has seen 42 million downloads across all platforms since its release, with about 25 percent of those being paid. Its active community across all platforms includes 40 million players.

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[legendarywerewolf206]

just to think a kid invented this!