So you put a couple games on the iPhone App Store that happen to have attracted 10 millā¦ion gamers, and suddenly people get very interested in š²you. Go figure.
Publishing giant EA has finalized a deal to buy Chillingo, the coź¦mpany that published Angry Birds.
Above: Angry Birds, a game where you fling angry birds at stuff
Chillingo has accepted an offer that's being tossed around inmedia reports as $20 million in cash. That's not bad for a start-up, but you have to wonder how much šthis company could have grown on its own. In just a matter of weeks it's earned nšearly $10 million in revenue and managed to slippast tens of thousands of other iPhonepublishers to emerge as the top dog.
In addition to striking gold with Angry Birds, Chillingo also brought another captivating puzzle game, Cut the Rope, to the topį£ of the iPhone sales charts. When it proved it wasn'š±t just a one-trick pony, EA stepped in.
Above: Cut the Rope, a game where you cut ropes and stuff
However, Rovio, the actual developer of Angry Birds, has been quick to say this deal doesn't directly affect the crazy bird-slinging game. In a Twitter š„post, the developer wrote, "We have not sold out. We have not sold to EA. We are Rovio. We own Angry Birds." Whew. Everyone can relax. Well, except for those green pigs that are terrorized in šÆAngry Birds.
Chillingo is a separate company that only publicized and distributed the game. Rovio is actually the one that created and oš„wns the rights to Angry Birds. The Chillingo deal won't change that in any way.
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Oct 20, 2010
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