Rovio Entertainment

Rovio Entertainment, previously known as Relude and Rovio Mobile, is a Finnish video game developer and entertainment company based in Espoo. The company was founded in 2003 as a mobile game development studio named Relude, and in 2005 renamed as Rovio. The company is best known for its video game franchise Angry Birds.

Angry Birds Star Wars was announced in October 8, 2012 and is expected to be released on November 8, 2012 and merchandise to be released on October 28th. The game is a crossover with the Star Wars original trilogy and casts the Angry Birds as the Rebels and the Bad Piggies as the Empire.

Key people

 * Chief executive officer: Mikael Hed
 * Chief operating officer: Harri Koponen
 * Chief marketing officer: Peter Vesterbacka