Angry Birds sales catapult to $100m

Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment said sales jumped tenfold to $100m (€76.2m) last year as gamers flocked to download its titles, adding business was now strong enough for a stock market listing.

Angry Birds sales catapult to $100m

The Finnish startup making Angry Birds games — in which players fire birds at pigs from a slingshot — has been valued by analysts at up to $9bn, just short of that of struggling world No 2 phonemaker Nokia.

Rovio said on Monday its finances were good enough for a listing after revealing a highly profitable 2011 in its first public disclosure of business results and forecasting a bumper year ahead.

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