Rovio Acquires Futuremark Game Studios
Rovio, the creators of Angry Birds, has announced today the acquisition of the game development arm of Futuremark - Futuremark Game Studios. The news were announced just now in a press release put out by Rovio. Futuremark is the parent company that owns Futuremark Game Studios, but also the one that has developed one of the most popular benchmarking software applications out there.
“They are an incredibly talented and experienced team, and we are thrilled to have them on board,” said Mikael Hed, Rovio Entertainment’s CEO. “Rovio’s success is founded on the excellence of our team, and Futuremark Games Studio is going to be a superb addition.”
Rightware Buys Futuremark's Mobile Unit And Closes A €3m Investment
Finnish startup Rightware acquires Futuremark's mobile and embedded business unit.
Rightware is really a spin-off from Futuremark that was just founded at the end of 2009. At the same time the company announced the deal with Futuremark, they announced a closing of a €3m investment from Inventure and Nexit Ventures.
With the funding, Rightware will accelerate development and marketing of Kanzi. Kanzi is a taylor made solution specifically for mobile phones and automotive applications as well as Futuremark’s established device performance measurement products and services for mobile and embedded industries. Kanzi enables manufacturers of mobile phones and automotive display & infotainment systems to create richer and more intuitive user interfaces in radically less time than it takes with conventional tools and methods.
Futuremark Game Studios Release Shattered Horizon
The Finnish company Futuremark, who has been previously known to be the leader in 3D, mobile and PC benchmarking, has released a game called Shattered Horizon on Steam. The company has been around since 1997 and was previously known as Mad Onion. Benchmarking is the practice of determining the capabilities of graphical processors in different computer environments. Futuremark has released annually new releases of their 3DMark to test each new feature of the cards to determine how well they run.
Tero Sarkkinen of Futuremark at MindTrek
I asked Tero Sarkkinen, the CEO of Futuremark, what the 11-year-old Finnish startup is all about while visiting at MindTrek, Finland.
Tero spoke to me about Futuremark's work, which is centered on 3D graphics. He also shared his thoughts how the company went through the previous dot-com bubble and on the current gloomy economic situation and how it might resonate for the startups.
