? Acquisition
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Finnish-based Rovio Entertainment acquired Danish mobile game developer Darkfire Games (ex-Wargaming team) with a focus on RPG titles. The studio will become the fully-owned subsidiary and will now be known as Rovio Copenhagen.
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Darkfire Games will continue to operate independently, while Rovio will provide support in user acquisition, live operations, technology, and analytics.
? History behind
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In 2012, Square Enix opened a new Copenhagen office (later named Hapti.Co) under the IO Interactive brand with a focus on mobile casual games
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In 2017, Wargaming acquired Hapti.Co and renamed it as Wargaming Copenhagen
? Product
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Darkfire Heroes – action fantasy RPG game
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Initially released on Google Play on Aug 2019
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Recently released on AppStore
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Feb 2020 – Approximately 100,000 downloads since a soft launch in 2019
