You've all probably heard about the games called Clash of Clans and Hay Day? You've also probably heard that they alone are making roughly $1-$2 million a day for the company that has made them?
Well things just got more interesting!
The rise and rise of Supercell was rewarded Tuesday with the announcement that Japanese telecoms and Internet giant Softbank and its subsidiary Gungho Online Entertaiment will acquire a 51% stake in the Helsinki-based mobile gaming company for $1.53 billion.
Source via Forbes
Most notable change is that the company is now mainly owned by the Japanese, but all operations will continue to be lead from Finland, including taxes. The future is now more secure and the company's growth is more and more probable.
Just as a nice bit of information, during Q1/2013 the company's pure profits were over $100m after all expenses and payments to Apple.