Futuremark Games Studio Acquired By Rovio Entertainment

Futuremark Games Studio has been acquired by rapidly expanding Finnish developer Rovio Entertainment, creator of Angry Birds. The Shattered Horizon, Hungribles and Unstoppable Gorg IPs will remain with Futuremark. Futuremark Games Studio is the second acquisition for Rovio in the past year, after the acquisition of Kombo Animation Studio last summer. Futuremark says that the company will renew their focus on creating benchmarks and performance measurement software for gamers, home users, small businesses and the IT industry. This year Futuremark is planning on releasing a new version of 3DMark that, for the first time, will allow a direct comparison of gaming performance across operating systems and form factors, as well as a new version of PCMark for Windows 8.