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"Rovio, the Finnish company behind the hit game franchise Angry Birds and the recently released Amazing Alex, has appointed Oskar Burman, formerly the head of EA's Easy Studios, as the new general manager of its Stockholm office.\r\n\r\nBurman notes on his Twitter feed that the new Stockholm studio is actually opening its doors today.\r\nSuper excited to let you know I'm the new GM of Rovio Stockholm, opening up shop today.\r\n\r\n\u2014 Oskar Burman (@OskarBurman) August 14, 2012\r\n&amp;amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\nSimilar to Rovio\u2019s studio in Tampere, Finland, the new games studio in Stockholm will be focused on supporting the company in both current and upcoming game projects. Rovio is hiring game developers, programmers, artists and producers.\r\n\r\nBurman adds:\r\n&amp;quot;IMHO Rovio is one of the most exciting devs in the world, perfectly positioned for the future, w. focus on digital, mobile and thinking big.&amp;quot;\r\nand:\r\n&amp;quot;What also sold Rovio to me was their fantastic can-do attitude. Everything is possible, you're encouraged to try out your wildest ideas.&amp;quot;\r\nSome background on Burman, from the official press release:\r\nBurman has been working in the video games business since the early nineties, when he co-founded one of the first game developers in Sweden, UDS. From there he moved on to a Studio Manager position at Avalanche Studios, and most recently landed as General Manager at Easy, an EA owned online studio focusing on F2P shooters.\r\n\r\nIn addition, he\u2019s a board member at Dataspelsbranschen, the trade organization for the Swedish games industry. In his career so far, he\u2019s been in key roles on several high profile titles, including Just Cause 2 and Battlefield Heroes.\r\nBurman announced his resignation from EA on July 17, 2012.\r\n\r\nMore recent business-related news from Rovio:\r\n\r\nRovio confirms its first Angry Birds Activity Park in China, plans hundreds more\r\n\r\nRovio has acquired the IP rights to Casey\u2019s Contraptions, new release this summer\r\n\r\nAngry Birds maker Rovio saw $106.3m in revenues in 2011, prepares to go public"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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