--- title: Rovio closes Copenhagen studio following shut down of... description: Rovio has shut down its Copenhagen studio after cancelling the mobile title Sonic Blitz, affecting roughly 20 employees. The game, a Sonic-branded mobile title... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rovio-closes-copenhagen-studio-following-shut-down-of-sonic-blitz-tpuhfvudh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Rovio closes Copenhagen studio following shut down of Sonic Blitz | daily.dev og:description: Rovio has shut down its Copenhagen studio after cancelling the mobile title Sonic Blitz, affecting roughly 20 employees. The game, a Sonic-branded mobile title... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rovio-closes-copenhagen-studio-following-shut-down-of-sonic-blitz-tpuhfvudh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tPUhfVudH.png og:image:alt: Rovio closes Copenhagen studio following shut down of Sonic Blitz og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Rovio closes Copenhagen studio following shut down of Sonic Blitz **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Rovio has shut down its Copenhagen studio after cancelling the mobile title Sonic Blitz, affecting roughly 20 employees. The game, a Sonic-branded mobile title that soft-launched in the Philippines and Brazil in 2025, was cancelled and its servers taken offline last month due to poor player retention. Rovio CEO and Sega West COO Alexandre Pelletier-Normand said the company needs to concentrate its bets on fewer games and locations. Sega acquired Rovio for $776 million in 2023 and earlier reported a $200 million impairment on the deal, citing integration challenges with Rovio's Beacon technology and results falling short of expectations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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