Game Over
It's lights out at Lightneer as the studio officially announces closure
Rumours have been confirmed in a social media post from Henri Lindman, the company's chairman and CEO
Profile
Peter Vesterbacka
Job Title
Founder, FinEst Bay Area
Organisation Lightneer
About
Peter managed Rovio’s marketing and business strategy, including expanding Angry Birds into a broader entertainment franchise.
Prior to Rovio, Peter worked for HP in several communications-industry related roles. While at HP, he founded the HP Mobile E-Services Bazaar. Peter is also co-founder and the original initiator of MobileMonday, as well as the founder of Some Bazaar, a new approach to building and growing new businesses.
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Articles featuring Peter Vesterbacka
Comment & Opinion
“The shame for Finland is it isn’t Rovio buying Sega…" Six ex-Rovio staff give their take on the big deal
It's the big money buyout that's got everyone in mobile talking. But what do famous 'ex-Rovians' make of it?
Superstars By The Fire
Peter Vesterbacka and David Helgason discuss the future of the games industry
China, VR, AR, and the film industry all get talked about
Mighty Investment
Peter Vesterbacka leads $650,000 funding round in Finnish lifestyle games studio Polka Dot
Helsinki start-up's first title slated for Q4 2018 release
Explosive Start
Lightneer secures $5 million seed funding round to prep for launch of Big Bang Legends
Invisible-learning game now due to launch in January 2018
App To The Stars
Peter Vesterbacka joins Space Nation to help regular people become astronauts via an app
...and other headlines you never think you'd write
Funding Education
Finnish educational games developer Lightneer secures €2.8 million funding as Peter Vesterbacka joins studio
Total funding stands at nearly $4 million
Spreading His Wings
Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka flies the nest to pursue startup
Retains shares with Angry Birds developer
Stugan 2016
Stugan 2016 reveals participants, announces Rami Ismail and Peter Vesterbacka as mentors
Big names, interesting games
Pgc Advisory Board
Pocket Gamer Connects advisory board revealed
Big names from across the industry
Take Over
A history of Finland's mobile games industry: The rise of Rovio and Supercell
App stores open the door
Bird Brand
Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka on why brands are best
As since proved by Angry Birds 2
Racing Ahead
Angry Birds Go smacks down Mario with 130 million downloads
Rovio spin-off game raises the stakes
Go Global
Rovio, ZeptoLab, Halfbrick and iDreamsky signed up for PGC Bangalore East Meets West track
Your opportunity to learn about the global mobile games industry
Angry Birds Still Go!
We talk about fans, not users or customers, says Rovio's Vesterbacka
Mighty Eagle bigs up branding for Angry Bird's future
India Calling
Rovio, Xiaomi, Unity, and Roadhouse Interactive to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore 2015
First speaker announcement
Video
Game changer: Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka on why brand building is the future
Detailing the '100 year plan'
Pg Connects
Brand power: Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka on why great games aren't enough
Don't get left behind
PG Connects: Speaker videos from London event now available
Get insights from King, Rovio, Chukong, App Annie, Tencent...
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Phablets explode, PlayRaven raises $2.3M, Linekong raises $80M, and lessons learned from PG Connects
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
PCG: Angry Birds is as big as Twitter says The Mighty Eagle
Has 200 million players every month
Hall of Fame: Peter Vesterbacka
From C64 code distribution to Rovio's Mighty Eagle via HP