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Rovio Stars launches as third-party publisher for mobile games

Rovio Stars launches as third-party publisher for mobile games
  • Posted May 14, 2013, 5:30 PM by Dave LeClair | Filed in Apple, Gaming With Video
  • Rovio, the company best known for its mega gaming franchise Angry Birds, is entering the realm of third-party publishing with the introduction of Rovio Stars. While the company has other games such as Bad Piggies and Amazing Alex, this is…

Angry Birds Friends brings mobile competition to Android and iOS

Angry Birds Friends brings mobile competition to Android and iOS
  • Posted May 2, 2013, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • The latest iteration in the Angry Birds franchise is now available for download. Angry Birds Friends doesn’t deviate far from its roots although this time around, gameplay is centered around competing with friends and family on Facebook.

Bad Piggies update delivers 30 new levels, new sandbox and more

Bad Piggies update delivers 30 new levels, new sandbox and more
  • Posted February 27, 2013, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • Rovio has released an update to Bad Piggies that delivers 30 new levels to the popular mobile title. The new maps are part of a bundle called Flight in the Night but the new content doesn’t stop there as players…

Rovio hints at Star Wars-themed Angry Birds sequel

Rovio hints at Star Wars-themed Angry Birds sequel
  • Posted October 5, 2012, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Rovio’s recent spinoff of the Angry Birds series, Bad Piggies, proved the studio still has what it takes to top the mobile gaming charts. In the meantime, however, our agitated feathered friends have been cooking up something of their own…

Angry Birds spinoff Bad Piggies now available for Android and iOS

Angry Birds spinoff Bad Piggies now available for Android and iOS
  • Posted September 27, 2012, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Rovio’s spinoff of the wildly successful Angry Birds series is available for download today for Android and iOS. Bad Piggies has already captured the top spot among paid apps and ranks second among top grossing apps in Apple’s store after…

Angry Birds spinoff 'Bad Piggies' set to launch this month

Angry Birds spinoff
  • Posted September 5, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • The roles have been reversed in Rovio’s upcoming mobile game set to launch later this month. That’s right; this time around it’s those evil pigs that are taking center stage in a new game called “Bad Piggies”, a spinoff of…

Angry Birds creator Rovio ready to go public after strong 2011 earnings

Angry Birds creator Rovio ready to go public after strong 2011 earnings
  • Posted May 8, 2012, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Industry News
  • Rovio Entertainment is now set for a stock market listing after posting strong earnings for 2011 that saw sales jump tenfold over the previous year. Some analysts have valued the Angry Birds creator at nearly $9 billion.

Angry Birds Space becomes the fastest-growing mobile game of all time

Angry Birds Space becomes the fastest-growing mobile game of all time
  • Posted May 1, 2012, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Proving that its early success wasn’t just a fluke, Rovio has announced that Angry Birds Space has surpassed the 50 million download mark. It took only three days for the title to reach 10 million downloads and just over one…

Rovio buys Futuremark's gaming arm, universal 3DMark in the works

Rovio buys Futuremark
  • Posted March 28, 2012, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Gaming
  • Following positive news regarding the massive success of Angry Birds Space, Rovio announced today that it has acquired Futuremark Games Studio. FSG is the gaming division of well-known benchmark software developer, Futuremark, and is probably best known for its Unstoppable Gorg and Shattered Horizon…

Study: Free mobile apps consume over double the power

Study: Free mobile apps consume over double the power
  • Posted March 20, 2012, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • According to a study by (PDF) Purdue University and Microsoft, free mobile applications aren't without a catch after all: you're paying for them in battery life. Abhinav Pathak and two of his colleagues designed an energy profiling tool called eprof to analyze…

Angry Birds developer says piracy brings in more business

Angry Birds developer says piracy brings in more business
  • Posted January 31, 2012, 4:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, Industry News
  • Rovio Mobile says it has learned a thing or two about piracy from the music industry -- namely, how not to deal with it. The Finnish developer behind the wildly popular Angry Birds franchise was at the Midem conference in…

Angry Birds creator Rovio could soon be worth $1.2 billion

Angry Birds creator Rovio could soon be worth $1.2 billion
  • Posted August 12, 2011, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Rovio Mobile, makers of the popular catapult-puzzle game Angry Birds, are said to be in talks with investors to receive funding that would value the company at $1.2 billion. Bloomberg reports that Rovio is considering a “strategic investment from a…

Google+ gets Angry Birds, Sudoku, Edgeworld and more

Google+ gets Angry Birds, Sudoku, Edgeworld and more
  • Posted August 11, 2011, 6:15 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Google wasted little time bringing browser games to their growing social networking site. Today the company began rolling out a gaming service on Google+, similar to what Facebook has been doing for years. The search giant is making it clear...

Tuesday tech deals: Angry Birds for PC free

Tuesday tech deals: Angry Birds for PC free
  • Posted March 22, 2011, 2:01 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Tech Deals
  • Intel AppUp Center via Best Buy offers free downloads of Angry Birds for Windows for those creating a new Intel AppUp account. That's the lowest total price we could find for this game. Note that customers who previously downloaded Pac-Man for Windows for free may not be eligible for this download.

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