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Angry Birds Go! set to race onto the scene by year's end

Angry Birds Go! set to race onto the scene by year
  • Posted June 13, 2013, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Rovio Entertainment is hard at work on a new Angry Birds game that’ll be racing onto the scene by year’s end. It’s called Angry Birds Go! and based on the very brief teaser trailer, it could either be a Temple…

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…

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 turned down $2 billion acquisition offer from Zynga

Rovio turned down $2 billion acquisition offer from Zynga
  • Posted April 18, 2012, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Industry News
  • Zynga recently purchased Draw Something developer OMGPOP for a cool $200 million after spending nearly $150 million to acquire 22 smaller companies since 2011 but it seems that some other high-profile developers are playing much harder to get. It’s being…

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…

Angry Birds Space downloaded 10 million times in first three days

Angry Birds Space downloaded 10 million times in first three days
  • Posted March 27, 2012, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Angry Birds maker Rovio has announced via Twitter that the latest release in the bird-flinging series was downloaded more than 10 million times during the three-day opening weekend. The early success of Angry Birds Space could make it the fastest…

Angry Birds Space now available for Android, iOS, Mac and PC

Angry Birds Space now available for Android, iOS, Mac and PC
  • Posted March 22, 2012, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • Mobile game developer Rovio has released the next installment in the popular Angry Birds franchise. Dubbed Angry Birds Space, the latest update takes our feathered friends to the final frontier in an attempt to once again reclaim their precious eggs.

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…

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