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Rovio North America boss to deliver talk on developing a casual games mega-hit
Read More »Angry Birds cartoon in the works
The Angry Birds will soon be flying onto screens in a new animated form. Rovio CEO Mikael Hed has announced the company has begun work on an cartoon series based on its best-selling iPhone game, according to the New York Post. We have been looking at that for quit a …
Read More »Retail ready for Angry Birds boom
The most popular iPhone game of all time is flocking from handhelds to the High Street. And retailers are making the most of a merchandise boom for Angry Birds. Plush toys and mobile phone cases have just hit shelves – and board games, clothing and stationery are on the way, …
Read More »Angry Birds now on PS3, PSP
PlayStation fans can now get their hands on the ever-popular Angry Birds. A new version of the best-selling iPhone title is now live on PlayStation Network, making it available for download on both PS3 and PSP, according to Gamershell. European and American gamers can find Angry Birds in the Minis …
Read More »Rovio denies foul play in sending user data
â??Absolutely none of this has anything to do with advertisersâ??, firm claims
Read More »Angry Birds â??sends sensitive data to third partiesâ??
Rovio, PopCap and Backflip games all secretly use â??supercookiesâ?, paper claims
Read More »Rovio to launch Angry Birds microtransactions
Rovio Mobile has announced it will launch its own in-app microtransactions system. The service will be named Bad Piggy Bank –after the Angry Birds’ arch enemies, of course – will use mobile carrier billing to let consumers pay for extra content in Rovio apps, such as the Mighty Eagle power-up. …
Read More »Top apps of 2010 revealed
This year’s most popular iPhone apps have been revealed – and the majority are games. Angry Birds has become the most popular paid-for iPhone app of 2010, while Facebook was the most downloaded free app. Paper Toss and Angry Birds Lite were the most popular free-to-download games, while Doodle Jump, …
Read More »Android Angry Birds â??takes $1m per month via adsâ??
Developer Rovio says iPhone owners play the bird-chucker 65m minutes each month
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