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Rovio Mobile’s Angry Birds game has been downloaded more than 7m times on Android since its release in mid-October. The developer revealed the milestone in a tweet, responding to questions about why the game was made free and ad-supported for Android. Rovio launched Angry Birds as a free download via …

Milestone reached in under two months, developer confirms

Amid all the buzz around Rovio’s Angry Birds franchise in recent weeks, something appears to have gone unnoticed this week. It’s being out-grossed by the Smurfs. Specifically, Capcom’s Smurfs’ Village iPhone game is ahead of Angry Birds in both the US and UK App Stores’ Top Grossing Games charts. That’s …

Season-specific content high on publishers' digital release plans

Angry Birds studio said to be targeting 100 staff mark in near future

Finnish developer Angry Birds has revealed that Angry Birds Halloween, the latest version of its popular mobile game, has sold 1m copies on the Apple App Store after just six days on the market. The download features 45 new levels and is compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. …

Rovio Mobile might be seizing headlines for the two million downloads of its Angry Birds game on Android this week, but the company is targeting other smartphones too. The full Symbian version of Angry Birds has gone live on Nokia’s Ovi Store, and is available to buy now. Yes, that’s …

In-app payments coming soon too

Despite nearly all the reports going with the ‘EA buys Angry Birds publisher’ line following its acquisition of Chillingo, it seems that the multi-million selling feathery physics game is not part of the deal. "We did not sell to EA, Chillingo did," tweeted the game’s developer Rovio Mobile tonight. "We …

Electronic Arts acquires Chillingo in a deal put at $20 million