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Rovio, the Finnish studio that realised the App Store dream of turning an indie studio into a world-conquering money-maker, has found new success on Android devices. The studio that saw its full-price Angry Birds game downloaded nearly seven million times on Apple’s App Store, has now passed two million downloads …
Read More »Androidâ??s Angry Birds hits 2m downloads
Helsinki developer Rovio still flying high
Read More »Angry Birds goes free on Android
Rovio has announced that the full Android version of its Angry Birds game will make its debut on GetJar today – as a free download. The game has been a smash hit on iPhone and iPad as a paid title, and was recently launched as a cut-down Lite version on …
Read More »Chillingo extends third party dev program
Mobile games developed internationally now given platform support
Read More »The Angry Birds equation
Rovio talks about its secret formula for an iPhone hit
Read More »MS angers the Angry Birds
The makers of hit iPhone title Angry Birds have lashed out at Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft for its unauthorised use of an icon representing the title in promotional material for its Windows Phone 7 platform. We have NOT committed to doing a Windows Phone 7 version,” a tweet from …
Read More »Rovioâ??s Angry Birds and elated addicts
Can there really be a rigid equation for making a hit game?
Read More »October issue of Develop out now
Issue 110 of Develop is available online and in print
Read More »Does David Cameron really love video games?
Prime Minister â??adoresâ?? iPhone title Angry Birds, but does he love the industry behind it?
Read More »Its official the PM is a gamer
UKIE and the wider games industry have put a lot of effort into getting a bit of gaming into Government – and the efforts have seemingly been successful with confirmation that the love for video gaming has spread to the very top of UK politics. When not tied up with …
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