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Angry Birds Star Wars was the No.1 UK PC budget game over Christmas. Focus Multimedia – which claims to have held 25 per cent of the budget-priced PC market in December – told MCV last year it was confident Angry Birds would top the Christmas charts. It is the second …
Read More »Infographic: Angry Birds downloaded 30m times over Xmas
Data points to new handset owners flocking to mobile hit
Read More »Angry Birds downloaded 30m times over Xmas
The global success that is Angry Birds enjoyed a blockbuster Christmas. Rovio’s game was downloaded an eye-watering 30m times between December 22nd and December 29th. On Christmas Day alone the game as purchased 8m times. With Flurry data suggesting that 17.4m new Android and iOS devices – that means there …
Read More »Despicable Me producer joins Angry Birds film
Rovio has announced that a 3D Angry Birds film will launch itself into cinemas in the summer of 2016. Despicable Me producer John Cohen has signed on as producer with former Marvel Studios chairman (and executive producer of Iron Man) David Maisel serving as executive producer. Rovio Entertainment has decided …
Read More »Ex-Rovio trio Boomlagoon gets financial backing
Finnish start-up to launch first title in the near future
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Nordic country targets valuation of one billion euros by 2020, with number of employees expected to grow by 5,000
Read More »Angry Birds Star Wars could be Christmas No.1… on PC
PC publisher Focus Multimedia believes it has one of the year’s biggest PC sellers on its hands in Angry Birds Star Wars. The firm released a boxed PC version of Rovio’s new game today and claims it will outsell anything else the format has to offer this Christmas. Collaborations of …
Read More »Rovio eyes 50/50 digital-physical revenue split
At least four more Angry Birds games planned for 2013
Read More »First gameplay footage of Angry Birds Star Wars
There’s certainly no accusing Rovio of creating a shameless cash-in. The first gameplay trailer for Angry Birds Star Wars is here, and it suggests a huge amount of work has gone into integrating George Lucas’ intergalactic licence into the gameplay. In the video we see a Luke Skywalker bird attack …
Read More »And the next Angry Birds commercial partner is… McDonalds
Angry Birds: Star Wars. Angry Birds: Rio. Angry Birds: Green Day. Angry Birds: Heikki. And Nasa. Now we can add McDonalds to that list. Psfk reports that Rovio has teamed up with McDonalds in Japan to release specific location-based levels for Angry Birds available only in the fast food restaurants. …
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