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Angry Birds Space has topped 100m downloads since its launch in March. Rovio announced the achievement today through their twitter account. The game reached 50m downloads just over a month ago, which suggests the game has lost very little of the traction it’s had since the title’s launch. With seemingly …

Revised company ownership shows 21% ownership transfer from Kaj Hed to investors

Having already feasted on the joys of cross-promotion with film tie-in Angry Birds Rio, Finnish studio Rovio is to embark on a second licensed venture. As spotted by Pocket Gamer, Angry Birds Heikki is associated with former McLaren and Lotus F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen, who currently races for Caterham F1. …

Rovio switches from Caseyâ??s Contraptions to new IP

iPad title removed from App Store for re-development

The Angry Birds franchise has reached 1bn downloads, Rovio has announced. The announcement was made via the Finnish developer’s YouTube account, with the figure accounting for downloads across all titles in the series (Angry Birds, Seasons, Rio, and the recently released Space). The original Angry Birds launched in late 2009 …

'Rovio is a perfect gentleman, not a Zynga at all' says Snappy Touch founder Noel Llopis

Vesterbacka substantiates speculation on twitter by mentioning new title

500 million installs in just six months

Number of employees at Finnish studio rises 800 per cent to 224 in under a year