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Rovio has bought mobile sensation Angry Birds to virtual reality for the first time. The company this weekend unveiled Angry Birds VR for Samsung’s already available Gear VR. VR Focus reports that the game has been jointly developed by Rovio and Brazil’s Imgnation Studios. Road to VR adds that the …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Finland
Finland is renowned for its domination of the mobile sector, with giants Rovio and Supercell both hailing from the country. This has potentially been driven by the region’s long history with mobile – handset maker Nokia contributed a quarter of the entire country’s economic growth from 1998 to 2007, according …
Read More »Angry Birds Stella hits 30m downloads
Downloads for Rovio’s Angry Birds Stella spin-off series have now hit 30m, the Finnish games giant has said. The release of Angry Birds: Stella Pop last month has helped it past the milestone, thanks to five million downloads of its own. The company will also soon launch an update to …
Read More »New chief commercial officer for Rovio
Rovio has appointed Alex Lambeek as its new chief commercial officer. Lambeek has previously worked at Fox International Channels, where he headed sales for TV channels including Fox Sports, Movies and National Geographic for the Asia Pacific region. At Rovio, he is being tasked with helping the Angry Birds outfit …
Read More »Rovio appoints new chief commercial officer
Publisher plots Asia expansion to help turn around its fortunes
Read More »Angry Birds Go has shifted more copies than all Mario Kart games combined, Rovio boasts
Rovio Stockholm’s general manager has revealed that 2013’s Angry Birds Go has been acquired by more consumers than every Mario kart game combined. In a contentious tweet, Oskar Burman said that total sales of every Mario Kart title since the 1992 original Super Mario kart have totalled 106m. Angry Birds …
Read More »King, Rovio and Minecraft devs to mentor Stugan accelerator studios
New initiative from leading Swedish devs signs top talent to support new studios
Read More »Angry Birds Stella Pop shoots onto smartphone
Yes, there’s another Angry Birds game – Angry Birds Stella Pop has been released on iOS and Android. The game borrows branding and characters from 2014 release Angry Birds Stella, but also ties up with Outplay Entertainment’s Pop series to provide a branded bubble popping puzzle experience. We wanted Stella …
Read More »China exclusive Angry Birds game in the works
Finnish powerhouse Rovio has teamed up with Beijing Kunlun Tech to bring its popular Angry Birds franchise to China. The Chinese gaming firm will be collaborating with Rovio on launching Angry Birds titles that have been developed specifically for its home market. This is the first time Rovio has worked …
Read More »Rovio collaborating on new Angry Birds for China
Partnership with Chinese games firm Kunlun focus on new titles specific to Eastern market
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