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Not many development companies can boast perseverance the likes of which we’ve seen from Rovio. The developer of the popular Angry Birds franchise actually tried 52 times to launch the line of games and faced repeated bitter rejection. That Thomas Edison-like grit has helped to turn Rovio into one of the most successful developers of [...]
January 13th, 2013 by Anthony West
If there was ever a model for building a social/mobile games platform it would be Rovio. Unlike its quasi-competitor Zynga, Rovio has kept it simple and followed the time-honoured principle of building assets in-house first before scaling up and attaching itself to other platforms. This approach has kept the gaming startup lean and agile and [...]
January 8th, 2013 by Anthony West
If you wanted proof that Rovio is no Zynga (in a good way, of course), then look no further than the stats generated by the developer over Christmas. Angry Birds which has become a worldwide phenomenon has had its best Christmas season yet in terms of downloads and Rovio couldn’t be more thrilled. In a [...]
January 7th, 2013 by Anthony West
While companies like Rovio, makers of the popular Angry Girds social game have been busy celebrating a not-so-bad outing for 2012, Zynga has been busy keeping its tail between its legs and rather frantically trying to figure out a survival strategy for the coming year. 2012 is sure to be a year Zynga directors and [...]
January 5th, 2013 by Anthony West
Proving that the Angry Birds phenomenon was no gimmick, the latest iteration has been smashing records—much like how things get smashed inside the game itself. Dubbed ‘Angry Birds Space’, the release has so far been downloaded over 100 million times. This is spectacular considering the release is just over 76 days old. Rovio, the company [...]
June 23rd, 2012 by Anthony West
There are various kinds of entertainment in the world today. With technology being so prevalent and more popular and unique than ever, social networking is at its peak, games and application for mobile devices are taking over, and the way people spend their leisure time is very different from even ten years ago. Smart phones [...]
January 16th, 2012 by Daniel Renfro
It’s not uncommon for tech companies to turn down buy-out offers made by other tech companies, but when that offer is $2.25 billion, it sort of makes you wonder: “what on earth are you thinking?” This surely must be what’s on the minds of tech analysts in wake of the revelation by the New York [...]
December 2nd, 2011 by Anthony West
Are you a fan of Angry Birds? This addictive game that started on the iPhone and went on to conquer other platforms is now available for you to enjoy on your browser. Google has now made the Angry Birds app available for the Chrome browser which you can get for free at the Chrome Web [...]
May 13th, 2011 by Chad Buenaflor
Rovio recently reported that plans are already in place for a Chinese version of their popular game Angry Birds to be released later this year in China. The game which has already achieved 140 million downloads worldwide is targeting the 100 million download mark in China alone this 2011. Although he number seems to be [...]
April 30th, 2011 by Chad Buenaflor
According to the latest reports, fans of Angry Birds will soon be able to sync their progress of game on all devices, it is installed on. It is suggested by the Appera Website that we will be able to witness the release of Angry Birds Sync in the near future. It is hoped to happen [...]
April 15th, 2011 by Debbie Parker
Angry Birds Rio is the latest puzzler that is designed for the iPad, iPhone as well as Android based handsets, surpassed 10 million downloads after it was rolled out on March 22. According to the game developer, the figure makes it record-breaker. If you visit the Apple’s App Store on the iPhone , you will [...]
April 7th, 2011 by Debbie Parker
Not so many people are left who do not know anything about Angry Birds and do not play this game because of not having a compatible device. But if you are one of those, there are not so many excuses not to try the game. As a matter of fact, the PC version is available [...]
March 27th, 2011 by Debbie Parker
If you are a fan of Angry Birds and want to play it in your PC but don’t want to shell out $4.99 for the application then now is your chance to get it for free. For a limited time only you will be able to install the full version of the game on your [...]
March 26th, 2011 by Chad Buenaflor
Earlier it was reported that Angry Birds Rio would hit the market before the release of the upcoming movie Rio. The latest version of Angry Birds is already available. It can be downloaded from the Mac App Store of Apple, iOS App Store. Angry Birds Rio is also available for the Android platform, which can [...]
March 26th, 2011 by Debbie Parker
Rovio, which is known to be the developer of famous Angry Birds, is going to implement big plans in the future. The said plans will soon be disclosed. According to Kaj Hed, Rovio Board Chairman, the company wants to become even larger than Google and Facebook. Although the words may seem ambitious for the company [...]
March 21st, 2011 by Debbie Parker
Before downloading the free Angry Birds HD update dedicated for the iPad 2 and iPad 1, you should know that apart from an extra golden egg as well as 15 new levels, you will get advertisements that were added by Rovio. The worst of all they will disrupt you when playing the game. Complaints of [...]
March 21st, 2011 by Debbie Parker
If you are a fan of Angry Birds then you might know that Angry Birds Rio for the Android platform will be available only in the Amazon Appstore. Moreover, it will be possible to acquire ad-free versions of Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds from the Amazon Appstore. Amazon is happy to exclusively offer Angry [...]
March 17th, 2011 by Debbie Parker
Who hasn’t heard of Angry Birds these days? With more than 100 million downloads and a movie coming out this month this mobile phone game is popular these days. Rovio and Amazon have announced their partnership in offering the latest version of this addictive game called Angry Birds Rio which will be an Amazon Appstore [...]
March 17th, 2011 by Chad Buenaflor
