Rovio wins merchandising award
Finnish games group Rovio was awarded for its brand expansion business on Friday at the 12th annual Toy of the Year Awards. The studio picked the Property of the Year prize in recognition of the...
View ArticleAngry Birds success continues on Facebook
The top 10 games on Facebook’s App Leaderboard doesn’t look too different from the chart two weeks ago, but just outside of the top 10 are two interesting and fast-growing titles that you can expect to...
View Article‘Angry Birds Space’ hits 10 million downloads after 3 days
Rovio’s full sequel to the Angry Birds phenomenon has passed more than 10 million downloads in three days. Angry Birds Space was released last week on iOS devices, Android, Mac and Windows with a...
View ArticleAngry Birds Cartoon Series in the works
A year’s worth of weekly Angry Birds cartoons are in the works and planned for distribution this fall to “all possible platforms.” The news comes from Nick Dorra, Head of Animation at Angry Birds...
View Article‘Angry Birds’ for Facebook is the top growing Game
Rovios Angry Birds gained 500,000 daily active users this week, a 17 percent gain that kept it in the No. 1 spot amongst the fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU. King.com took the No. 2 and No. 3...
View ArticleRovio sponsors Formula 1 driver
As if Angry Birds hadnt already permeated modern culture enough, now youll be able to see the brand on the racetrack, too. This weekend in the race in Melbourne, Australia, Formula 1 driver Heikki...
View Article‘Angry Birds’ on Facebook leaves beta phase
The Facebook version of Rovios Angry Birds is no longer in beta on the social network. As of today, the game been re-branded Angry Birds Friends and now includes several new social features designed...
View ArticleRovio eyeing IPO in late 2013
The Finnish gaming company Rovio could make an initial public offering (IPO) during the second half of next year, the company’s chief financial officer Mikko Setälä told the Swedish business paper...
View ArticleAngry Birds and Star Wars joining forces in a series of products
While the teaser from earlier this week indicated that a downloadable Star Wars-themed Angry Birds game was on the way from Rovio, the Idlehands blog published leaked images of upcoming board games and...
View ArticleWith 263 million MAUs, Rovio is poised to take Zynga’s crown as world’s most...
Following from the news that Rovio had over 30 million games downloaded during the Christmas week, the Finnish giant hasnow announced its monthly active user base during December hit a record 263...
View ArticleAngry Birds film signs Disney director
Rovio Entertainment has signed Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis to direct the upcoming Angry Birds movie. The co-directors have previously found success with titles like Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs...
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