At a streamed press conference Friday, Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka announced the creation of a new mobile payment system dubbed Bad Piggy Bank. Rovio is the development company responsible for the creation of the wildly popular mobile game, Angry Birds. Bad Piggy Bank is an in-app payment solution for the Android platform that will allow users to …
Apple revealed its top iOS apps of 2010 on Thursday, and the list is broken down into six categories — top free, top paid and top grossing apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, and the same three categories for the iPad. There aren’t many surprises to be found, with Angry Birds taking the top …
Google’s mobile AdMob team has posted a YouTube video touting the advertising success of Rovio’s wildly popular mobile game, Angry Birds. In the clip, Peter Vesterbacka, Rovio’s Mighty Eagle, says that his company prefers using the ad-supported model featured in the application’s Android version to the paid-application model seen in the iOS game. To date, Angry Birds has …
Why does it scare me? Because I already have no free time, and this just equals bad news. Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds have officially dropped the Angry Birds Halloween Special Edition in the Apple App Store. The game is priced at $0.99 for the iPhone / iPod touch, and $1.99 for an HD …
Electronic Arts confirmed today that it will acquire Angry Birds publisher Chillingo in a deal rumored to be worth just under $20 million. Unfortunately the birds aren’t likely to see much of that cash, as Rovio, the developer behind the wildly popular mobile game, is not a part of the acquisition. In fact, Rovio has …
There is no denying the Angry Birds phenomenon. Rovio Mobile, the developers behind the multi-platform Angry Birds app, have just announced a staggering stat — over 1 million Android downloads in 1 day. Following yesterdays launch, GetJar had brief outages due to overwhelming traffic. Android users were told: “The page you are looking for is …
Hey Android, Angry Bird fans… want to know why you’ll have a leg up on the rest of the Angry Bird-playing smartphone world? You’re version of Angry Birds is free! Rovio has just released the addicting, airborne-avian, game via site GetJar for the irresistible price of $0. Hit the jump to check out Rovio’s full …
The gang over at Talk Android have gotten the scoop from Rovio — makers of Angry Birds — about their immediate plans for Google’s mobile OS. In an email to TA, Rovio writes: This week, we were planning to run a closed beta test of Angry Birds Lite for Android. Due to the massive response …
If you’re a webOS die-hard, and are looking for a game so addictive it should come with a warning label, look no further. Palm and developer Rovio have just announced that the wildly popular game Angry Birds, which is already available for iOS devices, can now be purchased for your Palm Pre or Palm Pixi. The basic …
