Why the hell are Scandinavians insanely good at making addictive mobile games?
It used to be that Scandinavians had a reputation for being fierce viking warriors — now the only time most of them dress up with …
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Angry Birds tries to dethrone Flappy Bird with mysterious reveal
Before the mobile smash hit Flappy Bird dominated the news cycle, Finnish company Rovio ruled the roost with its own group of suicidal avians. Now …
Rovio denies selling out Angry Birds players to NSA
Although we’ve come to expect the National Security Agency to spy on Internet users by hacking into Microsoft, Google and Facebook’s data centers, even the …
Kim Jong-un stole Angry Birds
Rovio has confirmed to Washington Post that it did not license Angry Birds to North Korea’s new Android tablet called Samjiyon. The tablet comes preloaded with a pirated …
Video: Angry Birds Star Wars 2 launches on September 19th
Rovio on Monday announced yet another sequel to its immensely popular Angry Birds franchise. Angry Birds Star Wars 2 will continue the story of last …
The app that ate Finland
It had been 18 months since I was last in Finland, so the extent of Angry Birds’ brand saturation came as a shock when I …
Rovio teases Mario Kart-style Angry Birds racing game
Rovio looks set to change its longtime formula for Angry Birds games. In a new website launched this week, Rovio teased a new game called …
Angry Birds soda gives vendor an 85% sales boost
A leading Nordic beverage company, Olvi, just reported an 85% increase in soft drink sales and its impressive growth is attributed almost entirely to the new range …
Rovio plans to move beyond games, become Finland’s answer to Disney
Could Rovio’s Angry Birds one day have the global brand recognition that Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck once had? That’s apparently the Finnish mobile gaming …
Rovio’s games are losing revenue generation power rapidly
The most famous mobile app franchise in the world has generated more than 1 billion downloads over the past three years — yet it currently …
No, Rovio did not rack up $2.4 billion in revenue last year
The problem with tech news cycle is that speed sometimes trumps all rational thought. The latest example is the false Rovio revenue news that is …
Rovio has more monthly active users than Twitter
Rovio announced today it hit 263 million monthly active users in December 2012. This happened precisely three years after the first Angry Birds game debuted …
Finnish vendors had 4 of the top 10 highest-grossing iOS apps in November
AppAnnie just published its November statistics about global app sales and the results indicate that the Finnish surge in the app market continues. Supercell’s Clash …
Angry Birds Star Wars updated with 20 additional levels, Princess Leia cameo
Rovio on Thursday updated its immensely popular Angry Birds Star Wars game to include 20 additional levels. The latest game in the bird-slinging franchise was …
Rovio’s Angry Birds soda takes Finland by storm, beats out Coke and Pepsi
Rovio’s Angry Birds franchise has become the toast of Finland, replacing the troubled Nokia (NOK) as the company’s most distinguished brand. With this in mind, …
Angry Birds Star Wars breaks new Rovio records, hits No. 1 in U.S. iTunes App Store in 2.5 hours
How big is Rovio Entertainment’s Angry Birds Star Wars? The company announced on Friday that its latest Angry Birds game reached the No. 1 spot in the …
Finland tightens its grip on the global iOS app market with ‘Angry Birds Star Wars’ launch
Rovio’s “Angry Birds Star Wars” launched today and took top slots on iPhone and iPad app charts all over the world. What’s interesting about the …
Rovio releases Angry Birds Star Wars gameplay trailer starring Luke and Leia birds [video]
Rovio’s not pulling any punches with its Angry Birds franchise. The next iteration featuring the enraged birds is Angry Birds Star Wars and it arrives …
Phony version of Bad Piggies installs malware; 82,000 victims so far
This could be a new low for malware developers: Using the unbridled goodness of Bad Piggies to spread ad-injecting software. Security firm Barracuda Networks has spotted …
Angry Birds Star Wars and the evolution of the app market
Rovio has picked up the pace of its game launches — Angry Birds Star Wars is the third major Rovio title to debut in seven months. …
Angry Birds Star Wars to officially launch November 8th [video]
Who needs the Force when you have cantankerous birds in slingshots? Rovio on Monday announced that the latest installation of its Angry Birds saga, dubbed …
Rovio hints at Angry Birds and Star Wars collaboration launch on October 8th
With Bad Piggies breaking records and Angry Birds Space still holding its own, Rovio seems to be set for the time being. What’s next for the Angry Birds franchise? …
Rovio’s Bad Piggies reached No. 1 in U.S. iTunes App Store in just three hours
Rovio Entertainment announced on Thursday its Angry Birds spin-off Bad Piggies reached the No. 1 spot in the U.S. iTunes App Store in a little over three hours. …
Bad Piggies review: Rovio’s back on its game
Rovio fans worried that their favorite mobile gaming company had jumped the shark with Amazing Alex can rest easy: The maker of Angry Birds can …
Bad Piggies, Rovio’s new Angry Birds spin-off, now available for Android, iOS and OS X [updated]
Finnish game designer Rovio is going back to what it does best: Designing games with silly cartoon animals crashing into things. Rovio on Thursday officially …
Rovio’s ‘Bad Piggies’ trailer shows evil green pigs performing Wile E. Coyote-style antics [video]
Let’s face it: Rovio’s last big game, Amazing Alex, was a fairly lackluster affair. But happily, it looks as though Rovio is going back to doing …
Rovio announces Bad Piggies for Android, iOS OS X; launches on September 27th
Rovio on Tuesday announced a spin-off to its popular Angry Birds franchise called “Bad Piggies.” Casual gamers will be excited to learn that Bad Piggies …
