Rovio CEO — Taking Angry Birds to movies, augmented reality, and beyond
Some people think that Angry Birds is too big. Like a meme that everyone has seen on the internet. Since 2009, the games with...
Angry Birds maker Rovio says revenue plunged 17% in Q2 but games showed signs of recovery
Finland’s Rovio reported a sharp drop in revenue for the three months ending in June as revenue from the hit Angry Birds movie continued...
Angry Birds 2 celebrates two years with new multiplayer Clan challenges
Rovio is celebrating Angry Birds 2’s second anniversary, and the whole clan’s invited. The 2015 sequel isn’t a smash hit like the original from...
How Angry Birds maker Rovio found its wings in 2016
Angry Birds maker Rovio grew its revenues 34 percent to €190 million ($203 million) in 2016, up 34 percent from $150 million a year...
Rovio cutting up to 260 jobs — Angry Birds studio admits ‘doing too many things’
Angry Birds creator Rovio today announced a major rounds of job losses as the studio admits it’s been doing “too many things.” Despite the...
Rovio reveals the key to Angry Birds’ success: brand partners
Rovio Chief Commercial Officer Alex Lambeek lays out the success of Angry Birds as a marathon of cross-pollination with multiple brands and business partners.
20M downloads doesn’t necessarily make Angry Birds 2 a success
Developer Rovio has stormed back onto the mobile app stores with a new Angry Birds (our review) and a new business model, but that...
Angry Birds 2 hits 20M downloads in its first week
Angry Birds 2 has turned into a big hit. Rovio Entertainment announced the mobile game has been downloaded more than 20 million times in its...
Angry Birds 2 looks beautiful, but focuses on ugly freemium features
Angry Birds 2 combines the series’ classic gameplay some grand new features, and the very worst that in-app purchases have to offer. If you...
Angry Birds 2 passes 1 million downloads in just 12 hours
The original Angry Birds, which came out in 2009, and its spinoffs have achieved more than 3 billion downloads, according to Rovio. An animated film based on the franchise is coming out next year, so its very important to Rovio that the new game do well and continue public interest in Angry Birds.