Angry Birds Archives

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Mobile games do innovate: Angry Birds vets mix cards and platforming

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 2, 2014
2 min

While Rovio is struggling to continue its success, a new Finnish studio is hoping to get players to fall in love with a new group of characters on mobile.

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Angry Birds maker Rovio plans big job cuts as players leave the flock

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 2, 2014
2 min

Finland’s Rovio Entertainment, the company behind Angry Birds, has finally flown into a wall. In a blog post Thursday, the company said it would...

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Angry Birds maker Rovio chooses a new CEO to succeed longtime boss in 2015

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 29, 2014
1 min

The chief executive of Rovio Entertainment, the maker of the iconic mobile game Angry Birds, will turn over the top job at the company in 2015 to Pekka Rantala. Hed has run the Espoo, Finland-based company for the past five years, helping to turn Angry Birds into a global phenomenon.

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Former Rovio executives found startup that will use mobile to grow entertainment brands

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 12, 2014
2 min

Seriously, a new developer based in Helsinki and Santa Monica, is planning a multifaceted media strategy for a game it hasn't even released yet.

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Robots can play Angry Birds, too — and help kids with disabilities

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 11, 2014
2 min

Researchers at Georgia Tech are enlisting humanoid robots to play Angry Birds with the help of kids suffering from motor-skill and cognitive disabilities. Kids...