‘Warcraft’ and ‘Angry Birds’ movies may finally be breaking the video game box office curse
While it may not be quite as certain as death and taxes, the flop of movies based on video games is about as close...
Rovio to distribute a billion Angry Birds augmented reality ‘BirdCodes’ in huge marketing campaign
Angry Birds maker Rovio has partnered with Zappar to release a billion BirdCodes that can be used to redeem digital items in the Angry...
Angry Birds maker Rovio posts 2015 operating loss
(By Jussi Rosendahl, Reuters) – Rovio Entertainment Ltd, the maker of hit mobile phone game Angry Birds, on Wednesday said it fell to loss...
25 years of covering games: My views of then and now
This is one of those posts where you get to hear a lot of what I think about gaming, from my own perspective. As...
Angry Birds maker Rovio bringing its ToonsTV cartoon app to Apple TV
Angry Birds mobile game publisher Rovio is announcing today that its ToonsTV animated cartoon channel is flying to the Apple TV platform. The move...
Angry Birds’ maker Rovio announces new CEO as company awaits release of feature movie in 2016
(Reuters) — Rovio, maker of hit mobile phone game Angry Birds, said on Wednesday chief executive Pekka Rantala would step down after just a...
Shakira’s new Love Rocks game with Rovio will have … no birds
Rovio teased more tidbits about the mobile game it’s working on with pop star Shakira. And the title coming from the maker of Angry...
Angry Birds maker Rovio teases Shakira partnership
Shakira is going to be part of Rovio’s Angry Birds family. That’s not so easy to do, as her hips don’t lie, and the Angry Birds...
Sonic the Hedgehog zooms into Angry Birds Epic
Sonic the Hedgehog has been a gaming icon for decades, and now he’s lending his powers to Rovio’s Angry Birds brand. The Finnish tech...
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...