By Todd Haselton |
Angry Birds Friends, the popular Facebook social game, is now available on iOS and Android devices. The premise is similar to what you can expect from other Angry Birds franchise titles, but instead of playing solo you’re actually competing for high scores and power ups…
By Todd Haselton |
Own a copy of Angry Birds? Then you’ll be able to tune in to a new cartoon series that will launch through the game beginning on the weekend of March 16 – March 17. Rovio announced the news on Monday, and said that the “dedicated…
By Ron Duwell |
The world just can’t get over how angry these birds really are! The global sensation continued over Christmas week with the Angry Birds series pulling in an astounding 30 million downloads. 8 million of these downloads came on Christmas day alone! This story comes as…
By Todd Haselton |
Love Angry Birds? Love Star Wars? The latest version of Angry Birds Star Wars is out and it adds 20 new levels. Not only that, but the folks at Rovio are tossing Princess Leia (the pink bird) into the mix. Here’s a description of the update:…
By Sean P. Aune |
The day is here. You can finally experience the mashup of Angry Birds and Star Wars for yourselves in Angry Birds Star Wars. Rovio’s latest entry in the Angry Birds franchise is available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Kindle Fire, Mac OS X, Windows 8…
By Sean P. Aune |
Curious how the world of Star Wars will meld with Angry Birds? Rovio has released a new gameplay trailer for Angry Birds Star Wars that gives us a taste. Angry Birds Star Wars launches Nov. 8, but up until now we haven’t had any real…
By Killian Bell |
A malicious Google Chrome application that claims to be a browser-based version of Rovio’s new Bad Piggies game has infected more than 80,000 computers with adware. Distributed through the Chrome Web Store, the app installs a plugin that displays advertisements while users are browsing popular websites. A…
By Sean P. Aune |
Not that anyone should be surprised after the tease from last week, and the leaks we saw over the weekend, but Angry Birds Star Wars is now official. Rovio announced this morning that it is bringing the Star Wars brand into the Angry Birds universe…
By Sean P. Aune |
It appears as though the connection between Angry Birds and Star Wars will be more than just another iteration of the game as some toys have leaked out a few days early. As we reported yesterday, a teaser site has gone up for Angry Birds…
By Sean P. Aune |
Rovio has set up an Angry Birds Tumblr page, and the new site gives us a bit of a hint into the next chapter of the endless saga of the birds vs. pigs. It appears that the Angry Birds are going to be using a…
By Todd Haselton |
If you loved Rovio’s hit game Angry Birds, and the dozens of sequels that followed it, then the company’s newest title might be right up your alley. It’s called Bad Piggies and takes place on Piggy Island, where you’re tasked with creating “machines that crawl,…
By Brandon Russell |
The concept of Angry Birds is simple: slingshot your fowl into a group of snorting swine. Repeat ad nauseum. Despite its charm — and the physics of Angry Birds Space — the formula is more than old. So Rovio is moving on to a new…
By Killian Bell |
Amazon announced back in June that its Android Appstore would be coming to Europe this summer, and today it’s finally here — nearly 18 months after making its debut in the United States. The Google Play alternative will initially be available in the United Kingdom,…
By Joey Davidson |
If you were to open up your smartphone’s application store right this second and search out the original Angry Birds trilogy (Angry Birds, Seasons and Rio), you’d find that each game sells independently for around a buck. Spend three bucks, own all three. Now, if you’ve been…
By Todd Haselton |
Rovio released a new version of Angry Birds on Thursday that adds 15 levels and includes support for the iPad’s Retina display. I saw someone playing Angry Birds Space on the subway yesterday and was honestly taken aback a bit. I guess I answered my…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung announced on Tuesday that Angry Birds, with full support for gesture controls, is now available for download from Samsung’s Smart Hub on select Smart TV models. The game is free and doesn’t require a special controller (besides your hands… or feet?), but you’ll need…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is here to attack and highlight another epic mobile application. This week, JR checks out Amazing Alex. It’s a Rube Goldberg inspired game created by the folks at Rovio – otherwise known as the people behind the international mobile gaming phenomenon, Angry Birds.…
By Killian Bell |
With Rovio’s Angry Birds making its way to almost every device that has a color display, it’s a surprise the Finnish firm has any time to work on anything else. But it has been, and its new game, Amazing Alex, is now available to download…
By Killian Bell |
Yesterday we reported that Rovio’s smash hit, Angry Birds, is coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo 3DS later this year. But the game will be expanding its reach before then by making its way to Samsung Smart TVs this month. I said in…
By Killian Bell |
Angry Birds has popped up just about everywhere since becoming an incredibly huge success on iOS. You can find it on your smartphone and tablet — regardless of which operating system you choose to run — in your web browser, and even on your PlayStation…
By Brandon Russell |
Rovio’s next big franchise is gearing up for a July 12 release, the company announced on Tuesday. Dubbed Amazing Alex, the game appears to be some sort of puzzler with Rube Goldberg-style contraptions as the main focus. If you’re sick of flinging cartoon fowl at…
By Sean P. Aune |
Have you ever wondered about the Pigs’ side of things in Angry Birds? Well, you’re about to find out how they feel about all those birds flinging themselves around all the time. According to a source that spoke with Pocket-Lint recently, Rovio is looking for…
By Todd Haselton |
Rovio and the Philadelphia Eagles football team are teaming up for an exclusive Eagles-themed version of Angry Birds. The partnership includes a huge marketing campaign, too, The Wall Street Journal said on Friday. Rovio will outfit Lincoln Financial Field, the Eagles’s home stadium, with custom displays…
By Brandon Russell |
Phones get hot. More specifically, processors get hot. You’ve probably even had to put your phone down — maybe after a long Angry Birds session — because the heat made it uncomfortable to hold. Qualcomm wants to prove that its Snapdragon S4 chip doesn’t get…
