Turns out those TV shows are for the birds. Rovio, maker of Angry Birds, sold its Vancouver-based animation studio (and book publishing biz) to Kaiken Entertainment. Kaiken, interestingly enough, was just founded by former Rovio CEO Mikael Hed. Hed’s been with the birds before, and Kaiken will work with Rovio to further use the Angry Birds license. “We are happy to announce this...
In the near future, Rovio will transition its games to what they call a “games as a service” set up. That is, their titles will be free-to-play while they release constant updates to support the community. They aim to acquire and retain users rather than sell their title and move on to the next game. This all comes after a few years of massive profit loss and layoffs. Willhelm Taht,...
Rovio’s been in the process of getting slimmer over the last couple of years. In 2014, the company that makes Angry Birds trimmed 110 employees. This year, they’re planning to let go of as many as 260 employees. This all comes because, as CEO Pekka Rantala puts it, the company may have got involved in “too many things.” Movies, plush toys, candy, dog treats, crazy shorts and more...
If you thought the human race had finally persevered and withstood the barrage of Angry Birds sequels, spin-offs, and merchandise, then get ready for this news! Angry Birds 2 is coming out on July 30 for iOS and Android. Yup, Angry Birds 2. Because Seasons, Rio, Star Wars, Space, and whatever other games came out between then and now simply were not sequels, Rovio gets to release Angry...
In terms of sheer discussion and hype surrounding the Angry Birds franchise, it's safe to say that things have dwindled a bit after its remarkable high a year or so ago. The franchise has lost a bit of its luster, and that's evidenced by its absence from the top spots on app marketplaces. Whether because of that decreased success or not, Jami Laes, the heard of Rovio's gaming division...
Rovio, the Finnish company responsible for the likes of Angry Birds, Tiny Thief and Amazing Alex, has just concluded a two month round of employee negotiations. The result? They're set to lay off 110 people. The negotiations were originally announced back on October 2nd. At that time, it predicted it would need to terminate 130 employees in order to keep working. The negotiations,...
The Angry Birds are probably twice as angry than they were last year. Angry Birds developer Rovio released its yearly fiscal results this week, which reveals that the developer's profits fell by close to half during 2013. In 2013, the company nearly doubled in size and saw its revenue grow slightly, but saw profits drop from $76.8 million to $37.3 million. According to Polygon, less...
Dang, I kind of had high-hopes that a recent medieval teaser for Angry Birds would have a Game of Thrones tie-in. Obviously I never really expected that.. but I had hopes. It turns out I was way off base. Kotaku today posted fresh information on the next Angry Birds title coming from Rovio, which will be called Angry Birds Epic. Apparently it’s going to feature turn-by-turn based...
Rovio, the maker behind the hit Angry Birds series of games, is teasing its next title. We don't yet have a name or launch date, but the company posted a video on YouTube that shows an Angry Bird inside of knight armor, pointing to a title with a medieval-theme. To echo the top comment on Rovio's YouTube channel: Does anyone even play Angry Birds anymore? The original was fun, as were...
Welcome back to a brand new episode of Buffalo Bulletin, where we chat about the biggest news in the world of technology. Up this week we have details on Comcast's bid to acquire Time Warner Cable, Dennis Woodside leaving Motorola for Dropbox, Nintendo Direct announcements, a new installment of Angry Birds and the biggest movies coming to theaters in 2014.