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The first trailer for the big screen debut of the Angry Birds franchise has been unleashed into the wild. The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds – or almost entirely,” the description reads. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis – We’re the Millers, Horrible …
Read More »More job losses at Rovio as 260 positions are axed
Rovio will lay off up to 260 staff as it aims to completely restructure the firm and reinvigorate its falling revenues. The redundancies will apply to the entire organisation. This excludes employees working on the upcoming Angry Birds Movie. Rovio CEO Pekka Rantala said in its current financial condition, the …
Read More »Up to 260 jobs to go at Rovio
Redundancies to affect staff across entire organisation
Read More »Angry Birds 2 racks up 1m downloads in 12 hours
Rovio has announced Angry Birds 2 has already been downloaded 1m times in its first 12 hours out on mobile platforms. The studio revealed the news on Twitter, with the figure combining the very early totals of iOS and Android releases. According to Apple, the original Angry Birds has been …
Read More »Angry Birds 2 available now on iOS and Android
Six years on from the release of Angry Birds, Angry Birds 2 has at last arrived on smartphones. It’s far from the first sequel, of course. In fact, Angry Birds 2 is the 15th game in the series, following the likes of Seasons, Space, Star Wars, Rio, Stella, Transformers and …
Read More »Six years and two billion downloads later, Angry Birds gets a proper sequel
Although it may not feel like it, mobile behemoth Angry Birds has never been granted a full follow-up. There have been 14 different spin-offs to Rovio’s feathered phenomenon since it launched back in 2009, including Star Wars, Transformers, Rio, Space, Seasons and Stella. But there’s never been an official sequel …
Read More »Angry Birds dev Rovio joins #UpForSchool campaign
58 million children out of school because of child marriage, child labour, conflict and discrimination
Read More »Now Angry Birds teams up with Sonic
Rovio’s Angry Birds is embarking on another brand crossover, this time with Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog. Characters from Angry Birds Epic including Red Knight, Chuck Mage, and Bomb Pirate will for three weeks be appearing in Sonic Dash which, incidentally, hit 100m downloads earlier this week. We were thrilled with …
Read More »LEGO Angry Birds toys slingshotting to retail
An Angry Birds line of LEGO toys will be released next year, Rovio has announced. Their arrival will coincide with the release of The Angry Birds Movie in spring 2016. The LEGO brand has an unparalleled ability to connect with people through products that spark creativity and imagination,” Rovio CEO …
Read More »Angry Birds coming to Samsung Gear VR
First virtual reality outing for the winged sensations unveiled
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