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Rovio teams up with Sony for the Angry Birds movie, coming July 2016

by Mike Schramm (May 15th, 2013)

Rovio has announced, via tweet and then by news release, that it has lined up a deal and a date with Sony Pictures to distribute the upcoming Angry Birds movie. Rovio's been working on putting the frustrated fowl into a motion picture for a while, but this announcement makes it more or less a ...

Rovio introduces accounts to sync game progress across platforms

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 7th, 2013)

Rovio is building up its Angry Birds empire even further with the introduction of Rovio accounts. This new account feature lets users sync their progress across devices, allowing them to start a game on one device and resume playing it on another. The service is available for The Croods game ...

Angry Birds Friends recruits your Facebook friends in fight against the pigs

by John-Michael Bond (May 2nd, 2013)

Charge your phone, hide your family and mourn the loss of your free time. Angry Birds has returned with the latest expansion of their fowl-flinging empire, Angry Birds Friends. The new version looks a lot like the old one at first glance. You still fling super-powered birds at structures in your ...

Angry Birds Friends coming to the App Store this week

by Mike Schramm (Apr 29th, 2013)

Rovio has announced today that a new game called Angry Birds Friends will be out on the App Store this week, offering up yet another iteration on the extremely popular series about frustrated avians. As you can tell from the name of the game, Angry Birds Friends will be a social take on ...

Daily Update for March 15, 2013

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 15th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Angry Birds Toons premiering this weekend in Angry Birds apps

by Mike Schramm (Mar 15th, 2013)

Rovio has long been threatening to bring Angry Birds into other media, and this weekend they're finally doing it -- kind of. Angry Birds Toons is a brand new cartoon series featuring none other than the frustrated fowl that iOS gamers have known and loved for so long. But you won't find it on a ...

Knights of Pen and Paper and Angry Birds go free

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2013)

Two really great apps are free this week. First up, Knights of Pen and Paper is an (in my opinion) underrated and very charming turn-based RPG, with the unique premise that you're actually playing an old pen-and-paper role-playing game, complete with a dungeonmaster describing every environment ...

Rovio releasing a game based on The Croods movie

by Mike Schramm (Mar 7th, 2013)

Rovio has announced another game, and it's yet another surprising title from the Finish developer of Angry Birds. Rovio's first non-Angry Birds game was Amazing Alex (which was a rebranding of another developer's game), its second was the spinoff Bad Piggies, and now they're making: The Croods, ...

Angry Birds Rio free for a limited time on iPhone and iPad

by Randy Nelson (Jan 17th, 2013)

If there's one thing that could draw a bit of attention away from yesterday's surprise launch of Temple Run 2, it's a can't-miss deal on an Angry Birds game. In this case, it's news that both the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad versions of Angry Birds Rio -- the mash-up of Rovio's hit fowl-flinging ...

Angry Birds Space adds another 30 free levels

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 10th, 2013)

Rovio Entertainment has released version 1.4 of Angry Birds Space to the App Store. The free update is sure to make Angry Bird fans happy. Users now have another 30 levels to sling their way through as the birds find themselves in a new galaxy called "Splash" with all-new water-based planets, ...

Apple announces the App Store's Best of 2012

by Mike Schramm (Dec 13th, 2012)

Apple has posted its top picks for the entire year of 2012 in the App Store, and you can browse through all of the choices right now. On the iPhone, Action Movie FX has picked up the App of the Year award, and Ubisoft's Rayman Jungle Run has earned game of the year, with music app Figure and ...

Daily Update for November 29, 2012

by Steven Sande (Nov 29th, 2012)

Rovio wants a billion daily active users

by Mike Schramm (Nov 23rd, 2012)

Angry Birds maker Rovio's head Peter Vesterbacka stood up on stage in Helsinki last week, and told the assembled crowd that his company wants to eventually have a full 1 billion daily active users. Daily active users, or DAUs, is a measure used in tabulating mobile app success, and it's often a ...

Daily Update for November 23, 2012

by Steven Sande (Nov 23rd, 2012)

Angry Birds Star Wars now available for iOS and OS X

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 8th, 2012)

Rovio launched its much-anticipated Star Wars version of Angry Birds for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. The sci-fi themed edition will let you grab a lightsaber and use the force against those troublesome pigtroopers. The iPhone and iPod touch edition will set you back US$0.99, while the iPad ...