The Angry Birds games franchise seems to have been about forever but there is still life in the format yet. The previous game – Angry Birds Star Wars – proved to be hugely successful, which means that we shouldn’t be too surprised to discover that the next instalment is going to be called Angry Birds Star Wars II. Lots of New Characters The developer of this series...

The cheeky little picture which Rovio put out a week or so ago let us know that another variant on their staggeringly popular Angry Birds game was on the way. Now it has been confirmed that the new release will be called Angry Birds Star Wars. That’s right; a classic of the games world has been teamed up with the ever popular sci-fi film. The Finnish games developer...

A new Angry Birds game has been released today and is set to take mobile app developer Rovio to places beyond one’s reach. Angry Birds Space was released concurrently on iOS and Android devices, as well as Mac and PCs. The new game takes place in Space, where players launch birds whose trajectory can be altered by nearby planets’ gravitational pull. “We’ve...

After battling those green pigs we all hate (or love because of their cuteness) so much, space will be the next fighting grounds for our beloved Angry Birds. Game development company Rovio, creator of the smash hit Angry Birds, said that the next part of the Angry Birds saga will be taking place in space. The company even made a teaser site for it. “Angry Birds Space...

If you have missed out on Rovio’s very addictive physics-based game Angry Birds due to a lack of mobile platform, here’s some good news for you: Angry Birds will be released for desktop computers. Come November 25, mobile phones, tablets and other platforms will no longer be a prerequisite to play the game, as Focus Multimedia will be distributing Angry Birds...

A theme park inspired by a popular mobile app game has opened in China’s Hunan province. An unlicensed Angry Birds theme park was opened in Changsha City, where the park’s visitors take turns to shoot pig balloons placed inside brick castles with birds using giant slinghots. A news report by CBS News said that the theme park is completely unlicensed by the...

We all know that Angry Birds was a big hit, but what we don’t know is how successful exactly is the mobile game? The addictive game that involves shooting birds to kill green pigs started off on mobile phones, but its popularity soared and has now expanded across multiple platforms, including TV, the web and movies. According to Andrew Stalbow, Rovio’s general...

Angry Birds has become one of the most popular games of all time. Since it was released two years ago, this highly-addictive iPhone app is still the No.1 best selling paid app. Now, an Ice Age-style feature film is being created just to prove how successful this franchise is. According to Panjiva, a company that tracks shipments to the US, Angry Birds-related goods have...

Roku announced its new line of media streaming devices that has a smaller physical footprint, more features and the same price points that is cheaper than the Apple TV. The new models, the Roku 2 HD, Roku 2 XD, and Roku 2 XS, have improved media streaming capabilities compared to the previous models. All major steaming sources are there, including Amazon Instant Video,...

Game developing company Rovio believes that there are enough storytelling opportunities in Angry Birds to turn it from a humble iPhone app to a movie franchise. In an interview with Eurogamer, Rovio’s Vice President of Franchise Development Ville Heijari said that we should “think along the lines of the Ice Age series of films.” “How I see our whole...