Angry Birds Articles

For:iPhone  Also On: PCPSP Release Date: 2010

News: Over a billion downloads for Angry Birds

Angry Birds games have now been downloaded more than a billion times, Rovio has announced.

News Posted May 9

News: Angry Birds developer turned down $2 billion takeover offer

Angry Birds creator Rovio turned down a takeover offer by social games giant Zynga worth $2 billion.

News Posted Apr 17

News: Angry Birds swings and slides coming to playgrounds

Angry Birds developer Rovio has revealed that it's to install branded sets of swings and slides to playgrounds across the country.

10 News Posted Mar 22

News: Angry Birds sponsors Formula 1 driver

Rovio Entertainment continues its efforts to secure total world domination of the Angry Birds brand with a new merchandising and webgame partnership with Finnish Formula 1 star Heikki Kovalainen.

6 News Posted Mar 16

News: Angry Birds was saved by a mortgage

Angry Birds was once in such a fragile state that the grandparents of Rovio's CEO were forced to mortgage their flat.

News Posted Feb 24

News: Piracy can lead to more business, claims Angry Birds dev

Rovio Mobile, creator of the Angry Birds franchise, believes that piracy shouldn't be viewed in black and white terms - it can prove useful to grow consumer awareness of a brand.

4 News Posted Jan 30

News: 6.5 million Christmas day downloads for Angry Birds

A massive 6.5 million downloads of Angry Birds games were made on Christmas Day, Rovio has announced.

News Posted Jan 4

News: Angry Birds tops 500 million downloads

Angry Birds has been downloaded over 500 million times, according to developer Rovio. This apparently makes the game one of the most downloaded games in the history of gaming.

News Posted Nov 2

News: Angry Birds crowd game set for London Olympics

Mobile gaming phenomenon Angry Birds could be making a larger than life appearance at the London 2012 Olympic Games, MCV understands.

2 News Posted Oct 27

News: Angry Birds Moon Festival gets September release date

Angry Birds Moon Festival will be released worldwide this September, and will be the first product designed to appeal to Chinese fans, Rovio Entertainment has announced.

News Posted Jul 29

News: Rovio 'betting everything' on Angry Birds

Angry Birds developer, Rovio Mobile, has expressed its desire to be the first entertainment brand to reach a billion fans. To do that, it's putting all its eggs in the Angry Birds basket.

5 News Posted Jul 21