Angry Birds

Angry Birds all set to make its debut on the big screen

Popular mobile game are all set to hit the big screen in 3D. Sony Pictures has announced an animated 'Angry Birds' film, which is expected be released in 2016. An animated TV series based on the game debuted in March 2013 and was an instant hit with fans. ...

'Angry Birds' to hit the big screen in 3D in 2016

Los Angeles: The popular mobile game 'Angry Birds' is jumping off smart phones and onto the big screen in a new animated 3D film due to be released in 2016, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced on Wednesday. The film will be a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Finnish game-maker Rovio, and follows the game's foray into television with an animated weekly series that began in March 2013. "Sony impressed...  

Rovio to launch 'Angry Birds' cartoon series on March 16

The makers of Angry Birds are launching a cartoon series this weekend, expanding further beyond its highly addictive games in a bid to expand entertainment and merchandising. ...  

Tabu to play the lead in Malayalam movies 'Angry Birds'

The film is to be directed by Aji John who is currently filming 'Hotel California' with Anoop Menon. ...  

Angry Birds, Instagram, YouTube among top apps of 2012

Angry Birds, Instagram and Facebook continued to be among the most downloaded apps of the year but rising stars also earned coveted spots on smartphones and tablets. ...  

'Angry Birds' would now have its own feature film

Los Angeles: After celebrating its third anniversary yesterday, fan-favourite arcade game 'Angry Birds' announced that it would have its own feature film. Rovio Entertainment, which develops the world's popular game, has confirmed that a big screen adaptation for the game is officially in development with 'Despicable Me' producer John Cohen. The plan is to make the 'Angry Birds' film a 3D CG-animated feature that will be released in the summer...  

Angry Birds Star Wars: Rovio's 'biggest and best launch' yet

New Delhi: The immensely popular Angry Birds game has yet another new version. The latest edition of the game is called Angry Birds Star Wars. According to Rovio within 2.5 hours of the game's launch, the app soared to No 1 position in the US App Store. The Finnish gaming company goes on to declare that Angry Birds Star Wars is their "biggest and best launch yet." The game is...  

Angry Birds maker Rovio to launch Bad Piggies

Helsinki: Angry Birds-maker Rovio Entertainment will be hoping to prove it's no one-hit wonder when it launches Bad Piggies on Thursday, just as players seem to be tiring of the game they've been addicted to for the past three years. The new game will feature pigs which strike back at the birds who attacked them with slingshots in Angry Birds. A hit on app stores would give the Finnish company...  

'Angry Birds,' 'Fruit Ninja' coming to Windows 8

New Delhi: Popular games from Rovio Entertainment - "Angry Birds" and "Angry Birds Space" - will be available for Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS when it ships on October 26 this year. Besides, the company announced the first wave of Xbox games for its highly-awaited Windows 8 OS. The fruit-slicing game "Fruit Ninja" from Halfbrick Studios is another popular game that will be available at the time of the Windows...  

Angry Birds now go to Mars

New Delhi: Rovio Mobile, makers of the popular mobile game - Angry Birds, is all set to take the birds to the next level. Rovio has released a brand new campaign for its Angry Birds Space installment. The Angry Birds Space will now feature new missions which carry on the fight between the birds and the green pigs who have hijacked the Curiosity Mars rover and are using it to...  

Angry Birds sweet-talk copycats in China market

Shanghai: When Peter Vesterbacka visited China last spring, the marketing chief for Rovio, the Finnish firm behind the video game Angry Birds, saw fake Angry Birds products everywhere - and he was happy about it. "I realised that China was already happening in a big way for us," Vesterbacka said in an interview. "When you see all these knockoffs, you know that there is a lot of demand." That rosy...  

Angry Birds Heikki to release on June 18

New Delhi: Finnish Mobile Game developer, Rovio Mobile is set to release new Angry Birds Heikki game on June 18 this year. The new Angry Birds Heikki is teased at the landing page at - http://heikki.angrybirds.com and no details have been mentioned on the page. From the images placed on the landing page, it is quite evidential that Rovio might introduce Angry Birds Heikki game in order to support and...  

Rovio to get Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone

Helsiniki: Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), its chief executive said on Friday, putting Nokia and other Windows phones more on a par with the iPhone. "We are working towards getting Angry Birds Space to WP7," Rovio Chief Executive Mikael Hed told Reuters, dismissing earlier media reports that the top gaming firm was dumping the platform. Hed, however,...  

Angry Birds invade Space

New Delhi: Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the super popular game Angry Birds, has now announced the launch of its much-awaited game - Angry Birds Space - which is available now for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices, as well as the Mac and PC, with PC retail copies to follow shortly. Angry Birds Space is a completely new game with innovative new gameplay. "From floating through space in...  

Rovio to launch new Angry Birds on March 22

New Delhi: Are you bored of playing Angry Birds? Here is some good news for you. Rovio, the company behind this super popular game, has announced to come up with a new game - Angry Birds Space - on March 22. The new game will be launched simultaneously in mobile gaming, animation, retail, and publishing. "We are very excited to announce our next game: Angry Birds Space! It's going to...  

Angry Birds fly to Facebook on Valentine's Day

New Delhi: Here comes good news for 'Angry Birds' fans. Initially designed for Apple's iOS, Angry birds, the most downloaded game ever, can now be played on Facebook. Rovio, the company behind this super popular game, has made its multi-platform game Angry Birds available as a Facebook app. However, the app is quite similar to the mobile version of the game, but there are certain features that have been uniquely...  

Angry Birds finally available on RIM's PlayBook

Toronto: It took seven months, but Research In Motion has finally delivered on a promise made by co-founder Mike Lazaridis. Angry Birds is available on RIM's PlayBook tablet. The widely popular game, where birds destroy the pigs who stole their eggs with the help of a slingshot, has long been available on Apple and Android-based devices. But its absence had become symbol of the relative dearth of consumer-friendly applications available...  

Angry Birds maker eyes 2013 Hong Kong IPO

Helsinki: Finnish gaming firm Rovio, creator of "Angry Birds," the world's most popular computer game, is planning an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange in 2013, Finnish weekly Tekniikka&Talous reported on Friday. Rovio's marketing chief Peter Vesterbacka told the paper the aim is to build the company into a media firm which would have a market capitalisation similar to that of Walt Disney Co, whose shares are...  

Angry Birds crosses 500 million downloads mark

Helsinki: Mobile gaming firm Rovio said on Wednesday its hit game Angry Birds had reached a record 500 million downloads in less than two years since its launch. "It's more than any game ever before," Rovio's marketing chief Peter Vesterbacka told a conference in Helsinki. Unlike most mobile-game crazes, Angry Birds - in which players use a slingshot to attack pigs who steal the birds' eggs - has stayed at...