Rovio this week announced that it is renaming Rovio Classics: Angry Birds to "Red's First Flight" on the iPhone and the iPad, due to the "impact" that the "Classics" name and title was having on its ...

That Angry Birds is set on a tropical island may be escapism. Rovio's offices are in Espoo, a 20-minute drive west of Helsinki. The dark-grey tower that houses Rovio is on a quayside, but the sea is ...

In an interesting announcement today, game developer Rovio shared that it’s renaming and/or pulling its Rovio Classics: Angry Birds on the App Store and Google Play Store. According to the company, ...

For the latest episode of the PocketGamer.biz Podcast, we got the chance to go deeper into the Angry Birds story, those big ...

Rovio, the Finnish games studio behind “Angry Birds” said on Monday that it had accepted a takeover offer from Sega Sammy, part of the Japanese consoles and games giant Sega. The deal values Rovio at ...

Let’s face it, if you have a smartphone or tablet, you more than likely have at least one Angry Birds game on there somewhere. It might be plain old Angry Birds, or the follow-up Angry Birds Seasons, ...

For longtime fans of the Angry Birds franchise, it’s a sad day, as Rovio has announced that Rovio Classics: Angry Birds will be delisted on the 23rd of February. The remake of the original Angry Birds ...

"Red and Sonic: two globally recognized and iconic characters made by two remarkably complementary companies," Rovio's CEO says. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor Sega unveiled a recommended cash ...

Bad pigs beware — those fiendish feathered friends are at it again. Finland’s global games giant Rovio is launching a new cartoon series, “Angry Birds Toons,” based on its hit game. The cartoon shorts ...

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Rovio Entertainment, the game developer behind “Angry Birds,” said it expects to eliminate up to 260 jobs, or as much as 40% of its workforce. The deep cutbacks come after Finland-based Rovio ...

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