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Finnish based Holiday Club to build Angry Birds Activity Parks

, Oct 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're a fan of Angry Birds video games, a company that owns several resort hotels in Finland is set to construct a series of Angry Birds Activity Parks at three hotels. The first of the three activity Parks based on the Angry Birds video game will be a year-round indoor activity park. The park will be completed in Kuusamon Tropiikki by Christmas of 2012. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 27, 2012

, Sep 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Thursday evening, everyone. This afternoon, RIM delivered its quarterly report, and even though it didn't look too good, it was still better than quarterly reports of the past. Samsung is teasing a new Galaxy Note II event for October 24, while Google turned 14 years old today and celebrated with a brand new doodle. Qualcomm introduced a pair of new processors for mobile devices today, and a series of new iPhone patents deals with things like disappearing buttons, 3D displays, and invisible speakers. Read The Full Story

Bad Piggies hits number 1 after just 3 hours

, Sep 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Rovio's latest creation, Bad Piggies, released today, and in just three hours the new game is at the number one spot in the iTunes App Store. The Finland-based game developing company released the Angry Birds spinoff earlier today, and it seems that fans are already eating it up, especially since the game released early in the day on a school and work day. Read The Full Story

Bad Piggies released for iOS, Android, PC and Mac

, Sep 27th 2012 Discuss [2]

Bad Piggies, the much-anticipated follow up to Angry Birds from developer Rovio, has been released, available across multiple smartphone and desktop platforms. Themed around helping the Bad Piggies build a flying machine and pilot it to steel the Angry Birds' eggs, the game offers over 60 levels in its initial release, and with the prospect of a further 30 levels if they do well. Read The Full Story

Angry Birds sequel Bad Piggies brings wave of video clues [UPDATE: Gameplay!]

, Sep 17th 2012 Discuss [2]

The folks at Rovio have been hard at work on a sequel for the mega-popular Angry Birds franchise, here turning the whole world upside-down with Bad Piggies. This sequel to the Angry Birds original will have the mechanics of the game changed just a bit, with the Pigs being the center of attention instead of the Birds whom, up until now, where the ones you were tossing at the enemies - those being the Pigs. Here Rovio is letting details loose in bits in pieces in videos and comics to tease you 'til the final release. Read The Full Story

Angry Birds sequel ‘Bad Piggies’ launching September 27th

, Sep 4th 2012 Discuss [1]

Those Angry Birds from the popular developers Rovio Mobile have achieved some serious levels of flight. Being able to fly and fling above most games in the mobile market and be one of the most popular games to date. Today however we are finally learning more about the sequel. Yes all those piggies we've been beating up on are the star of the new game. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 10, 2012

, Aug 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Friday everyone. The weekend is here is last, and what better way to kick it off than with a giveaway? We've teamed up with NVIDIA to hand out three 16GB Google Nexus 7 tablets, so be sure to enter (but read the rules before you do!). Apple and Samsung's ongoing patent trial gave us a glimpse at sales numbers for both companies today, and we also found out that Apple is looking for a whopping $2.45 billion from Samsung. Even though Google has remained publicly silent about this whole suit, it turns out that it has been providing support for Samsung behind the scenes during the trial. Read The Full Story

Angry Birds Seasons getting a new pink-feathered character

, Aug 10th 2012 Discuss [1]

Rovio has introduced a new character for Angry Birds Seasons, a pink-feathered fowl who apparently likes to blow bubbles. This new bird, named simply "Pink Bird," will be debuting in a new update for the immensely popular game. Alas, we don't know when the update is scheduled to land, but with Rovio giving the update the title of "Back to School," it seems it should be arriving before long. Read The Full Story

Rovio hints at potential level editor coming to Angry Birds

, Jul 26th 2012 Discuss [1]

Rovio recently gave us a big hint on the Angry Birds Facebook page that a level editor could be coming soon to the game. The Facebook post showed an image of a green pig with building blocks surrounding it, and the pig having thought bubbles illustrating how the blocks might be put together. The new rumor comes just a few weeks after reports surfaced of a new version of Angry Birds that would let users change sides and play as the green pigs. Read The Full Story

Samsung confirms Angry Birds TV app plans

, Jul 18th 2012 Discuss [4]

Samsung and Rovio are going after a couple different segments of the population - those who own an Internet-connected Samsung TV and have somehow managed to never play Angry Birds, and those who own an Internet-connected Samsung TV and cannot get enough Angry Birds. Given that the former consists of people who have never downloaded Angry Birds on their phone or tablet, and never downloaded it onto a game console, it's the latter category that is probably the bigger chunk here. Read The Full Story

Rovio brings Angry Birds to Samsung’s Smart TVs

, Jul 12th 2012 Discuss [1]

Samsung is hoping that Smart TVs will take off, Rovio is on a quest for total screen domination... why not pair the two together? Rovio and Samsung have announced a partnership that will see Angry Birds making the jump to the ES7000, ES8000, and ES9000 Smart TVs. The redesigned game will take advantage of the motion sensors found in the televisions. Angry Birds also leverages the new Smart TV SDK, allowing the app to run natively on the television without the need for an additional set-top box or console. Read The Full Story

Rovio launches Amazing Alex for iOS and Android

, Jul 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yesterday, Rovio announced that its latest game, Amazing Alex, would finally launch for iOS and Android devices. True to its word, the game is now available on both respective app stores. On iOS, the game costs $0.99 (and £0.69) while a $0.99 and free version is available for Android. The game sees you manipulating physics along with different objects in order to solve puzzles. Read The Full Story
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