Tag: ROVIO

Rovio, the game company that introduced us all to the joys of ornithological warfare, has announced that the upcoming 'Angry Birds Rio' will launch exclusively on the Amazon Appstore. The game, available for Android users, is designed as a companion to the animated movie 'Rio,' slated to hit theaters on April 15. Android gamers will also be able to download ad-free versions of the original ...

By now, it's pretty clear that no platform is safe from the 'Angry Birds.' According to All Facebook, a new version of the game will debut on Facebook sometime in March. It's unclear exactly what new features the Facebook version of the pig-smashing, flying birds game will have, but Rovio CEO Mikael Hed's use of the word "collaborative" to describe it suggests a new social component. In a ...

Haven't had enough 'Angry Birds' yet? (Seriously? You haven't? What's wrong with you?) Well, get ready, campers: the pig-smashing avian avengers are coming to TV. That's the plan, at least. Rovio CEO Mikael Hed told the British TV industry news site C21Media that, with the game coming to desktop PCs and game consoles, and Mattel working on a board game (not to mention the plush toys and ...

Christmas has come early for impatient 'Angry Birds' addicts, because the Mighty Eagle has just landed in the App Store. As expected, the new feathered projectile allows players to skip particularly frustrating levels in one fell swoop, and pick up extra achievements along the way. The catch, however, is that the eagle can only be used once every hour, and it's not free. The basic app update is ...

Good news for those who enjoy dishing out avian justice to egg-thieving pigs: 'Angry Birds Christmas' will soon be upon us -- a free update for those who coughed up the $0.99 for 'Angry Birds Halloween.' And, for those poor Android owners we saddened with our previous post, Rovio has confirmed that the holiday-themed edition will be making its way to Google-powered handsets, as well. ...

The crew at Rovio better slow down. We know they want to cash in on the runaway success of 'Angry Birds,' but with Halloween done and now a Christmas edition confirmed for December (sorry Android fans, iOS only), it's only a matter of time before the developer is pumping out 'Angry Birds: Arbor Day Edition.' And nobody wants to see that. ...

Late last week at the Social Gaming Summit in London, Rovio, the developer of 'Angry Birds,' announced plans to bring its wildly popular series to all three major gaming consoles. While multiplayer gameplay isn't finalized, Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka explained that it's a priority, and will resemble the retro 'Worms' series. The lingering question is, can a game optimized for touch-screen ...

Artificial intelligence and dynamic difficulty adjustment bestow impatient gamers with the ability to progress through levels without personally accomplishing (or playing) anything. Tapping into that short attention span demographic, the manufacturers of 'Angry Birds' now hope to capitalize on helpless and obsessed players with a new Deus Ex Machina device. Disguised as an 'Angry Birds' ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple is reportedly trying to patent technology that would allow it to remotely commandeer stolen iPhones, but its patent application apparently indicates that jailbroken or unlocked devices could also warrant the kill switch. [From: Engadget] Dish Network is officially introducing DishOnline tomorrow, and the streaming service ...

WowWee goes out of its way to make one thing very clear about the Rovio: "this is not a toy." That being said, it doesn't make the patrolling sentry any less fantastic, as critics over at Robots-Dreams proclaimed that it was "intuitive and a pleasure to use from the moment you first open the box." From the painless setup process to the unparalleled mobility, reviewers sounded like they were ...

The Rovio -- one of WowWee's finest if we should say so ourselves -- is finally ready to roam around domiciles and keep baddies at bay. First announced (and spotted) at CES 2008, this long-awaited robotic sentry is up for pre-order right now, and it comes packing a 640 x 480 Webcam to stream back live video in MPEG4 format. Furthermore, it can snap stills, head out on a customized patrol route ...

Who would have thunk it, but those Canadians sure don't mess around when it comes to... well, the "wow" factor. WowWee, a Montreal-based robotics company that brought us the Robosapien and the animatronic Elvis Head, is already dazzling the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with some brand new products for 2008. Easily the coolest development from those guys that like to say "eh" is ...