Angry Birds and Star Wars are joining forces! Rovio today announced a new partnership with Lucasfilm that will see them “combine all the fun of the classic Angry Birds and Angry Birds Space with the characters, stories and settings of the epic space fantasy, Star Wars.” Get ready for Angry Birds Star Wars! Red Bird Luke Skywalker, Han Solo Yellow […]
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Rovio to launch Bad Piggies on September 27th
Rovio today announced that the pigs that have been bombarded (for good reason?) for nearly three years by the Angry Birds will now have their chance to take the fight back to the birds. In Bad Piggies, players will finally get the chance to play as the pigs. And there will not be a slingshot in sight. “There’s a lot […]
Video: Teaser for Gameloft’s first Unreal Engine game ‘Wild Blood’
Gameloft has released a teaser video for its upcoming game ‘Wild Blood.’ It will be its first Android and iOS game to use the Unreal Engine. So we have a fantasy game with some big swords and bigger monsters. And a promise to “Be prepared to relive history.” A hint about the story is apparently hidden in the game. A […]
Teaser: Angry Birds Space headed to Mars this fall
Just as the Curiosity Rover is set to land on Mars, Rovio has posted a teaser video suggesting NASA’s robot will not be on the red planet alone for long. Angry Birds Space is set to get a “Red Planet Update” this fall. There are no details if this will be an update with new levels or something more than […]
Temple Run tops 100 million download milestone
Imangi Studios today announced that Temple Run has been downloaded over 100 million times since it was first released for iOS devices a year ago today. Apple iOS devices accounted for 68 million downloads and the Google Android version another 32 million downloads. “We never imagined that the game we were making and loved would be so well received around […]
Rovio launches Amazing Alex
Right on schedule, Rovio, the creators of the hugely successful Angry Birds games, has launched its first game that does not require flinging birds at pigs. Amazing Alex is a puzzle game where players use 35 fully interactive objects that can bounce, pop, ricochet, bash, and crash into each other to create elaborate Rube Goldberg devices. “We’re so excited for […]
Rovio’s Amazing Alex launching July 12th for Android and iOS
Rovio’s follow-up to Angry Birds is coming to the Android and iOS app stores on July 12th. Called Amazing Alex, it’s all about Alex, “a curious young boy who loves to build things.” He’ll have a chance to do just that in 100 levels consisting of physics-based puzzles. Players will also have the chance to create and share their own […]
Rovio to give Angry Pigs a shot at Angry Birds?
Rovio may be about to give the nefarious pigs a chance to fight back against the hordes of Angry Birds that they have faced through different seasons and even in space (albeit for a good reason). Pocket-Lint has learned that a new sequel will turn the tables around and allow players to play the role of the Pigs. Only a […]