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The original Angry Birds game goes free for the first time on iOS

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

It appears as if Angry Birds maker Rovio is changing strategy lately and switching away from paid downloads to free ones. Having briefly experimented with a massive 99-cent sale of its iPad titles last month and adding free, ad-supported downloads to its puzzler Amazing Alex, today the company has made the game that started it all - the original Angry Birds - free for the first time ever on Apple's mobile platform. Unlike free Angry Birds downloads on Android, this one doesn't come with in-app advertisements and Rovio also has added 15 new levels to keep you going...

The Croods: Official game hitting iOS on March 14

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy51B9V8wNM

We have decided to stop telling you about Angry Birds content updates because of the excessive franchise milking, but this brand new game is worth mentioning. So Rovio teamed up with DreamWorks Animation on the official game for The Croods CG animated feature film.

The game is due for release on an Apple and Google app store near your on Thursday, March 14 and follows the Croods as they hunt and gather their way through "spectacular new landscapes as they tame fantastic and never-seen-before creatures," or so says the blurb. The above teaser highlights custom animation from DreamWorks and I've also included gameplay clip right below...

Rovio adds 36 new levels to Bad Piggies in ‘Road Hogs’ update

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

Last month, Rovio started hinting that a massive update for its popular Bad Piggies game was in the oven. The studio posted a teaser image to its Twitter account that read "Road Hogs, coming soon."

As you've probably guessed by now, that update hit the App Store today. And as expected, it's a big one. It features 3o new 'Flight in the Night' levels, 6 'Road Hog' levels, new achievements and more...

Angry Birds Toons premiering March 16

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5px1IbyAjw

Determined to milk the Angry Birds franchise for all its worth, Finnish developer Rovio is bringing the birds and the pesky pigs to the world of animation with Angry Birds Toons, an all-new animated series premiering on the weekend of March 16 and 17. The animated shorts take place on the Piggy Island and invite fans to get up close and personal with their favorite characters. Rovio says it will air a brand new episode featuring the latest adventures of the birds and pigs every week starting the weekend of March 16...

All of Rovio’s iPad titles on sale for $0.99

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 14, 2018

Looking for something to do this weekend? Well if you own an iPad, you're in luck. Rovio, the studio behind the wildly popular Angry Birds franchise, has just put all of its iPad titles on sale.

Everything from Angry Birds Star Wars, to Bad Piggies, to the physics puzzler Amazing Alex has been marked down to less than $1. We've got a full list of the discounts after the fold...

Angry Birds Star Wars updated with ‘Escape From Hoth’ levels

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 31, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hQ5fFRG25k

Rovio just updated Star Wars Angry Birds with a new content pack named Escape from Hoth. It brings with it twenty new levels as well as two bonus levels to find and unlock. Brand new piggies need stopping, including the mynock pigs in the belly of the asteroid. You'll also be making a daring escape in an epic moving boss fight. This updated is free to anyone who purchased the game (99 cents for the iPhone/iPod touch, five bucks on iPads)...

Angry Birds Rio and Rio HD free for a limited time

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Good news! For the few dozen of you who haven't, for one reason or another, played one of Rovio's massively popular Angry Birds titles, it's just been announced that the Angry Birds Rio game has gone free for a limited time. Both iPhone and iPad versions have been discounted to $0. More details and download links after the break...

‘Pig Dipper’ update adds 30 new aquatic levels to Angry Birds Space

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPD3z6iWWE

Rejoice, Angry Birds fans. Just like clockwork, Rovio has updated its Angry Birds Space game with an ambiguously titled Pig Dipper episode bringing thirty new galactic-aquatic levels to your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices. This episode introduces a new planet called Splash that features pigs in boats - how bizarre is that?.

Also look for strange aquatic extraterrestrial life and water-based physics allowing for some nice trick shots. The game adds power-up specific leaderboards and amuses with the stuff like inflating the pigs with Pig Puffer and creating black holes with Space Egg, to name a few. I wonder if the giant fish is the boss...

Angry Birds: 30M downloads on Christmas week

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 24, 2018

So much about Angry Birds running its course. Finnish developer Rovio announced today that its Angry Birds series, which just turned three, has been downloaded thirty million times during the Christmas week, raking in over eight million downloads on the Christmas Day alone. The 99-cent holiday sale of Rovio's iPad games might have helped with that. It was an Angry New Year for Rovio indeed and the company produced a charming infographic that highlights other interesting holiday sales stats...

Rovio launches Christmas song, adds 24 levels and new power-ups to Angry Birds Rio

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 29, 2016

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwd99PfFwpw

Curl up with some hot cocoa and a holiday song from Finnish mobile games developer Rovio. The team has just updated Angry Birds Rio, its marketing tie-in with the 20th Century Fox animated film Rio. The fresh content pack brings 24 new levels and power ups, including a "special delivery" TNT Drop, Samba Burst, Sling Scope laser targeting and Super Seeds to supersize your birds.

There are twenty free power ups in total to boot from, with an additional power up added each day. Plus, you can collect stars to unlock eighteen special Star levels and earn feathers to unlock six Mighty Eagle levels. Rovio also created an Angry Birds-themed holiday song titled “Fly Me Home Tonight” in honor of the festive season...

Angry Birds turn 3, Rovio celebrates by releasing Angry Birds 3.0

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 28, 2019

A lot of people still can't get enough of Angry Birds even if many are getting fed up with Rovio milking the franchise for all its worth. If you belong to the former camp, go ahead and download Angry Birds 3.0, a major update to the original game that yesterday celebrated its third anniversary. The update is free to owners of the original 99-cent bird flinging game.

So, what's on tap for Angry Birds after three years? For starters, the new version brings proper support for the iPhone 5's taller screen and provides fifteen new birthday-themed levels filled with some "explosively delicious cake". Jump past the fold for more info...

Angry Birds Seasons get 25 new wintry levels in 2012 holidays update

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tn3pgdnJNM

Angry Birds maker Rovio last weekend updated the Seasons game with 25 appropriately-themed winter holiday levels. As was the case with a similar update last holiday, each subsequent level becomes available every 24 hours, which is reliant on an internet connection as the game needs to talk to the Rovio cloud to unlock new content on a daily basis. If you do the math, the 25th level is scheduled for unlocking on the big day of December 25.

The winter-style environment features aurora borealis and includes three secret levels, a new slip and slide ice element and the usual amount of bird flinging and pigs popping. You'll also need to watch out for a special Harbin level, created in honor of the upcoming Angry Birds area in the Ice and Snow World in Harbin, China...