Mobile

Scammers Behind Fake Version Of Angry Birds Ordered To Refund Customers

There is a legitimate, free version of Angry Birds for Android. But one app that appeared on the Android Market (now Google Play) last year wasn’t it. It was a fake, a piece of malware explicitly designed to part phone owners from their cash. Now, the scammers that took the money have been ordered to give it back.


May 24, 2012
PC

Go Try Angry Birds On Facebook. It’s Different Today.

Angry Birds on Facebook is now Angry Birds Friends, a re-naming that will either horrify you or launch a new Facebook gaming addiction.


May 23, 2012
PlayStation

Journey Beats Angry Birds For PSN Top Spot

Kotaku AU

Really, sales figures shouldn’t bother me, and I shouldn’t really be favouring one game over the other, but I have to admit — when I heard that Journey was the PSN’s biggest selling game of 2012 so far, pushing Angry Birds into second place… I smiled.


May 21, 2012
In Real Life

Angry Birds Land Coming To A China Near You

It looks like the creators of Angry Birds, Rovio, isn’t satisfied with only one nest for their avian children. Not only are they planning on building an Angry Birds theme park in Finland, they are working on multiple roosts in China.


May 14, 2012
In Real Life

Angry Birds Pork Products, How I Wish They Came With Scrambled Eggs

China has some very interesting culinary habits some of which folks from the west will find just outright whacky. One slightly normal but definitely strange habit is the Chinese love for pork products, and in particular the ham sausage (火腿肠). Now Rovio and Chinese pork products producer, JoyCome, have partnered together to bring Angry Birds and ham sausages together to create Angry Birds meat snacks.


May 12, 2012
News

Details On Rovio’s Follow Up To Angry Birds

Game studio Rovio is working on a follow up to its wildly successful Angry Birds. Today on Finnish television, Rovio honcho Mikael Hed gave the first details about his studio’s upcoming title.


May 10, 2012
Mobile

Angry Birds Breaks The One Billion Download Mark

The Angry Birds franchise has only been around since December 2009. Yet, today, Finnish developer Rovio announced that its hit mobile game has been downloaded more than one billion times.


May 8, 2012
Mobile

A Peek Inside The Grinding Gears Of An Awesome Angry Birds Clock

Here’s an entirely made-up figure for you: Every five seconds, 700 people launch an Angry Bird at a hog-lined structure.


In Real Life

Dream Mortal Kombat Cameo Proves Dr Robotnik Can Be A Right Murderous Bastard

In the latest instalment of CurtainsAreOnFire’s Mortal Kombat Secret Character Tryouts video series, the Angry Birds get angrier, Paperboy delivers carnage, and Dr Robotnik finally creates an obstacle course capable of murder.


May 2, 2012
In Real Life

Angry Birds Land Is Now A Real Place, And It’s In Finland

Angry Birds remains big business. The original, now-classic game continues to expand, and the sequel, Angry Birds Space, just hit the 50-million download milestone in 35 days.