Angry Birds has officially flown the coop from popular mobile game to full-fledged movie stardom. Sony and Rovio’s animated film took to the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office with a strong debut of $39 million, while this crowded weekend’s other new releases — comedy sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and detective …
Read More »Hasbro’s TELEPODS Line Soars with One Million Figures Sold in under One Month
Hasbro, announced that it reached the milestone of one million TELEPODS figures in consumers’ hands around the globe. TELEPODS, the digital gaming platform for the mobile generation, launched with the new ANGRY BIRDS STAR WARS II game from Rovio Entertainment and Lucasfilm, which became available less than one month ago underscoring the success of this accomplishment and …
Read More »Sony Brings Angry Birds To DVD
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) announced that they have acquired worldwide home entertainment Blu-ray and DVD rights to Angry Birds Toons, Rovio Entertainment’s inaugural animated series. This marks the first-ever release of the Angry Birds Toons series on Blu-ray or DVD and comes in anticipation of Rovio’s theatrical 3D Angry Birds film to be released …
Read More »Activision Set to Release Six Titles for Wii U This Fall
Activision continues to support the Wii U system with some of the biggest franchises in entertainment, including the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Ghosts and the next game in the best-selling kids’ franchise, Skylanders SWAP Force, as well as Angry Birds Trilogy, Angry Birds Star Wars, SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton’s Robotic Revenge and Wipeout Create & Crash. “As …
Read More »Angry Birds Feature Film Nests at Sony
Sony Pictures Entertainment has won the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the eagerly anticipated Angry Birds animated film, making it one of the most high-profile deals of the year. The 3D film is being developed, produced, and financed by Rovio Entertainment and will be released worldwide by Sony Pictures on July …
Read More »Hasbro Unveils Angry Birds Star Wars Line
Hasbro and LucasFilm will create a variety of products based on the newly launched STAR WARS edition of the wildly popular ANGRY BIRDS mobile game from Rovio Entertainment. The new ANGRY BIRDS STAR WARS line from Hasbro will launch in the beginning of November 2012. Hasbro will introduce the line …
Read More »In Space, No One Can Hear You Squawk
As the countdown to the new, out-of-this world Angry Birds Space game ticks down to the full launch on iOS, Android, PC, and Mac on March 22nd, the dazzling new gameplay, new characters, new levels, and Samsung-exclusive content were seen for the first time at: angrybirds.com/space [http://angrybirds.com/space ] Premiering at …
Read More »Fox Teams Up With Angry Birds
ANGRY BIRDS, Rovio’s blockbuster smart phone and tablet game that has become a global cultural sensation, and RIO, one of the year’s most anticipated motion picture events, are joining forces to create a new game, ANGRY BIRDS RIO – representing a first-of-its-kind game development partnership between Rovio and Twentieth Century …
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