Rovio has announced today that the company will only be laying off 110 employees instead of the 130 tht they had originally announced. While some may find this a bit surprising, considering how successful Rovio has been for their first 5-6 years. Some would say the company is still pretty successful and in a lot of ways it is.
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[Updated] Rovio announces yet another addition to the Angry Birds franchise called Angry Birds Transformers
Rovio has announced yet another addition to their Angry Birds franchise, this time themed after the world of Transformers. Aptly named Angry Birds Transformers, there isn’t a ton of details regarding this new game but it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out what to expect when it is released.
Angry Birds Rio is still getting the occasional content update and a new one has landed on Google Play with an additional 26 levels in total to play through. The update, named Timber Tumble, brings 20 new levels located in and on top of trees. Doing the math, this means that there are 6 bonus levels for your to earn/find in this new update as well.
The official Twitter account for Angry Birds Epic announced the release date for the game, and it is coming out tomorrow. A turn-based RPG, Angry Birds Epic places the birds on a fantasy version of Piggy Island, although Piggy Island is in itself already fictional, in case you weren’t aware.
Since the announcement of a new socially conscience version of Angry Birds was heading our way, there hasn’t been too much information released since then. Today, however, we have news that Angry Birds Stella will be arriving some time this Fall and we also have a screenshot of an actual level from the game.
Rovio profits drop by almost half but this isn’t the beginning of the end for Angry Bird publisher
On Monday Rovio published its most recent revenue statement for all of the company’s profits. Up until now the company has reported huge profits thanks to their Angry Bird franchise and all the games under that umbrella (including Bad Pigges and other spin-offs) as well as games published under the company’s third party publishing brand Rovio Stars. However this new revenue report shows the company’s profits slashed by almost half.
As pretty much everyone knows by now, Angry Birds Epic is a turn-based title featuring the birds that are always angry. However many people have questions about how this gameplay will be and unless you’re in the soft launch locations, you won’t get to play the game until its global release.
The other day Rovio began teasing a new Angry Birds game, emphasizing the word ‘epic’ about twenty times in the process. Well more details are out and guess what this game is called? Angry Birds Epic. Go figure right? Well that may not have blown your mind but the fact that this new Angry Birds game is apparently a turn-based RPG will most likely do the trick.
Rovio has already begun teasing a new Angry Birds game as of last month called Angry Birds Stella which will apparently feature a whole new art style within a game that will address some real world issues. Essentially a morally conscience Angry Birds game. Now that company is teasing another new Angry Birds title which they are boasting will be quite the ‘epic’ game when it arrives.
Angry Birds Rio hasn’t seen an update in awhile but that apparently doesn’t mean the game is dead, especially since there is a sequel to the movie coming out. Rovio has pushed a new update to the game that brings a bunch of new levels as well as something Rovio hasn’t really done before with an older title of their – refreshed the graphics.