- finish computer game developer
- founded in 2003
- renamed Rovio in 2005
- Jaako Lisalo game designer
- the birds needed an enemy, at the time the swine flu epidemic was going round and they decided to pick pigs as the enemy
- initial cost of development cost around 100,000 euros
- downloaded 42 million times
- 25% of downloads paid
- one of the most sold games in the app store
- made 2.5 million since its release
available on - apple app store, android market
- developed version for android phones
- different android software meant that 30 types of android phones were left out
- they then released a simpler version for these phones
- in 2010 a variant of angry birds was made for Facebook
- Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka said "you can’t take an experience that works in one environment and one ecosystem and force-feed it onto another. It's like Zynga. They can’t just take FarmVille and throw it on mobile and see what sticks. The titles that have been successful for them on mobile are the ones they’ve built from the ground up for the platform."
- it is the most popular iPhone game on the planet, has been The top paid iPhone game in over 60 countries with over 7 million paid downloads.
- Available on PS3, PSP, Windows. These versions were not on touch and therefore did not get as good reviews
Publisher - Clickgamer Media Chillingo
- leading independent games publisher
- division of Electronic arts
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