Angry Birds Star Wars plays off of both franchise’s strengths (review)

Angry Birds Star Wars offers a clever take on the familiar Angry Birds gameplay with a fun Star Wars flavor.

Angry Birds Star Wars tests just how far those funny birds can fly (interview)

Rovio is figuring out how it will reach its next billion game downloads -- and how to become a huge entertainment brand.

Angry Birds console versions cost at least 10x the mobile equivalents

Angry Birds is famous for two things: 1. It's cheap. 2. It's a downloadable title. So it's bizarre that Angry Birds Trilogy, a collection of the original Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio, is neither of those things.

Angry Birds creator Rovio says merchandising is 30 percent of revenue

Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment reported today that merchandising and licensing revenues accounted for about 30 percent of its sales in 2011.

Instagram is Apple’s No. 1 app of 2011 in a year heavy on fun and sharing

If you made plans for your weekend, you might want to kiss them goodbye.  Apple yesterday released its iTunes Rewind 2011 list, with the 40 top  iPhone and iPad apps of the year. The iTunes store now has more than …

Angry Birds finally flies over to Windows Phone 7

The incredibly popular Angry Birds mobile game has finally landed on the Windows Phone 7 platform. Versions of the game already run on the iPhone, Android, webOS, B&N Nook, Intel AppUp for netbooks, and the Chrome web browser.

Angry Birds …