First there was virtual reality. Now, the next frontier for Angry Birds is augmented reality.
Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs arrived in February, giving fans of Rovio’s bird-flinging, pig-smashing series a whole new way to play. Inside a VR headset, yo…
Category: Rovio
Angry Birds AR is coming to iPhone this spring
Angry Birds: Isle of Pigs took the scenic route to the iPhone. Rovio began flirting with augmented reality on the Magic Leap of all places, releasing First Person Slingshot for the headset last year. Last month, Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs hit Steam for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Now, it seems, the […]
View More Angry Birds AR is coming to iPhone this springHatch, Rovio’s ‘Netflix for gaming’, picks up NTT Docomo as a strategic investor
Rovio’s efforts to diversify beyond its Angry Birds franchise is getting a little investment boost today. The company announced that Japan’s NTT Docomo is taking a stake in Hatch, a Rovio subsidiary that describes itself as the “Netflix of gaming”, providing subscribers with a rotating mix of freemium games from a mix of publishers, with […]
View More Hatch, Rovio’s ‘Netflix for gaming’, picks up NTT Docomo as a strategic investorAngry Birds maker craters on bad guidance, losing half its market value
Angry Birds maker Rovio’s stock price tanked cratered after their latest quarterly earnings report painted a dismal future for the game maker. The stock is down 50 percent after the company sent investors a warning in their latest earnings report that revenues were likely to suffer in 2018. Despite a strong over reliance on the Angry Birds brand, which seems to have been integrated into… Read More