A Discussion on Games and Building Global Brands
As GMIC winds down for the year, this afternoon Aiko Tanaka, a co-founder of Infinity Ventures Partners moderated a discussion with some of the biggest names in casual gaming: David Roberts (Senior VP at PopCap/EA), Henri Holm (senior VP at Rovio), Narry Singh (CBO at Outfit7), Phil Larsen (CMO at Halfbrick), and Diana Moldavsky (CRO at Zeptolab).The discussion began with the panelists reflecting on Disney, which resulted in exactly the sort of self-congratulatory idiocy you might expect at an event like this from a few of the panelists. Roberts ...
Rumor: CMGE Planning NYSE IPO
A US IPO seems to be the preferred endgame of Chinese tech companies these days, and now we may have another one to add to the list: the China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group. Sina Tech says the company is planning an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, although this is one of those thinly-sourced "according to information" stories, so take it with a few grains of salt. Still, it does fall in line with an earlier official announcement that the company would seek to go public after splitting ...
Mobile Monday Tokyo: Sakura Under the Stars
Cherry blossom season is about to start, and the folks at Mobile Monday Tokyo aren’t wasting any time taking to the great outdoors. Today I spoke with the group’s organizer Lars Cosh-Ishii, who tells me that the upcoming hanami event will be on the evening of Thursday, April 5th at Kinuta Park, a famous cherry blossom viewing spot.The event will also welcome special guests from Rovio, I’m told, who were in the hanami spirit a few weeks in advance with their cherry blossom festival update for Angry Birds ...
Angry Birds Space Gets Animated
Yesterday we were delighted to try out Rovio’s new game Angry Birds Space at an event in Tokyo. Since then the game has hit number one in the App Store at least 28 countries so far, according to Inside Mobile Apps.But let’s be honest. You really can’t say you’ve made it until you’ve been animated by Taiwan’s NMA.tv. So no doubt the folks over at Rovio are likely pretty ecstatic that their angry birds have been turned into animated cartoons!No wait. It’s an animation of an animation.In a ...
Rovio Celebrates Release of Angry Birds Space in Tokyo
At a press conference in Tokyo today, Rovio held a small event to mark the release of Angry Birds Space.I got to try out the game a little bit this afternoon, just before its global release. What’s cool about the game is that in order for the bird you fire to drop, you need enter the planet’s gravity field. If not, the bird you fire will just keep flying indefinitely. Thankfully Rovio has added some red trajectory lines to help players out.The game features a number of new ...
Angry Birds Hits Japan for Cherry Blossom Season, Partners with Fuji TV
Ever since Rovio chose to celebrate its 2nd birthday in Japan, it was expected that a Japanese version of Angry Birds Seasons was in the works. The game developer just yesterday pushed out a cherry blossom festival update for the title for both Android and iOS. Rovio also partnered with Japan’s Fuji TV to bring Angry Birds to many new fans via the Fuji TV website at angrybirds.fujitv.co.jp.I gave the game a try in the browser at the Fuji TV site and I liked it a lot. The cherry ...
Rovio Launches Angry Birds for Facebook in Jakarta
Rovio Entertainment held a launch event at Mal Kelapa Gading in the city of Jakarta, the Facebook capital of the world based on the number of active Facebook accounts. Rovio today finally launched Angry Birds on Facebook, topped up with special features, including social components, power-ups, and Facebook-exclusive levels. You can have a go here.With new social features for Angry Birds on Facebook, fans can compete with friends, brag around about scores and earn the coveted gold, silver, and bronze crowns. Power-ups are a big addition on Facebook. Beside the ...
Angry Birds Feeling Love for Asia on Valentines Day
Michael Gakuran lives in Japan working as a freelance writer and web designer. He is the founder of gakuranman.com and gakuu.com and enjoys writing about Japanese culture, language, technology and haikyo (ruins).If it’s not Cupid’s arrow hitting you this Valentine’s Day, it’s likely to be one of those infamous Angry Birds! As previously reported here on PO, Rovio has already launched Angry Birds to over 800 million Facebook users around the world on this special day. Complete with leader boards to compare scores with friends and power-up items, it looks ...
Nokia Launches Asha 300, Collaborates With Fellow Finns Rovio
At the Kempinski Ballroom in Jakarta yesterday, Nokia (HEL:NOK1V; NYSE:NOK) launched its new addition to the Asha line with the new Asha 300, together with Angry Birds creator Rovio.Asha means 'hope' in Hindi, and this handset follows its predecessors the Asha 303, 200, and 201. With this new phone, Nokia has blurred the lines between feature phone and smartphone, with smartphone features that can be used on the cheaper mobile phones like the Asha series.The Asha 300, which is priced at just IDR 999,000 (US$ 110), boasts fast internet connections ...
Angry Birds Coming to Facebook on Valentine’s Day [EXCLUSIVE]
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Speaking exclusively to Penn Olson today in Jakarta, Peter Vesterbacka, the ‘Mighty Eagle’ of Rovio, and Henri Holm, the SVP of Rovio Asia, shared the company’s plan to release Angry Birds to more than 800 million people on Facebook. And what’s more, the company is planning its big launch to be held in Jakarta on February 14th. Why Jakarta? Well it’s obvious, Peter says, as Jakarta is the global capital of Facebook. Holding the launch here would be appropriate as it is a major Facebook hub.Angry Birds has become a ...
Rovio Unleashes Year of the Dragon Edition of Angry Birds
A couple of weeks back we told you that Rovio was hinting at a new China-themed update. And today we have it, as Angry Birds Seasons has a Year-of-the-Dragon special edition .There are 15 new levels for fans to check out, with lots of fun in-game China goodies like exploding fireworks that you can trigger to help you on your quest to turn pigs into bacon. You can also now enlist the assistance of a ‘Mighty Dragon’ too (see screenshot above).Rovio’s teaser from a couple of days back is ...
Enter the Dragon, With Rumored Chinese New Year Update for Angry Birds Seasons [VIDEO]
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Rovio Mobile, makers of the Angry Birds game series, has left a very big hint that its Angry Birds Seasons game will get a Chinese New Year update very soon.The hint, spotted by Pocketgamer UK, comes in a new year’s greeting uploaded to YouTube (and embedded below) which sees a dragon fly past at the exact same time that it mentions there’ll be an update to the smash-hit game this January. If that not-too-subtle hint isn’t enough, the lanterns, red walls, and karst peaks ought to be sufficient to indicate ...
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