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Angry Birds for Android will soon let you pay to get rid of ads, with the currently undisclosed fee charged directly to your phone bill rather than via Google Checkout. The hugely popular game's ...

The ambitions of Rovio, the developer of Angry Birds, know no boundaries. The company’s wildly successful Angry Birds game has been downloaded more than 50 million times. But that’s not enough. The ...

Angry Birds developers Rovio just announced statistics for the game’s first year–it’s an astonishing success, hinting smartphone gaming is moving into a similar popularity as watching TV. This lets ...

You remember Bad Piggy Bank, the in-game payment model for Rovio‘s Angry Birds on Android which lets users either remove the ad on the free version of the game or ...

Rovio, the creators of the Angry Birds phenomenon, has launched one of the first in-app payment systems on the Android platform within its Angry Birds game, calling it the Bad Piggy Bank. The new Bad ...

After millions of downloads of their popular game Angry Birds and a plan to take over the gaming world, Rovio is looking to get a little more from users; they now want to implement a mobile payment ...

Today there's been a live stream going on over at Elisa, the creators, Rovio, giving out some news points to the world along the lines of payment for the Android version of the game. Their main ...

The new payment system, dubbed “Bad Piggy Bank,” is set to revolutionize how players make in-game purchases. Bad Piggy Bank will initially launch in Finland, partnering with Elisa, the country’s ...

Wish to adapt a blockbuster film into a successful video game? It's easier than ever, thanks to a handful of high-profile developers who are eager to help — at next to no charge! What makes a ...

ESPOO: Piggy Tales: Third Act, the latest season of Rovio Animation’s online series based on characters from the Angry Birds game, is slated to debut exclusively on the ToonsTV app. The show’s first ...

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