Angry Birds Facebook
So, we're just going to assume that by "social", Rovio game designer Jaako Iisalo means "Facebook". During the Social Games and Virtual Goods World conference in London, England, the Angry Birds designer told Pocket Gamer that four new Angry Birds games will launch next year. More specifically, one of them will be a "social" game.
And, will you look at that, Angry Birds is already on Google+. Granted, there are versions of the iconic everywhere mobile game on Facebook, but none of which seem legitimate. (One even seems to stream the Google Chrome version of Angry Birds through to Facebook.) While this could just as easily mean an Angry Birds game on a mobile platform with heavier social features, the developer has said in the past that the franchise will hit Facebook.
Honestly, how Angry Birds is available on the Intel AppUp store and in retail stores across Europe before officially on Facebook is beyond us. At any rate, we can likely expect these other three Angry Birds games to tap into new genres, since Rovio has expressed interest in exploring new types of games for its irate avian creatures. And just when you started to grow bored of it.
Would you play Angry Birds on Facebook more than elsewhere? What other genres would you like to see the Angry Birds characters take a part in?
Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn angry birds. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn angry birds. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
Thứ Ba, 3 tháng 1, 2012
Thứ Năm, 22 tháng 12, 2011
Angry Birds maker soars into lawsuit with Lodsys over patent violation
Golly, what have the Angry Birds crashed their impervious beaks into now? Oh ... really? That's a bummer. The Telegraph reports that Rovio, the Finnish developer of the infamous Angry Birds games, is facing a patent violation lawsuit from Lodsys. The Texan company alleges that Rovio has violated a patent filed by Lodsys regarding how players purchase levels from within the game.
According to the Telegraph, the control of this alleged in-app payment system has limited several European game developers from launching stateside, but not Rovio. The developer sells millions daily on everything from purchases of the game to Angry Birds plush dolls.
So, it's understandable why a company with such a patent would want to probe that a bit. In fact, the Telegraph reports that the lawsuit has scared lots of European mobile game developers from the US App Store. We've contacted both parties for comment.
[Via Mashable]
How do you think this lawsuit could affect Rovio's day-to-day? Does this make Angry Birds any less appealing of a game to you?
According to the Telegraph, the control of this alleged in-app payment system has limited several European game developers from launching stateside, but not Rovio. The developer sells millions daily on everything from purchases of the game to Angry Birds plush dolls.
So, it's understandable why a company with such a patent would want to probe that a bit. In fact, the Telegraph reports that the lawsuit has scared lots of European mobile game developers from the US App Store. We've contacted both parties for comment.
[Via Mashable]
How do you think this lawsuit could affect Rovio's day-to-day? Does this make Angry Birds any less appealing of a game to you?
Thứ Tư, 14 tháng 12, 2011
Rovio goes nuts for branding: Angry Birds new pistachio-peddling game
Yet somehow ... it just feels right. Rovio and Wonderful Pistachios have joined forces to release The Hunt for the Golden Pistachio, a branded Angry Birds game playable on the nut-seller's website through Google's Chrome browser. Rovio calls this the developer's first fully-branded Angry Birds game, as it was built from the ground up with Wonderful Pistachios in mind.
Rovio told Mashable that this is different from Angry Birds Rio, which just received its final update, since characters were integrated into that game. We still don't really see the difference, but moving right along. In this web version of Angry Birds, players must crack open pistachios and crush enemy pigs across five new levels available through Dec. 31.
But there's more incentive to play this variety of Angry Birds than to simply feed the need. By playing The Hunt for the Golden Pistachio, players have the chance of winning a total of $300,000 in prizes. The goodies range from a year's supply of Wonderful Pistachios to Angry Birds plush toys and $25,000 in cash, but you need to get to at least Level 3 to qualify. From then on, you can invite your friends on Facebook to get extra attempts at each level, and more chances at prizes.
Angry Birds Pistachio game
This all started when the Angry Birds were featured in a Wonderful Pistachios commercial. But Rovio is certainly no stranger to branding: The company has released everything from Angry Birds t-shirts to a cookbook, and plans to release a feature-length film by 2014. Making sure everyone and their mother has heard of you is certainly a fine strategy to soar past 500 million downloads.
Click here to play Angry Birds: The Hunt for the Golden Pistachio (Chrome Users Only) Now >
Are you still and Angry Birds fan after all this time? What do you think of these five new Angry Birds levels?
Rovio told Mashable that this is different from Angry Birds Rio, which just received its final update, since characters were integrated into that game. We still don't really see the difference, but moving right along. In this web version of Angry Birds, players must crack open pistachios and crush enemy pigs across five new levels available through Dec. 31.
But there's more incentive to play this variety of Angry Birds than to simply feed the need. By playing The Hunt for the Golden Pistachio, players have the chance of winning a total of $300,000 in prizes. The goodies range from a year's supply of Wonderful Pistachios to Angry Birds plush toys and $25,000 in cash, but you need to get to at least Level 3 to qualify. From then on, you can invite your friends on Facebook to get extra attempts at each level, and more chances at prizes.
Angry Birds Pistachio game
This all started when the Angry Birds were featured in a Wonderful Pistachios commercial. But Rovio is certainly no stranger to branding: The company has released everything from Angry Birds t-shirts to a cookbook, and plans to release a feature-length film by 2014. Making sure everyone and their mother has heard of you is certainly a fine strategy to soar past 500 million downloads.
Click here to play Angry Birds: The Hunt for the Golden Pistachio (Chrome Users Only) Now >
Are you still and Angry Birds fan after all this time? What do you think of these five new Angry Birds levels?
Chủ Nhật, 16 tháng 10, 2011
Weekly Fix- Episode 1- 1st May 2011
A roundup of all the main gaming news during the week and news that mattered to me the most. Hope you enjoy this new segment.
Including the PSN outage, Wii 2, E3 2011, Uncharted 3 beta, Hitman 5, Portal 2 and Finally Mortal Komabt Giveaway
Including the PSN outage, Wii 2, E3 2011, Uncharted 3 beta, Hitman 5, Portal 2 and Finally Mortal Komabt Giveaway
N4G May Contest Details
Happy May, everyone! Good luck to students finishing out the academic year, don't let finals get in the way of your N4G time! Here are the contests for May:
LOYAL READER LOTTERY: Visit N4G at least once during every 24 hour period during the month of May and be entered into our Loyal Reader Lottery! If you want to keep track you can follow along with your Daily Visit score*, so if you want to keep track and make sure you've logged in during a 24 hour period check this score on your profile!
Prize: A 1-year subscription to GameFly! (2 games out at a time - subscription valued at over $200)
BEST USER BLOGS: You must post a User Blog in the month of May! The top three User Blogs as voted by staff and the ten most active members of the month win! There's no limit to how many wonderful User Blogs you can write and enter, anything you author here on N4G during the month of May will be eligible.
Prizes: Each winner gets their choice of a $50 PSN card or a 4000 Point XBL card.
CONTRIBUTOR CONTEST: Submit news and get a top 3 News ranking in May and you can win up to four games! The prizes are:
1st. 4 games of your choice (standard editions)
2nd. 2 games of your choice (standard editions)
3rd. 1 game of your choice (standard edition)
FORUM LOTTERY: Post on the forums during the month of May! One winner will be chosen at random and will receive:
Ear Force PX5 Programmable Wireless 7.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Headset with Bluetooth from Turtle Beach. ( http://n4g.com/user/blogpos... )
_____________________
NOTE: Winners of the April Contributor Contest, Loyal Reader Lottery and Forum Lottery will be announced shortly.
*Just a note: I'm sorry the Daily Visit score isn't more 'every day' instead of its current 'every 24h1m', but that is just the front end tracking for you guys and when we run the lotto we pull from a more accurate list. So for those of you visiting every day diligently but not triggering the Daily Visit score reward, don't stress about it!
- Contests are NOT limited to the US/NA.
- You have to be willing to provide a valid mailing address as these are physical prizes. At the end of the month winners will be contacted on N4G via PM.
More Info on the Forum Lottery (what follows only applies to the Forum Lottery):
What it is
-a monthly lottery contest where the winner(s) will receive various prizes.
How it works
-Using a random generator engine we choose a forum, active thread and a winner.
The finer details:
-Single post wonders, spammers, rude or offensive remarks all result in a DQ.
-The sub-forums located in the N4G related block (Announcements & Rules, contributor, etc) will not be eligible to win, nor will comments made within the Randomicity thread.
-You can only win the Forum Lottery once every six months.
LOYAL READER LOTTERY: Visit N4G at least once during every 24 hour period during the month of May and be entered into our Loyal Reader Lottery! If you want to keep track you can follow along with your Daily Visit score*, so if you want to keep track and make sure you've logged in during a 24 hour period check this score on your profile!
Prize: A 1-year subscription to GameFly! (2 games out at a time - subscription valued at over $200)
BEST USER BLOGS: You must post a User Blog in the month of May! The top three User Blogs as voted by staff and the ten most active members of the month win! There's no limit to how many wonderful User Blogs you can write and enter, anything you author here on N4G during the month of May will be eligible.
Prizes: Each winner gets their choice of a $50 PSN card or a 4000 Point XBL card.
CONTRIBUTOR CONTEST: Submit news and get a top 3 News ranking in May and you can win up to four games! The prizes are:
1st. 4 games of your choice (standard editions)
2nd. 2 games of your choice (standard editions)
3rd. 1 game of your choice (standard edition)
FORUM LOTTERY: Post on the forums during the month of May! One winner will be chosen at random and will receive:
Ear Force PX5 Programmable Wireless 7.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Headset with Bluetooth from Turtle Beach. ( http://n4g.com/user/blogpos... )
_____________________
NOTE: Winners of the April Contributor Contest, Loyal Reader Lottery and Forum Lottery will be announced shortly.
*Just a note: I'm sorry the Daily Visit score isn't more 'every day' instead of its current 'every 24h1m', but that is just the front end tracking for you guys and when we run the lotto we pull from a more accurate list. So for those of you visiting every day diligently but not triggering the Daily Visit score reward, don't stress about it!
- Contests are NOT limited to the US/NA.
- You have to be willing to provide a valid mailing address as these are physical prizes. At the end of the month winners will be contacted on N4G via PM.
More Info on the Forum Lottery (what follows only applies to the Forum Lottery):
What it is
-a monthly lottery contest where the winner(s) will receive various prizes.
How it works
-Using a random generator engine we choose a forum, active thread and a winner.
The finer details:
-Single post wonders, spammers, rude or offensive remarks all result in a DQ.
-The sub-forums located in the N4G related block (Announcements & Rules, contributor, etc) will not be eligible to win, nor will comments made within the Randomicity thread.
-You can only win the Forum Lottery once every six months.
Thứ Hai, 12 tháng 9, 2011
Paper Canon
Imagine that you have a simple paper cannon and you live in a paper world invaded by pink critters. You have to save the world. The paper world.
How to Play:
Use your Mouse to playCrusade
Crusade
Physics “Break castle” game! Clear Europe from the invasion of monsters… Beautiful graphycs. Many cannon types, enemys, achievents, elements for build own levels … and others!How to Play:
Use your mouse to shootMax Damage
Max Damage
Shoot cannonballs at stacks of fridges, tvs, and microwaves and cause maximum damage to pass each level. Bash, bounce, explode, and burn your way through 49 challenging levels. Aim for targets that are worth more money in order to meet the level damage goals.How to Play:
Shoot cannonballs at stacks of fridges, tvs, and microwaves and cause maximum damage to pass each level. Bash, bounce, explode, and burn your way through 49 challenging levels. Aim for targets that are worth more money in order to meet the level damage goals.Paper Canon
Imagine that you have a simple paper cannon and you live in a paper world invaded by pink critters. You have to save the world. The paper world.
How to Play:
Use your Mouse to playSieger
Sieger
The goal of each level of Sieger to win a level as the Siege commander you have to kill all the castle defenders and keep the hostages safe from harm by carefully choosing what supporting blocks of the castle to smash with your cannon fire. You can earn one of the three medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) and you can also loot each castle by breaking a treasure chest. The fewer shots fired at the castle the better. The Level Editor allows you to create and share your own custom levels. Check out the People’s Empire to play the user submitted levels. The bonus level unlocks at the end when all the previous castles are taken.How to Play:
Sieger Game Controls: Point at a castle block and click to fire with your mouse.Cannibal Casserole
Cannibal Casserole
Castaways are edible, but require thorough cooking. Use your catapult skills to toss wayward humans into your giant cooking pot. Obstacles abound: aim carefully, monkey!How to Play:
Use Mouse to controlCrush the Castle 2
Crush the Castle 2
Even after crushing and capturing Arcturia, the Redvonian King was still longing for more castles to crush. Rumor has it that King Blutias has built sturdier castles in his cluster of islands known as Crushtania the Redvonian King wants them crushed. The King has sent you, his Seige Master, and Halgrim his finest mason, to assemble the greatest minds in the land to destroy Blutias’s empire.How to Play:
Mouse to Fire, Release, and Reload Arrow Keys to View CastleMax Damage
Max Damage
Shoot cannonballs at stacks of fridges, tvs, and microwaves and cause maximum damage to pass each level. Bash, bounce, explode, and burn your way through 49 challenging levels. Aim for targets that are worth more money in order to meet the level damage goals.How to Play:
Shoot cannonballs at stacks of fridges, tvs, and microwaves and cause maximum damage to pass each level. Bash, bounce, explode, and burn your way through 49 challenging levels. Aim for targets that are worth more money in order to meet the level damage goals.Old Canon
Old Canon
Use this rusty old cannon to destroy all the wobbly and unstable castles. Only 3 shots in each level and you have to take down the right amount and correct building blocks. Discover how its done while playing. Can you complete all 18 levels?How to Play:
Aim and fire - Use mouse to aim, left click to fireSandcastle
Sandcastle
Mix of strategy and shooting in medieval defense game. Defend your city from the invading ships. Use different types of cannons and ammo to sunk them!How to Play:
Click with the mouse to shoot, hold the mouse button down longer for more power. Press spacebar after shoot to cancel it. Win 7 battles and defend Your Kingdom! Control Scheme: * Space: cancels shoot * fire: left mouseCannibal Casserole
Cannibal Casserole
Cannibal Casserole
Castaways are edible, but require thorough cooking. Use your catapult skills to toss wayward humans into your giant cooking pot. Obstacles abound: aim carefully, monkey!How to Play:
Use Mouse to controlChicken House
Chicken House
Use your mouse as an AXE to cut and break objects. Pop various blue, red & yellow chickens, eggs and gems to earn the highest score!How to Play:
Solve puzzles with angry chickens in the house!Da Vinci Cannon
Da Vinci Cannon
Similar to Crush the Castle, but your weapon is a cannon instead of a trebuchet. Adjust the angle and power of the cannon, and then fire away to knock over structures and kill your foes.Leonardo Da Vinci was a genius. Many great inventions, but one in particular was lost to time: The Da Vinci Cannon. Control this machination and decimate those who would stand against you. How dare they underestimate the genius of Da Vinci!
How to Play:
Use mouse onlyCrush the Castle 2
Crush the Castle 2
Even after crushing and capturing Arcturia, the Redvonian King was still longing for more castles to crush. Rumor has it that King Blutias has built sturdier castles in his cluster of islands known as Crushtania the Redvonian King wants them crushed. The King has sent you, his Seige Master, and Halgrim his finest mason, to assemble the greatest minds in the land to destroy Blutias’s empire.How to Play:
Mouse to Fire, Release, and Reload Arrow Keys to View CastleMax Damage
Max Damage
Shoot cannonballs at stacks of fridges, tvs, and microwaves and cause maximum damage to pass each level. Bash, bounce, explode, and burn your way through 49 challenging levels. Aim for targets that are worth more money in order to meet the level damage goals.How to Play:
Shoot cannonballs at stacks of fridges, tvs, and microwaves and cause maximum damage to pass each level. Bash, bounce, explode, and burn your way through 49 challenging levels. Aim for targets that are worth more money in order to meet the level damage goals.
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