Rovlo announces Angry Birds 2

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Rovlo is attempting to bring the passion for flinging birds back to life with Angry Birds 2, the sequel of the smash hit mobile game. We don’t have many details yet, but we can confirm that this sequel will come out the 30th of July, and will be introduced in a San Francisco event with more details about the gameplay and features.

 

With 3 billion game downloads, millions of fans across the globe, multiple mashups and spin-offs, collaborations with A-list celebrities and much more, we’re really proud that Angry Birds is the mother of all mobile game apps. And now we’re proud to announce the mother of all sequels – Angry Birds 2!, said Rovlo on their official website and blog.

For this fans, this represents a new reason to get excited, but for the gamer universe, this looks like more of the same. The last few entries in the series straight up looked like excuses despite the overall good quality – and despite all of this, Angry Birds remains a leader and one of the industry’s biggest names when it comes to mobile games.

The first Angry Birds title was released on December 2011, and ever since then they have been producing a huge ammount of spin-offs, some even with completely revamped and different gameplay that has nothing to do with flinging birds at all. Some of these titles include Angry Birds: Star Wars, Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio, Angry Birds Friends, Angry Birds Space, Angry Birds Transformers, Angry Birds Stella and even Bad Piggies, where the green pigs are the stars and main characters. And yet, it’s only now that we’re getting a numbered sequel. We will have to wait until the 30th of July, but so far it seems we will be getting new characters, more complex levels and renewed tools. Will they be able to recapture the magic?

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Angry Birds Creator Rovio Announces Huge Job Cuts

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Despite being one of the most iconic gaming brands out there, Rovio, the creator of Angry Birds has now announced job cuts in the face of new losses.

When recommending a game to someone on a mobile device, ‘Angry Birds’ is one of the first titles that springs to mind. With the simple gameplay mechanic of firing different shaped birds at menacing, armoured-up pigs, Angry Birds has been both a critical and a sales hit.

And from the very first Angry Birds game, creator Rovio has developed the franchise into something more. There have been a handful of Angry Birds spin-offs including a Star Wars version, a kart racer called Angry Birds GO!, an animated television series and a collectible line of plush toys as Rovio have attempted to capitalise on the initial game’s success.

Sadly though, this has not entirely gone to plan. Despite their best attempts at building the brand, lower than expected growth means that Rovio is now having to cut a massive chunk of its work force.

Rovio initially announced plans to cut 130 jobs back in October, 2014, citing a lack of growth in the business. That announcement led to 110 job losses in December, which amounts to around 14% of its workforce being shoved into unemployment. A Finnish studio will be shut down (following talks with employees) and Finnish operations at its headquarters in Espoo will reportedly be ‘consolidated’ which essentially means that workflow will be shuffled around and such to make the business more efficient.

As sad as this may be, Rovio’s failure is a result of them not being able to keep up with the market. Unfortunately, although Angry Birds is one of the most successful mobile franchises out there, it has paved the way for mighty competitors such as Candy Crush Saga (and King’s various ‘Saga’ games), Clash of Clans and even Kim Kardashian Hollywood. In contrast, the only post-Angry Birds game from Rovio to really garner any attention is the Flappy Bird-esque Retry.

Worse still is that the company’s operating profit in 2013 was halved to 36.5 million euros (28.7 million pounds) because of investments and poor sales so unless Rovio can reinvigorate the AB brand or come up with another hit, this latest round of job cuts could very well signal the beginning of the end.

Source: Recode

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