• 'Angry Birds' Toys, A Photo Essay

    Alexia Tsotsis

    Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in... → Learn More

    Thursday, October 21st, 2010

    Welcome to your daily Angry Birds fix! Obviously we’re thisclose to release or we wouldn’t have received these things in our inbox this morning. No word yet on actual debut date or pricing.

    So all we’ve got are these hi-res, full color shots of the brightly colored plush birds, spun off from the wildly popular (at 6.5 million iPhone downloads and counting) mobile game.

    ‘Ah, Techcrunch has a shiny new red ball. I’ll miss the “Facebook changes font size on footer” posts but welcome a few dozen more in the “Angry Birds plush doll _________” category.’ — Andy

    GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT.

    Sidenote: Rovio’s Angry Birds was most recently in the news for NOT selling to Electronic Arts.


    Website: rovio.com
    Launch Date: 2003
    Funding: $42M

    Rovio is an entertainment media company based in Finland, and the creator of the globally successful Angry Birds franchise. Angry Birds, a casual puzzle game, became an international phenomenon within a year of release, and is now the number one paid app of all time. Following this success in mobile gaming, Angry Birds has expanded rapidly in entertainment, publishing, and licensing to become a beloved international brand.

    → Learn more
    Product: Angry Birds
    Website: rovio.com

    Angry Birds is a puzzle video game developed by Rovio, a developer based in Finland. Since its release for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch devices, over 6.5 million copies of the game have been purchased, and versions have appeared for other touchscreen-based smartphones. In Angry Birds, players take control of a flock of birds that are attempting to retrieve eggs that have been stolen by a group of evil pigs. The pigs have taken refuge on or within structures made...

    → Learn more

    blog comments powered by Disqus