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‘Angry Birds Star Wars’ Revealed as Most Popular Game

January 22, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

According to a just-released study, Rovio’s Angry Birds Star Wars is the most played children’s game since its release. The study was made by start-up Kytephone which offers tools that turn Android phones into kid-safe devices with parental controls. Kytephone pulled this data from a sample size of 13,000 children, [...]

A Postcard from Cartoon Connection Canada

December 14, 2012 by Jean Thoren No Comments divider image

This past week, representatives from 140 European and Canadian animation companies gathered in the capital city of Quebec for the third edition of Cartoon Connection Canada. Created by Brussels-based, non-profit European association known as Cartoon, which also sponsors the popular Cartoon Movie and Cartoon Forum events in France, this year’s [...]

‘Angry Birds’ Movie Takes Producer Under Wing

December 11, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

The hottest mobile gaming (and now merchandising/licensing) sensation of late is on track to take movie theaters by storm with the Angry Birds flick set to take flight summer of 2016. The latest step, according to The Hollywood Reporter, has been game developer Rovio Entertainment tapping Despicable Me producer John [...]

‘Angry Birds’ and ‘Star Wars’ Join Forces

October 8, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

After dashing from meeting to meeting around the Palais des Festivals at Cannes’ MIPCOM market this week, there’s going to be a lot of tired TV professionals looking for an entertaining time waster. Good news for them: Rovio Entertainment and Lucasfilm Ltd. have announced a new collaboration: Angry Birds Star [...]