Late last week we announced that Rovio Mobile, the developer behind the blockbuster game Angry Birds had recently released a version of the game for Android devices.
The company is still offering a full version of the game for free in the Android Market, following its massive success in the iOS App Store.
Within 24 hours, Rovio confirmed that there were over 1 million downloads of the game, marking the fastest an Android app had ever hit the milestone.
Today, both Google and Rovio have confirmed that the game has hit over 3 million downloads in just five days.
The app is available for free as it is being supported by Google’s AdMob advertising platform. Google is using the game as a way to show advertisers that using AdMob can be very beneficial to them.
Across all platforms, Rovio has sold 7 million copies of the game for $.99.
Result for: blockbuster game
Electronic Arts will purchase Chillingo, the publisher behind the blockbuster game “Angry Birds” in an effort to boost their mobile gaming catalog.
The software company will pay around $19 million for Chillingo.
EA has confirmed, however, that they will not get the intellectual property rights to “Angry Birds,” which was developed by the Finnish company Rovio Mobile.
One analyst was surprised by the purchase because it lacked the IP for Angry Birds: “I’m kind of wondering what they bought,” says Todd Mitchell, a Kaufman Bros analyst, via Reuters. “But in light of EA not getting the IP, they’re buying the development platform to put their own IP on it in hopes of driving social networking and customers back to their own properties.”
Chillingo’s other popular game is “iDracula,” a shooter available for iOS devices.
Concludes EA: “By acquiring Chillingo, EA Mobile is increasing its market leadership on the Apple platform as well as reaffirming its position as the world’s leading wireless entertainment publisher.”
Result for: blockbuster game
Rovio Mobile, the developer behind the blockbuster game Angry Birds, recently released a version of the game for Android devices.
The company is offering a full version of the game for free for a limited time in the Android Market after first making it available through their own servers.
Traffic was so high that the servers crashed and Rovio decided to move the app to the Android Market sooner than anticipated.
Rovio has confirmed today that there were over 1 million downloads of the game in just the first 24 hours, marking the fastest an Android app has ever hit the milestone.
Most of Google’s applications, along with Skyfire, Adobe Flash 10.1 and others have all hit the milestone but each took weeks if not months to reach 1 million.
