Rovio racks up 10 mln downloads for Angry Birds Rio

News Wireless Global 4 APR 2011
Rovio racks up 10 mln downloads for Angry Birds Rio
Rovio's latest release, Angry Birds Rio, achieved 10 million downloads in its first ten days on the market. A free version of the game launched exclusively on Amazon's new Android app market and a paid version is also available for Apple devices. The game was later added for free on the Android Market. The game was developed with Twentieth Century Fox as a tie-in for the film Rio.

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Mobile

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Amazon,  Rovio

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