When will the pain end? Not anytime soon, apparently. Rovio is content to milk the Angry Birds franchise for all it’s worth, announcing that the next installment will involve motor racing. Angry Birds Heikki will be a web-based game that will launch on June 18th. Rovio say that the game won’t be a radical departure from existing Angry Birds games, but will feature “racing themes.”

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This may be the coolest little remote control helicopter I’ve ever seen. It has dual counter rotating rotor blades of top and a red unibrowed Angry Bird instead of a helicopter body. The helicopter is designed for indoor and outdoor play and promises to be easy to control and survive the inevitable crashes that come with this sort of toy.

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Rovio, developer of the wildly successful Angry Birds series, said that it has acquired Futuremark Games Studio, the video game development business of benchmark maker Futuremark.

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Thanks to Angry Birds: Seasons, an update to our favorite bird-flinging game isn't exactly rare. With extra levels for everything from Chinese New Year to Halloween, it's rare that a new Seasons release will generate any kind of massive buzz. However, the latest Angry Birds release is definitely causing a ruckus, and that's because it's not just a few more levels, it's a whole new game.

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If you're looking forward to playing Angry Birds Space on your Windows Phone, you're in for a long wait. Rovio's chief marketing officer, Peter Vesterbacka, told Bloomberg that Windows Phone users shouldn't hold their breath.

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In many cases, piracy reels in more «fans» — or potential customers — which will eventually bring in a profit.

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