Rovio’s Angry Birds Follow-Up – Amazing Alex

The follow-up to Rovio’s Angry Birds has been announced, via Finnish website Yle. It’s called “Amazing Alex”, and it’s based on the Casey’s Contraptions games, which Rovio recently purchased, and will be out in two months. Like Angry Birds, it’ll be a puzzle/strategy game, and like Angry Birds, there will probably be a Mac OS X version of Amazing Alex.

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Bastion, Angry Birds Space, Botanicula Updated

Three high-profile games that have launched on Mac OS X recently have all received updates, and news of upcoming updates. Angry Birds Space, Bastion, and Botanicula all received bug fixes, with Angry Birds Space receiving new content. These all apply to the Mac App Store versions.

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Forbes: How Apple Can Conquer the Game Industry

Forbes had an article out last week, How Apple Can Conquer The Gaming Industry Without Firing A Shot, discussing the moves Apple is making and how the hardware, particularly mobile, will make Apple a serious threat to console and PC Gaming.

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Angry Birds Rio 1.4.4 for Mac

Rovio Mobile has announced Angry Birds Rio 1.4.4 for Mac OS X. 12 new bonus levels have been added, and Rovio mentioned in the announcement that this is not the last update for Angry Birds Rio.

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Angry Birds Space – Mac Review

Rovio has launched its latest strategy/puzzle game in the popular Angry Birds franchise across multiple platforms today. Angry Birds Space is out on iOS (iPhones, iPads, iPod touches) and it’s also available on ..drumroll please.. Mac OS X, for $4.99 (US) right now on Apple’s Mac App Store.

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