Angry Birds Heikki webgame coming June 18May 18, 2012 - 13:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Rovio might be looking beyond Angry Birds with the announcement of its new ‘Amazing Alex’ franchise but the company is set to launch a new bird-smashing racing-themed webgame called Angry Birds Heikki on June 18, The Next Web reports. The company has remained quiet on its new sponsorship deal, which involves a tie-up with Finnish Formula 1 racing driver Heikki Kovalainen, but has teased a “webgame partnership” that would launch “later this summer.” Moving forward with its plans, Rovio has set up a new mini-site for Angry Birds Heikki, teasing its launch with social sharing buttons that is set up to create buzz on Twitter, Facebook and Google+: “The webgame, which will feature fun Angry Birds game levels with a racing theme in addition to other bespoke content, launching later in the summer.” Kovalainen is already sporting a special Angry Birds-themed racing helmet and Rovio has started offering limited edition merchandise (which consists of three hats) on its website. Rovio’s latest game in the Angry Birds range has already topped 50 million downloads on all platforms in 35 days, driving total cumulative downloads for the entire franchise past the 1 billion mark. Racing fans and Angry Birds purists will soon have another title to play, although it will be web-based, the report says. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |