Rovio announces Bad Piggy Bank, PC version of Angry birds and update for Android

It’s been quite busy over at Rovio recently. The company has scheduled a press event for later today and they’ll have quite a lot to show there. A new system for in-game purchases, an update for Angry birds for Android and a PC version of the popular game are all going to be showcased.

Now we don’t have a specific launch date for the PC-compatible Angry birds, but chances are it will happen pretty soon. As far as the Android update is concerned – it will allow you to purchase the game to get rid of those ads if you find them too bothering. I remind you that another update bringing the Mighty eagle bird should also hit Android (along with Symbian^3 and iOS) soon.

Now for the Bad Piggy Bank thingy. Rovio’s new system for easy in-app purchases uses carrier billing, which means you won’t need to enter credit card details or a PayPal account for it to work. Instead your purchases will be charged to your cell phone bill. The bad side of this is that the publisher (Rovio) has to negotiate the deal with each and every carrier for carrier billing to work.

For starters, Bad Piggy Bank is powered by the Estonian mobile payments company Fortumo and the first carrier to support it will be Elisa in Finnland. At launch Bad Piggy Bank will only be compatible with Android but support for other platforms should follow soon.

Finally Rovio has revealed the total number of downloads of Angry birds across all mobile devices. The insanely popular game has been downloaded more than 50 million times!

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