Freemium Field Test: Angry Birds Stella Pop is a slick-but-typical bubble-bursting clone<article>
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Free-to-play games often look appealing, but it's difficult to know at a glance whether the business model is insidious and fun ruining, or reasonable and worth pumping a few bucks into. With Freemium Field Test, we'll take a recent free-to-play iOS game, put it through its paces, and let you know if it's really worth your time (and money).</p><p>Rovio, once the king of iOS gaming and the creative force behind millions of licensed Angry Birds shirts and doodads, is on a serious downswing right now. The studio reported
a 73-percent drop in profits last year, due to a number of reasons: Its flagship brand is losing steam, the merchandise isn't selling, and its free-to-play efforts simply aren't competing with current App Store heavyweights. </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2902763/freemium-field-test-angry-birds-stella-pop-is-a-slick-but-typical-bubble-bursting-clone.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Freemium Field Test: Angry Birds Stella Pop is a slick-but-typical bubble-bursting clone
