Electronic Arts has purchased the developer of the mega-popular iOS game Angry Birds, Chillingo, for $20M.

However, since Rovio still owns the rights to the game, EA will not be publishing Angry Birds, and instead will be hoping the developer comes up with some nice new IPs that might approach the success of the IP.

In August, the game had already sold 6.5M copes on the iPhone/iPod Touch alone. The $4.99 iPad version had sold more than 200,000 copies. The game is downloaded more than 50,000 times a day.

Chillingo has quite a task ahead of it, trying to follow up on Angry Birds.

ChaosTrend has announced the release of Everfall, a puzzle game for the PC. Players have to save the magical world of Barina by commanding the Wind. The wind is your friend and will help you on your adventure to save Barina. Players are the only hero left that can save the world so they need to be on their game.

Everfall was created with a brand new in-house game engine, called ChaosEngine. The game is the first game to utilize the engine, but there are more games in the works. The game engine allows for modules that can be programed using a custom scripting language. Sounds like players will be able to make their own modules for this game or future games that use this engine.

If you are into unique puzzler games, check out Everfall.

Archive Games has started a distribution network for Independent games. It can be difficult for independent developers to attract users to their games and like wise it can be difficult for gamers to find good quality independent games. Archive Games is trying to solve that problem with a distribution network for independent games.

Archive Games has partnered with three independent developers to add three different games to the network. One of the games is Overflow, which is a puzzle game. Players have to use their drawing skill to divert water by drawing bridges or barriers. The second game is Space Pizza, which requires players to deliver pizza without hitting any obstacles. The obstacles are placed in your way on purpose, so you will have a challenge avoiding the obstacles. The third game added is Take Down Online, which is an MMO that requires players to capture command points.

Archive Games sounds like a great idea to pair up gamers and independent developers. There are some great independent games and now gamers have an opportunity to find those games.

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A new magazine arrives today and it is dedicated solely to Independent game developers. Indie Game Magazine, the title of the magazine, will be developer-centric and cover indie game reviews, previews, and other indie related news.

There are physical copies of the magazine for people that live in the United States and a digital copy for those folks that live outside of the United States. The first release of the magazine includes some great game reviews, such as World of Goo, Kudos 2, Braid, Castle Crashers and others.

The issue sells for $7.00 including shipping costs in the United States. To check out the first issue, go here.

Thanks Develop

Independent developer, 2015 Inc, received an undisclosed amount of funding. 2015 Inc has used the funding to open a casual games development branch, Tornado studios. Tornado Studios will focus on developing casual games for the mass market. The success of the Nintendo Wii has proven to 2015 Inc that casual games for the masses will sell.

“The success of Nintendo’s latest consoles, and the recent growth of the casual games market as a whole, has provided an incredible opportunity for us to reach a whole new audience,” said 2015 founder Tom Kurdika.

2015 Inc is best known for their first person shooter, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. 2015 Inc will continue to make the popular first person shooter games under the 2015 label.

Thanks Gamasutra