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Gene Simmons reveals latest merchandise plans
Gene Simmons has revealed that KISS are in talks with game makers Rovio to launch an Angry Birds spin-off.
The undisputed lords of rock n’ roll merchandise recently penned a deal with Hello Kitty to launch the ‘KISS Hello Kitty’ brand of paraphernalia and now they’ve got their eyes on one of the biggest free games on the market.
The Demon told IndustryGamers: "Hello Kitty is one of the biggest brands on planet Earth. Now there's KISS Hello Kitty, which we've already launched in 90 countries.
"We're talking with Angry Birds, KISS and Angry Birds, which will become a deal."
Not one to rest on his laurels, the 62-year-old bassist says they’re also chatting to Sony Games.
"Well, we're talking with Sony Games now," he explained. "We are really trying to take it in areas that haven't been done before and have stayed out of the marketplace because the ideas simply weren't exciting enough.
"So while the gaming world is waiting for the Kiss games that are going to explode, we're busy taking the brand to places where no band has gone before.”
Angry Birds has been downloaded over 500million times since its launch in 2009, including 6.5million downloads on Christmas Day 2011 alone.
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