Rovio's Amazing Alex arrives on Android and iOS July 12th, bosses everywhere weep for lost productivity (video)

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It's finally happening: after roughly two and a half years, [Rovio Mobile][3] is weaning itself off of its [addiction to avians][4]. The company's first non-bird title in what feels like an eternity, _Amazing Alex_, will be reaching the official stores for both Android and iOS come July 12th. Strictly speaking, Rovio is taking something of a shortcut to bringing this _Incredible Machine_-style [puzzler][5] to market: it bought the [rights to _Casey's Contraptions_][6] and enlisted the developers, Miguel Friginal and Noel Llopis, to bring the title into the Rovio family. While that means it's not quite as fresh as it could be, the game has already piqued our interest and could be exposed to many (many, many) more players. While we wait, we'll pour one out for the managers and supervisors bound to lose hours of work from staff trying to finish just one more level.

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