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  • Angry Birds Space Lands At Last

    Ingrid Lunden

    Ingrid is a reporter for TechCrunch, joining February 2012, based out of London. She comes from paidContent.org, where she was a staff writer, and has in the past also written freelance regularly for other publications such as the Financial Times. Ingrid covers mobile, digital media, advertising and the spaces where these intersect. When it comes to work, she feels most... → Learn More

    Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
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    Bird-lovers and pig-haters, today is your lucky day: Rovio has finally pushed the button on the launch of its newest installation of its hugely successful Angry Birds franchise: Angry Birds Space.

    The game — which Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka told us last week will be its biggest launch yet — is marked by new characters, a new physics engine to account for the “no-gravity” concept and a whole new setting that will take the familiar gameplay of catapulting birds to destroy pig houses to a whole new frontier.

    The iPhone/iPod Touch version is on sale now for $0.99

    The iPad HD version is on sale for $2.99

    The Android version is available in the Google Play Store, and in the Amazon Appstore for $0.99

    The Mac version is selling for $4.99

    And here is an animation put together by Rovio to give you a taste of the game:


    Website: rovio.com
    Launch Date: 2003
    Funding: $42M

    Rovio is an entertainment media company based in Finland, and the creator of the globally successful Angry Birds franchise. Angry Birds, a casual puzzle game, became an international phenomenon within a year of release, and is now the number one paid app of all time. Following this success in mobile gaming, Angry Birds has expanded rapidly in entertainment, publishing, and licensing to become a beloved international brand.

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