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#angrybirds The future of manned space flight may be uncertain—private, federal, aliens?— but somehow or another, the Angry Birds have vowed to escape Earth's gravity. The beginning of their journey started appropriately enough at the Space Needle in Seattle, where development studio Rovio had a giant version of their rotund redbird tethered to the iconic building. More »

Angry Birds Space is officially available for Android, iOS, PC and Mac today, and to celebrate, Rovio and T-Mobile constructed a 300-foot slingshot, complete with Angry Bird, mounted on the Seattle Space Needle. Today, starting at 10 a.m. PST, Rovio is hosting an Angry Birds Space launch party -- with Angry Birds cupcakes! -- at the Space Needle.

Rovio calls the slingshot an "art installation," but we see what's really going on here: interstellar travel and a public, press-heavy reveal of a monstrous weapon -- it's the space race all over again. This time, it's angry.

#angrybirds They're called eggsteroids now, okay? Like lots of other things in the latest version of Rovio's hit mobile franchise, the shiny collectibles in Angry Birds Space have changed. The golden orbs open up black holes that teleport you to secret levels that contain tributes to old-school games like Space Invaders, Breakout and Super Mario Brothers. More »

#explainer The fourth Angry Birds game is upon us. It's called Angry Birds Space and it's actually a far more impressive and interesting game of Angry Birds than we've ever seen before. More »

#angrybirds Here's the first official trailer for the first proper sequel to Angry Birds, called Angry Birds: Space. They don't look that angry, do they? More like they're just...mildly upset. A little cranky. Guess that's what billions of dollars does to an animal. More »

#angrybirds Wondering why your phone keeps dying after a session or two of Angry Birds? One study says it's because you're too cheap to pay. More »

#angrybirds When you think about it, the Angry Birds are like the collectible guns of a first-person shooter. Once you unlock them, each type does something different. So, if the titular avians of Rovio's ubiquitous mobile hit are weapons in their own war, the upcoming Angry Birds Space will be increasing their arsenal with a few all-new squawkers. More »

#china Liu Dong, or "Jocelin" as she calls herself in English, is making the transition from search engine staffer to Chinese popstar! Her debut tune should sound familiar: It's apparently a love song called "Angry Birds" (愤怒的小鸟). More »

#angrybirds Here's an entire level of the upcoming Angry Birds sequel, Angry Birds Space. No promo music, no fast cuts, just some unedited, proper gameplay footage. More »

#angrybirds The newest entry into the Angry Birds franchise really, really means it about being in space. More »

#angrybirds While Rovio's already revealed the next galactic entry in their super-successful Angry Birds franchise, there's still room for them to grow as a business. Right now, the Finnish compnay's an one-property entity and even if that property is a ubiquitous and popular as Angry Birds, they're still at risk if bird-flinging is all they do. If Angry Birds proves to be a fad, then Rovio's own house will come crumbling down. More »

#angrybirds Angry Birds Space will be coming out for iOS, Android, Mac and PC next on March 22, the game's developers at Rovio, tell Kotaku. More »

#angrybirds Yesterday, Feb. 21, the Korean National Police Agency and Rovio Entertainment announced the use of the Angry Birds franchise as an ambassador in the campaign to prevent school violence in Korea. The police are hoping to take advantage of the familiarity that young students have of the Angry Birds imagery, which will be used at prevention and public relation centers. More »

In space, no one can hear you fling. Rovio's next title is indeed another Angry Birds game, because why not? Angry Birds Space is, presumably, Angry Birds in space.

The official site for Angry Birds Space suggests a March 22 launch. Outside of the teaser trailer above and the site, that's all we have to go on right now. But it's not like you needed more, right? We're pretty sure this'll just be more Angry Birds.

#templerun Red-hot Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum used to play Angry Birds, since that's what they put on his iPad for him. Then they put Temple Run on there for him. "I'm addicted to it," he said. More »

Rovio, the people sprinkling stale bread behind Angry Birds, received the Property of the Year prize at the 12th annual Toy of the Year awards (yeah, that's totally a thing). Rovio won based on the massive amount of Angry Birds physical merchandise it's released over the past two years, which includes plush toys, backpacks, clothing, phone cases and bacon. OK, not bacon, but Rovio has branded almost every other item imaginable.

"Our physical goods business has great momentum just now," Ville Heijari, Rovio's VP of franchise development, told Develop. "It's especially interesting to see many app and social game devs emulate the merchandising strategy that Rovio has been pushing with Angry Birds for the last two years."

#angrybirds Rovio's smash hit Angry Birds is coming to Facebook on Tuesday, but it's not making it to the world's largest social network without getting some community-aided enhancements. Play well with others and you could earn one of the four brand new power-ups that make the Mighty Eagle look like ... just the Eagle. More »

#pullquote Because there's no product-tie in too outlandish for KISS, frontman Gene Simmons told IndustryGamers that he and his rock band (or, "Rock Band") are looking into some sort of partnership with Rovio's insanely popular Angry Birds video game franchise, in addition to talking to Sony about other possible KISS video games. More »

Mirroring the plans of every bitter, lonely soul the world over, Rovio will be filling Facebook with anger come Valentine's Day. Granted, Rovio's February 14 release of Angry Birds for the social-networking site will be quite a bit different from the vitriolic bile we'll be spewing as a projection of our own debilitating loneliness, but both activities do involve throwing things and impassioned rants about how things didn't go as planned.

In addition to leaderboard support, the Facebook version of Rovio's darling will feature "higher quality animation" to take advantage of the game's full-screen capabilities. It will also include power-ups, which come in familiar bird flavors as well as more divine abilities, such as triggering earthquakes on command. Power-ups can either be earned in-game or purchased for $0.99, but you'll never be able to buy your way back into her heart. Please come back, Susan.

#angrybrides While the notion that Indian brides are so cheesed off about dowries that there's a Angry Birds sounding clone Angry Brides might sound humorous, the backstory is anything but. More »

Rovio had a record 6.5 million downloads for Angry Birds on Christmas Day 2011. No, that's not excatly mind-blowing when compared to the hundreds of millions of times the avian avenger sim has been downloaded, but as AllThingsD points out those sales are nearly equivalent to the number of smartphone activations estimated to have happened over Christmas.

The 6.5 million total is a combination of Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio, which are available as paid or free downloads depending on platform. The download numbers have also tripled since last year, when Rovio revealed the franchise saw two million downloads.

Rovio may go public in 2012 with its sky-high valuation, even if analysts are standing by the side shaking their heads.

#angrybirds Thought the Angry Birds playground equipment was nutty? It is. The Angry Birds Christmas lights are bonkers, too. More »

Finnish school for agitated ornithological research mobile mogul Rovio may be looking to capitalize on its world-wide brand recognition and ridiculous, un-ending revenue stream by listing its stock on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2013, assuming the world still exists in 2013, that is.

The financial liquidity inherent in Asia's increasingly prosperous business climate makes for an excellent pro-IPO opportunity, according to Finnish outlet Tekniikka & Talous. While no official announcements have been made as of yet, an IPO in Rovio's immediate future makes sense considering that the developer is currently valued between $2.6 and $9.1 billion and recently turned down $2.25 billion from Zynga.

#angrybirds On the heels of Facebook gaming titan Zynga going public today, the maker of mobile gaming's mammoth hit Angry Birds suggests it will pursue a public offering of stock in 2013, and that it has five or six games from that franchise planned for 2012. More »

#angrybirds Angry Birds has its own board game, plushies, cookbook and even a knock-off attraction in a Chinese theme park, but now the massively popular mobile game is getting an official line of playground equipment and parks. More »

#angrybirds Angry Birds has published another special-occasion update, this one celebrating the runway mobile hit's second birthday. With it, you get 15 new levels and a new projectile, the Orange Bird, which "propels any object it touches." More »

Angry Birds will turn two on Sunday, December 11, and publisher Rovio is celebrating with an update to the title that's sent its company valuation into the gaping maw of madness.

The Angry Birds "Happy Birdday" update will include 15 birthday cake levels, new menus and graphics, along with all episodes being unlocked. The update goes live Sunday for iOS, with "other platforms coming soon."

In the States, book emporium Barnes & Noble will hold special giveaways from 11AM to 3PM, with "select stores" holding "additional activities such as coloring or high score contests, design your own Angry Birds character, Angry Birds parades and guessing games." Call your local store for more details. Toys 'R' Us will also have 25 percent off Angry Birds plushies and an extra level code for Angry Birds Google Chrome. There will also be events at international retail locations in the UK and Japan.

#angrybirds Angry Birds don't just make good games, they're also great for formal dress, it seems. More »

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Turns out it takes more than repeated blunt force trauma to the head to take down an Angry Bird. Nope, it takes smarts, something that the wordy Scribblenauts Remix has in abundance. As of this writing, the puzzler has overtaken Angry Birds and occupies the number one spot on the iTunes App Store.

Of course, while we're sure braininess helps, that recent $0.99 discount might have had something to do with it too.