The Pigs Capture The Eggs

Amidst all the hoopla of updates here in the Angry Birds Universe — from the release of Bad Piggies to their invasion of the original Angry Birds app — there has been quite a bit of news not related to actual gaming.

Bad Piggies Cookbook App

About a year ago, Rovio released a hardcover book called Bad Piggies’ Egg Recipes, which featured many different recipes for cooking eggs and all that jazz. (If you’re interested, we wrote about it briefly last July.) But given the new “digital” age of — well, of absolutely everything in the world — this book has been turned into an app for...

Man, Rovio has gotten so darn good about teasing us with what’s to come. Today is no exception! On the heels of the amazing release of Bad Piggies comes this perplexing image that they just posted to their Facebook page. The caption simply reads:

The birds are about to go on an adventure… but where? Clue tomorrow!

So I guess we will know more tomorrow, but who wants to wait a whole day. Not this guy! Well, unfortunately, like you, I don’t know what this is, but it’s fun to speculate. Here is what I see:

Something covered by fabric. Duh!
It’s seems to be space, as I see stars in the background...

Buckle-up! Angry Birds Star Wars is set for an epic launch Thursday, November 8th. We are live at the launch event at the Toys ‘R’ Us in Times Square and will bring you details as they’re revealed! We have a short teaser video above and a bunch of details below. First, some general info:

If there were any doubts, the official name is, “Angry Birds Star Wars”.
Launching on iOS, Android, and likely PC/Mac (platform list an educated guess at this time).
Cast of Characters

Based on the image below it looks like all the original Star Wars characters you know and love — sans Jar Jar Binks...

Nokia and Rovio have teamed up to offer exclusive Angry Birds content to some Nokia smartphone owners. With the upcoming launch of Nokia’s two flagship smartphones — the Lumia 920 and 820 — they are offering a new companion app called, “Angry Birds Roost”. Angry Birds Roost will be available exclusively on the 920 and 820 for 3-months. After that, we presume it will become available on other Windows-powered Nokia smartphones. It remains to be seen what happens after that.




Angry Birds Roost is a type of hub, which will include to:

Ability to purchase and launch individual Angry Birds...

Exactly one week before the release of Angry Birds: Star Wars, it seems Rovio did not want to leave any lose ends hanging around. As such, Angry Birds Space v1.3.1 is now available for iOS, PC, and Android via Google Play, with more platforms coming soon.

This update includes:

Final 10 levels of Red Planet! Our walkthrough pages and videos are LIVE, viewable on the Red Planet walkthrough page.
One more Space Egg! This will be awarded for 3-starring 10 levels of this release. Our Complete Space Egg Guide has been updated and has more information.
New Golden Rover! Our Complete Eggsteroids Guide...