Angry Birds

Angry Birds
Angry Birds
	Logo used since 30 July 2015
Created by	Jaakko Iisalo
Original work	Angry Birds (2009)
Owners	Rovio Entertainment; (Sega)
Years	2009–present
Print publications
Book(s)	Cook books Angry Birds: Bad Piggies Egg Recipes; Documentary books Angry Birds: Hatching a Universe; Activity books Angry Birds: The Big Green Doodle Book; Angry Birds: The Big Red Doodle Book; Angry Birds Space: Sticker Book; Angry Birds Space: Poster Book; Angry Birds Space: Colors; Angry Birds Space Learn to Draw; Learn to Draw Angry Birds; Angry Birds Official Guide; Story books Angry Birds: Hunters of the Jade Egg; Bad Piggies: Piggy Island Heroes-"It's Raining Pigs"; Bad Piggies: Piggy Island Heroes-"Piggies And Pirates"; National Geographic; books Nat Geo Angry Birds Space: A Furious Flight into the Final Frontier; Nat Geo Angry Birds: 50 True Stories of the Fed Up, Feathered, and Furious; Nat Geo Angry Birds Star Wars: The Science behind the Saga; Nat Geo Angry Birds: Furious Forces; Nat Geo Angry Birds Seasons; Nat Geo Angry Birds Playground Series;
Comics	Angry Birds Comics; Super Angry Birds; Angry Birds: Flight School; Angry Birds: Game Play; Angry Birds: Mini Comic; Angry Birds/Transformers; Angry Birds Comics: Holiday Special; Angry Birds Comics Quarterly – Furious Fowl; Angry Birds Comics Quarterly – Monsters and Mistletoe (2017);
Films and television
Film(s)	The Angry Birds Movie (2016); The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019); The Angry Birds Movie 3 (TBA);
Animated series	Angry Birds Toons (2013–2016); Piggy Tales (2014–2019); Angry Birds Stella (2014–2016); Angry Birds Blues (2017); Angry Birds Zero Gravity (2018); Angry Birds on the Run (2018–2020); Angry Birds MakerSpace (2019–2022); Angry Birds Slingshot Stories (2020–present); Angry Birds Bubble Trouble (2020–2023); Angry Birds: Summer Madness (2022); Angry Birds Mystery Island (2024-present);
Games
Video game(s)	Angry Birds series Angry Birds (2009); Angry Birds Seasons (2010)†; Angry Birds Rio (2011)†; Angry Birds Friends (2012); Angry Birds Space (2012)†; Bad Piggies (2012); Angry Birds Star Wars (2012)†; Angry Birds Star Wars II (2013)†; Angry Birds Go! (2013)†; Angry Birds Epic (2014)†; Angry Birds Stella (2014) †; Angry Birds Transformers (2014); Angry Birds POP! (2014); Angry Birds Fight! (2015)†; Angry Birds 2 (2015); Angry Birds Action! (2016)†; Angry Birds Blast (2016); Angry Birds Evolution (2017); Angry Birds Match (2017); Angry Birds Champions (2018)†; Angry Birds Dream Blast (2019); Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs (2019); Angry Birds POP Blast (2019)†; Angry Birds Explore (2019); Angry Birds Reloaded (2021); Angry Birds: Mayhem Simulator (2021); (formerly Angry Birds: Bird Island); Angry Birds Journey (2022); Compilations Angry Birds Trilogy (2012);
Audio
Original music	"Angry Birds Rio Samba Tune"; "Angry Birds Space Theme (feat. Slash)"; "Bad Piggies Halloween Tune (feat. Major Lazer)"; "Angry Birds Theme Song";
Miscellaneous
Toy(s)	Lego The Angry Birds Movie
Theme park attraction(s)	Angry Birds Land Sarkanniemi Adventure Land (Finland); Thorpe Park (UK); Angry Birds Space Encounter Kennedy Space Center (U.S.); Space Center Houston (U.S.); Angry Birds Activity Park Vuokatti (Finland); Holiday Club (Finland, Spain); Haining City (China); Activity Park (Malaysia);
Official website
	AngryBirds.com
	* Crossover work.; † Game has been discontinued and is no longer available.;

Angry Birds is a Finnish action, puzzle, and strategy based media franchise created by Rovio Entertainment, and owned by Sega. The game series focuses on the titular flock of colorful angry birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs. Inspired by the game Crush the Castle,^[1] the original game has been praised for its successful combination of fun gameplay, comical style, and low price. Its popularity led to many spin-offs; versions of Angry Birds created for PCs and video game consoles, a market for merchandise featuring its characters, Angry Birds Toons (2013–2016), a televised animated series, and two films; The Angry Birds Movie (2016) and its sequel The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), with a third film currently in production. By January 2014, there had been over 2 billion downloads across all platforms, including both regular and special editions.^[2]^[3]

By July 2015, the series' games had been downloaded more than 3 billion times collectively,^[4] making it the most downloaded freemium game series of all time. The original Angry Birds has been called "One of the most mainstream games out right now,"^[5] "One of the great runaway hits of 2010",^[6] and "The largest mobile app success the world has seen so far".^[7] The first main-series video game sequel, Angry Birds 2, was released on 30 July 2015.

The first game in the series was initially released on 11 December 2009 for iOS.^[8] At the time, the 2009 swine flu epidemic was in the news, so the staff decided to use pigs as the enemies of the Angry Birds.^[9] The company released ports of the game to other touchscreen smartphone operating systems, including Android. In early 2019, all remaining Angry Birds games released before October 2014 (with the exception of Friends) were discontinued and removed from app stores, though Bad Piggies was added back in early 2020. Rovio has declined to explain their reasoning behind the decision apart from a brief tweet and support response, both giving different answers.^[10] However, in June 2021, by popular demand of the fans, Rovio announced that the classic games will be available on the stores again sometime in the future,^[11] starting with a recreated version of the original Angry Birds game known as Rovio Classics: Angry Birds released on mobile platforms on 31 March 2022.^[12]

In August 2023, Sega acquired Rovio Entertainment. The deal was closed on 17 August 2023, rendering Sega the current owner of the Angry Birds brand alongside their subsidiary Rovio.

^ "Angry Birds Creator Has First Original Idea". Wired. 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ Gaudiosi, John (11 March 2012). "Rovio Execs Explain What Angry Birds Toons Channel Opens Up To Its 1.7 Billion Gamers". Forbes. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
^ Long, Neil (23 January 2014). "Two billion downloads? We're just getting started, says Angry Birds creator Rovio". Edge. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
^ "'Angry Birds 2' Arrives 6 Years And 3 Billion Downloads After First Game". Forbes. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
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^ Eriksen, Erik Holthe; Abdymomunov, Azamat; Næringsliv, Dagens (18 February 2011). "Angry Birds will be bigger than Mickey Mouse and Mario. Is there a success formula for apps?". MIT Entrepreneurship review. Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
^ "Angry Birds Review". IGN.com. 11 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
^ iOS Game Updates (16 August 2018), Angry Birds: Interesting Story Of The Most Popular Bird Slingshot Game, archived from the original on 7 November 2021, retrieved 17 August 2018
^ "I can't find Angry Birds Classic in my app store anymore, what's up with that?". 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ "A letter to our fans". Rovio Entertainment Ltd. 22 June 2021. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "A Classic Returns – 'Rovio Classics: Angry Birds' launches today". Rovio. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

[1] "Angry Birds Creator Has First Original Idea". Wired. 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[Forbes-2] Gaudiosi, John (11 March 2012). "Rovio Execs Explain What Angry Birds Toons Channel Opens Up To Its 1.7 Billion Gamers". Forbes. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

[EDGE-2B-3] Long, Neil (23 January 2014). "Two billion downloads? We're just getting started, says Angry Birds creator Rovio". Edge. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

[4] "'Angry Birds 2' Arrives 6 Years And 3 Billion Downloads After First Game". Forbes. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

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[7] Eriksen, Erik Holthe; Abdymomunov, Azamat; Næringsliv, Dagens (18 February 2011). "Angry Birds will be bigger than Mickey Mouse and Mario. Is there a success formula for apps?". MIT Entrepreneurship review. Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.

[ign-ios-8] "Angry Birds Review". IGN.com. 11 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[9] OS Game Updates (16 August 2018), Angry Birds: Interesting Story Of The Most Popular Bird Slingshot Game, archived from the original on 7 November 2021, retrieved 17 August 2018

[10] "I can't find Angry Birds Classic in my app store anymore, what's up with that?". 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[11] "A letter to our fans". Rovio Entertainment Ltd. 22 June 2021. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[rovio.com-12] "A Classic Returns – 'Rovio Classics: Angry Birds' launches today". Rovio. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

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