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Originally a mobile game in 2009, this is a strategy game similar to titles such as Crush the Castle where it is the player's job to help the angry birds retrieve their eggs that have been stolen by nasty green pigs. Throughout the 105 levels the player controls a catapult loaded with one of several different species of birds to crash them into the fortified buildings with the pigs inside. To complete a level, all pigs must have been smashed through either the birds directly or pieces of the collapsing building. There have been numerous free updates that add additional game content, and the company has also released stand-alone holiday and promotional versions of the game. It has been praised for its success for leveraging a combination of addictive gameplay, comical style, and low price into a viable franchise with long-term potential for profit. With a combined tally of over 2 billion downloads across all platforms as of January 2014, including both regular and special editions of the software, the game has been called one of the most mainstream games out right now and the largest mobile app success the world has seen so far. In 2014, the game was pulled from sale on PC and will no longer be updated for those who already purchased it. |
