Wednesday, April 6, 2011

An Amazing Game!

By Elías Hernandis Prieto, 1B


When “Angry Birds” first came out in 2009, it was downloaded 12 million times. Today it has three versions and the creators of this game have enough money to live for dozens of years because of the game’s success.

This game is very easy; you only have to drop some birds onto the green pigs. You have seven types of birds, and each one is designed to destroy a part of the structure in which the pigs are placed. To pass a level, you need to know what each bird is for and you must have great aim. When you drop a bird it starts to travel through the air in a curve called a parabola. This parabola varies depending on the shape and weight of the bird.

“Angry Birds will continue to grow, and we aim to create more similar success stories,” Rovio CEO Mikael Hed said in a statement. “We will strengthen the position of Rovio and continue building our franchises in gaming, merchandising and broadcast media.”

And they have done it! Last Christmas they presented Angry Birds SEASONS, and on the 25th of March they launched Angry Birds RIO, which is related with the movie RIO that will come out soon.

This game is available for multiple platforms, such as the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad (all iOS devices), Mac OS X 10.6.6, some NOKIA Phones and every device with Andriod 1.1 or later versions. More platforms will be included soon. The game costs from $ 0.99 to $ 3.99. They have recently started to sell Angry Birds Plush toys, which are available at the Rovio Online Store (http://shop.angrybirds.com) starting from $11.99.

For more information visit: http://rovio.com.