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Angry Birds

Angry Birds is a 2009 physics-based casual puzzle video game developed by Finnish video game developer Rovio Entertainment. Players control a flock of multi-colored birds on a mission to rescue their eggs from…

75 11 December 2009

Angry Birds is an arcade developed by Rovio Entertainment, released 11 December 2009 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360 and Android.

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What Angry Birds is

Angry Birds is an arcade game developed by Rovio Entertainment and released in 2009. It was published by Chillingo. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone. It runs on Box2D.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake! Dish out revenge on the Bad Piggies who stole the Birds' eggs by using the unique destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs' defenses. Angry Birds features hours of gameplay, challenging physics-based castle demolition, and lots of replay value. Use logic, skill, and brute force to crush the enemy.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Angry Birds series

Angry Birds is the first of 51 entries we hold in the Angry Birds series. The next entry was Angry Birds Seasons in 2010. Its critic score of 75 is almost exactly the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Angry Birds Star Wars II at 100.

See all 51 Angry Birds games in release order →

How it was received

Angry Birds holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 53% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 240 votes.

What it launched against

Angry Birds launched on 11 December 2009, within three weeks of Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Final Fantasy XIII and Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Final Fantasy XIII, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Angry Birds come out?
Angry Birds was released on 11 December 2009 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone.

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