Angry Birds launches into space



Angry Birds Space, one of the most hotly anticipated mobile phone apps of the year has blasted into this galaxy and is now available for iOS, Android, Mac and PC users.

"This is Rovio at its finest, and we are more than excited to bring Angry Birds Space to all our fans worldwide," said Mikael Hed, chief executive officer of Rovio in a statement.

"This launch marks a huge step for us as a company, and our whole team and partners have really pulled together to bring out a fantastic array of exciting products and experiences. We hope that our fans will find all things Angry Birds Space as delightful as the Rovio family does."

Angry Birds Space features 60 levels, with more coming in the near future via free and paid in-app updates.

The iOS and Android app is priced at 99 cents (RM3), the HD version for Tablets is US$2.99 (RM9) and the Mac version is US$4.99 (RM15). All are available now.

In other big app news, OMGPOP the maker of virally popular social drawing app Draw Something, has been acquired by social gaming platform Zynga for a reported US$210mil (RM630mil).

In November Rovio announced that its Angry Birds games had been downloaded a total of 500 million times across various platforms with users collectively spending 300 million minutes playing the game daily. - Relaxnews 2012

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