Released for iPhone in December 2009, Angry Birds became the best-selling paid app of 2010, arrived free on Android in October, and passed 50 million downloads across platforms by December. Its slingshot physics, three-star levels and green pigs made Rovio the first mobile-game brand and put a game on every commuter's phone.
- Developer
- Rovio Mobile
- Publisher
- Chillingo (iOS), Rovio
- Released
- 11 December 2009
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad (Angry Birds HD), Android, Symbian, webOS
- Genre
- Physics puzzle
- Kind of game
- mobile
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