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BY LAURA JANVIER

ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN 

 

From sling-shot — to blast off. Angry Birds is headed to space.  WMAQ explains.

 

“NASA is helping with the launch of Angry Birds in space. A new version of a wildly popular mobile game, in this video that is trending on Youtube Astronaut Don Petit uses a sling shot to fling red bird across the International Space Station.”

 

A communications manager at NASA explains how the agency worked with game developer Rovio to blast Angry birds into orbit. Fresh Business Thinking reports.

 

"This collaboration began with a simple Twitter exchange about birds and pigs in space, and it has grown into a tremendous outreach and education opportunity.  Games are fun and entertaining, but they also can be inspirational and informative.”

 

The game is supposed to be significantly more difficult than previous versions of Angry Birds.   Mobiledia suggests — the new launch may keep interest high for the popular game series. But the blog offers a word of caution.

 

“The title will likely see an overwhelming number of downloads at launch due to users' curiosity, but if they are not receptive to the changes in the series, it won't just hurt sales of the game but damage the Angry Birds brand.”

 

A blogger for Tech Crunch wonders if Angry Birds has been overdue for a refresh.

 

“It’s worth considering the meaning behind Angry Birds switching things up so drastically. All three versions of the game — Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, and Angry Birds Seasons — have gone on to be monstrously successful. But are people getting bored?”

 

To that — a blogger from OnSoftware suggests —  as long as Angry Birds sticks to its simple format, users won’t be getting bored anytime soon.

 

“Angry Birds is a huge success, in part due to its simplicity. The game focuses on the barebones basics  of gameplay. Everything revolves around the play button, instead of focusing on complicated menus and features.”

 

According to Fudzilla — Rovio has confirmed the next chapter in the Angry Birds saga will roll out on March 22nd.