Newsbrief: Developer and publisher Rovio Mobile has announced that
Angry Birds Space, the next entry from its phenomenally successful bird-flinging franchise, will launch on March 22.
The Finnish company will debut
Angry Bird Space with mobile gaming, animation, retail, and publishing components simultaneously -- which it claims is a first for a mobile title. Rovio also says
Angry Bird Space will be "a completely new game."
Since
Angry Birds' debut in 2009 for iOS, the series has seen more than 700 million free and paid downloads across a variety of platforms and special edition releases (e.g.
Angry Birds Rio). Most recently, Rovio
launched Angry Birds on Facebook.
The developer has also capitalized on merchandising for the franchise, and expanding it to other media like cartoons -- it's
reportedly sold more than 10 million Angry Birds toys. Rovio will unveil more details for
Angry Birds Space's multi-faceted launch next month.
