Angry Birds (game)

Overview
Angry Birds is an application for the iPod Touch, iPhone, and Nokia N900 released by Rovio Mobile, made in Helsinki, Sweden. The objective of the game is to eliminate the pigs and destroy their castles at the same time. This is done by the birds launching themselves out of a giant slingshot and hitting the pigs castles, henceforth eliminating them. Each level allots the player a certain number of birds.

Types Of Birds
There currently seven types of birds that the player can be given: (In order of when you unlock them) Each one has a different ability, such as being able to boomarang back on itself, or exploding, these abilities are activated by tapping the screen while the bird is flying.
 * Red Birds
 * Blue Birds
 * Yellow Birds
 * Black Birds
 * White Birds
 * Green Birds
 * Giant Red Birds

Levels
There are 120 levels in Angry Birds, divided into four 'episodes', in different episodes, the pigs try to find new ways to escape with the eggs. Poached Eggs must be defeated before the other levels can be played.
 * Poached Eggs, the pigs simply steal the eggs and attempt to escape.
 * Mighty Hoax, the pigs steal the eggs and use a cut-out of the King to distract the birds while they escape.
 * Danger Above, the pigs steal the eggs and escape on board a number of makeshift aircraft.
 * The Big Setup, the pigs imprison the birds in a cage to prevent their defeat after stealing the eggs. However, a large, red bird is still loose and fights back.

There is also hidden levels or GOLDEN EGGS scattered throughout the game

Reception
The reviews of Angry Birds have been generally very positive. Chris Holt of Macworld called the game "an addictive, clever, and challenging puzzler", and Pocket Gamer's Keith Andrew said Angry Birds is "a nugget of puzzling purity dished out with relish aplenty." Jonathan Liu of Wired News noted that "going for the maximum number of stars certainly adds a lot of replay value to a fairly extensive game." The game was nominated for the "Best Casual Game" award at the 6th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards, announced in Barcelona, Spain in February 2010.

Angry Birds became the top-selling paid application on Apple's UK App Store in February 2010, and reached the top spot on the US App Store in the spring of 2010.