Angry Birds Epic

Angry Birds Epic''' is a free-to-play Turn-based  Role-playing videogame that is set to be released in 2014. Like Angry Birds Go! and Bad Piggies, the gameplay isn't like the original Angry Birds game. Instead, you will help the birds to defeat the pigs not by launching them, but by controlling them.'''

Facebook announced that the game will soft launch in Canada, Australia and New Zealand later this week. It was released on March 17, 2014 in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and will be released worldwide on April 2014.

Gameplay
The gameplay of Angry Birds Epic is not as of the original Angry Birds Game, instead, will control them. But like all the other Angry Birds Games, Rovio still maintained the mechanics' simpicity. To attack, simply swipe from a Bird  whose turn is not yet used to a Pig when it is your turn. Tap a bird to use it's secondary skill on itself (mostly protection), or swipe a bird (turn yet not used on your turn) to a bird to use its secondary skill on the other bird. During a battle, a Chili Pepper below will slowly fill when someone (bird or pig) is attacked or damaged. When filled, can be swiped to a bird whose turn is not used yet or does not have the effect that prevents them from using it to launch its special attack. Primary and seconday skills will change when the player swap a bird's class. Majorly, changing class increases the number of birds that can be affected by a secondary skill.

The three-star system is still present, but the game will not present the score of the player during battle. Rovio made Three-starring levels more important because the number of stars will also present the number of crafting and brewing ingredients to be given to the player via the "wheel of fortune". After retrieving the anvil and buying the cauldron, players can used the earned ingredients to craft better sword, shields, and potions, but can only craft them when they earn a blueprint of it, from treasure chests, buy it via in-game currency (mainly Snoutlings) and resource givers. When a player crafts an item, a die will roll and determine how much damage, health and quantity will be added when the player uses it, but getting a Three-star item adds the number of health, attack, or quantity it's description promised. Hats, the items that changes/determines a Bird's class, does not have to be crafted.

The game features three kinds of currency:
 * Snoutlings, a common type of currency, used to buy blueprints, classes and crafting materials. These can be earned by killing pigs, opening Treasure Chests, damaging Wealthy Rogues and Golden Pigs, and finishing daily dungeons.
 * Lucky Coins, however, is more rare and used to buy certain classes, spin the Golden Pig Machine, hire the Mighty Eagle, buy permanent upgrades and emergency consumables in battle. These can be earned by killing the Daily Golden Pig or purchased with real money.
 * The Essence of Friendship is more different. It can only be earned by asking Friends (like the friendship gate) and used to reroll the Wheel of Fortune and the crafting dice.

Plot
King Pig hired Wiz Pig(Chef Pig) and Prince Porky(Freckled Pig) to steal the eggs, and so they also got help from all the Pigs. On the attempt to steal the Eggs, Wiz Pig put one egg on each castle, including King Pig's. Prince Porky, However, Succesfully kidnapped Chuck. So Red Ventured through Piggy Island; Saving Chuck, Rescuing Matilda('s Garden), befriending Professor Pig,  Rescuing Bomb, getting the Key from the Blues, getting kidnapped(along with Chuck again and Bomb), defeating Red(you'll get there), retrieving Mighty's Sword, and of course, retrieving the Eggs.

Settings
The game is notably set on Piggy Island, and there are many sections of Piggy Island whee the levels are put.
 * South Beach (includes Cornucopia Woods, and Chuck and Bomb)
 * Cobalt Plateaus (includes Cobalt Pig Castle, White's Garden and Matilda)
 * Golden Fields (includes Puzzle Bridge and Beard Forest)
 * Limestone Lagoon (includes White Whale and Maelstrom)
 * Southern Sea (includes Shipwreck Reef, and Blue Jay, Jim, and Jake)
 * Desert Island (includes Desert Pig Castle)
 * Pirate Coast (includes Porktuga)
 * Slingshot Woods (includes Western, Eastern and Northern Slingshot Woods)
 * Great Cliffs
 * Star Reef (includes Ghost Ship and Star Reef Castle)
 * Banjo Bayou (includes Floating House Dungeon)
 * Bamboo Forest (includes Volcano Cliff and Volcano Island)
 * Canyon Land (includes Winter Wonderland)
 * Snowy Peak (includes Mountain Pig Castle)
 * Islands in the Sky
 * Pumpkin Plateau (includes Mighty Eagle's Dojo and Trick or Treat Dungeon)
 * Square Forest
 * Eastern Sea (includes Sunken Pyramid Dungeon)
 * Moorlands
 * Lake Land (includes Bottomless CaveDungeon)
 * Old Nesting Barrows
 * Northern Sea
 * Pig City (includes King Pig's Castle)
 * Hog Head Mountain (includes Mouth Pool, Magic Shield and Wiz Pig's Castle)
 * Chronicle Cave

Characters
See Epic Characters

Trivia

 * This is the third game where everyone is in their Toons version, the first being Angry Birds Go! and the second being Angry Birds Rio (only the Rio 2 chapter).
 * Except for Corporal Pig, who appears on his old design.
 * This is currently the only game where flinging the birds is NOT part of the game
 * This is also currently the only game where the Mighty Eagle is shown not silhouetted.
 * This is also currently the only game that shows 5 eggs, instead of the normal 3.
 * After determining the stars the player gets on a level, above the wheel says "Roll for Loot!", even though the wheel will determine the prize, not the die.
 * This game currently is the only game where Zero Stars are possible, but is only for the items, not the level.
 * The Birds laugh if Pigs uses Feathered swords to attack them.
 * All the Characters that appears on the map (except for the Royal Gaurd) are just dressed in costumes.
 * Prince Porky is the role of Freckles.
 * Wiz Pig is the role of Chef Pig.
 * Pilot Pigs (Hot Air Balloon, Airship, and Submarine) are the roles of Foreman Pig.
 * However, Professor Pig and King Pig are not in costumes.
 * Even though officially named "Matilda", the game states that her name is "White" (except when unlocking her)
 * This is the First game and currently the only game with Three types of currency: Snoutlings, Lucky Coins, and Essence of Friendship.
 * This is the second game where a player must have an active internet connection to play the Main Levels, the First being Angry Birds Friends (mobile).
 * There are gates scattered in the game unlockable by collected keys (colored Pig Gates) and inviting friends (Friendship gates) that when opened, unlocks level, but are not required to be opened to finish the game.
 * A part of the end of the story in Angry Birds Epic is inspired from the Episode "Trojan Egg", where Chef Pig tries to take the throne.