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Finland’s biggest game studio is heading back into the coop, pulling out its Angry Birds franchise for yet another go on a whole mess of platforms — this time, even Windows 8 and its mobile counterpart get some attention. Moreover, Rovio’s teamed with the folks at LucasArts (now part of the Disney family) to craft an entirely thematic experience: enter Angry Birds Star Wars. But fret not — just because Angry Birds Star Wars seems like a shameless tie-in doesn’t mean it’s a bad game (it is, however, a shameless tie-in, no matter which way you cut it). In fact, it’s quite good, melding pieces of Angry Birds Space — arguably the best and most creative entry in the Angry Birds franchise — with new gameplay elements. Rather than birds which explode or other such modifiers, post-fling, Angry Birds Star Wars equips each of several themed birds with one weapon apiece. An Obi-Wan Kenobi-themed bird uses The Force to push enemies or blocks, while a Han Solo-themed bird fires three blasts from a space pistol, just to name a few.

That Angry Birds Space component is little more than gravity effects, but it helps to mix up the often redundant level design — if you’ve played more than one Angry Birds game, you’ve seen most of what’s on offer here. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, per se, but be forewarned if you’re expecting the kind of innovation we saw from Rovio’s last Angry Birds spinoff, Bad Piggies. Angry Birds Star Wars launches today on iOS ($0.99 / iPhone, $2.99 / iPad), Android (Free SD version, HD is $2.99), Amazon Kindle Fire, Mac ($4.99), PC, Windows Phone ($0.99), and Windows 8 ($4.99). Go after the break to check out the cinematic and gameplay trailers, along with the PR.

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So far we’ve seen characters from Star Wars make their way into the Angry Birds Star Wars gameplay videos, such as Luke and Leia, C-3PO and R2-D2, Han Solo and Chewie, and it looks like the final two characters have been revealed prior to its 8^th of November release. Yup it looks like in its last gameplay video, Darth Vader and Obi-Wan make their appearance. We’re not too sure what the Obi-Wan bird will do in the game since no actual “power” were revealed in the video, and Darth Vader appears to be one of the pigs (the king we’re assuming) so we’re not sure if he’s just really hard to kill or if he has some sort of power himself. In any case the game will be released on the 8^th of November so if this sounds like an iteration of Angry Birds you’d love to get your hands on, you’ll want to mark that date down. Until then an official gameplay trailer will be released on the 5^th of November so check back with us later for updates!

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Rovio releases new Angry Birds Star Wars teaser trailer, Apple to reportedly stop supporting Emoji apps in the App Store,

Angry Birds Star Wars is expected to be released on the 8^th of November, and so far we’ve seen several teaser trailers, although a couple of days ago was when we managed to get a first look at the gameplay which featured lasers and light sabers along with the usual assortment of birds and pigs. Well if you were looking for more info about what else you might be able to expect from the game upon its release, Rovio has revealed yet another gameplay video. This time around, instead of featuring the Angry Birds version of Luke and Leia, it instead features R2-D2 and C-3PO. C-3PO will be able to blow up enemy pigs and structures, while R2-D2 will have the ability to electrocute nearby enemies. Other than that, we also got a glimpse at the space level which we have to admit isn’t surprising and it should feature the same physics from the Angry Birds Space game. Either way if you have a minute to spare, check it out in the video above.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Angry Birds Star Wars first gameplay video released, New Angry Birds Star Wars teaser trailer revealed,

Last week Rovio released a trailer for their upcoming game, Angry Birds Star Wars. It seems like the developer is really pushing the marketing on this upcoming variation really hard as they have since released a new trailer for the game. Unfortunately this trailer still does not give us any idea of what to expect in terms of gameplay, but it does show off an Angry Bird decked out in a Stormtrooper costume, which we have to admit looked more like a pig rather than a Stormtrooper. Either way we’re not sure what is the significance of this – perhaps we might have Angry Birds slingshotting themselves as Stormtroopers? Either way the game is set for a release on the 8^th of November so we guess more details will be revealed then. In the meantime we guess you can check out the teaser trailer in the video above just to whet your appetite for what’s to come.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Rovio releases new Angry Birds Star Wars teaser trailer, Rovio releases their first book app, “Bad Piggies’ Best Egg Recipes”,

Rovio teased a certain film-inspired Angry Birds picture a long, long last week, and as expected, it’s another new game — Angry Birds Star Wars. Our furious feathered friends are assuming the likenesses of characters from the epic saga, with the trusty Red Bird taking on Luke Skywalker’s role. It wouldn’t be the Rebel Alliance without a dark side to fight, which is where the Pigs fit into the storyline; even the music and levels for gravity-based play will hark back to the film franchise. In addition to the software, details of related merchandise have also been uncovered, including table games, toys and costumes. The game is out on November 8th for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Kindle Fire and computers, and if it follows the original storyline, we wonder how Red Bird’s going to feel about his porcine family history.

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