The craze for Angry Birds was everywhere during the early 2010s. These games included hits like “Angry Birds Space” and “Angry Birds Star Wars,” which expanded on the original game with new mechanics such as gravity fields, force pushes and lightsabers. Starting with the release of the first game “Angry Birds” in 2009, Rovio would go on to publish seven games based around the core mechanic of flinging birds and poppin’ piggies over the next four years. The game’s developer Rovio would continue to innovate on this formula by adding new birds and mechanics to subsequent entries in the series. Each bird also has its own special ability, adding an element of strategy to your attacks. The player must fling the birds from a slingshot, lining up their shots correctly to pop piggies in their bases while using as few birds as possible. The concept of the mainline “Angry Birds” games is quite simple: A group of evil green piggies led by King Pig has stolen eggs from a group of multicolored birds, angering them. A quick search revealed that the developers had pulled these games from all online storefronts in July of 2019 - but why? How could one of the most popular mobile games of all time just suddenly disappear?įinding the answer to this question requires a bit of context.

However, when I went back to play the games in a fit of lockdown boredom, I was shocked to find that none of the original games (pre-2013) were available. “Angry Birds” was also a game all of my friends could play since there wasn’t the need for a console, leading to long discussions on the playground about what bird was the best or what mechanics the game could add next. But above all of these games, there was one series that reigned supreme for me: “Angry Birds.” I would play through the levels with my dad, taking turns when one had us stumped.

From “Minecraft: Pocket Edition” to “Plants vs Zombies” and even “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” I played a lot of mobile games during what could be considered the medium’s golden era. When I was a kid, my Kindle Fire was my gateway into the world of mobile gaming.

Angry birds with friends june 25, 2018