Angry Birds Classic to fly away from Google Play Store, to get a brand new avatar

The iconic cellular recreation, Angry Birds, is present process some updates because the traditional model is ready to be faraway from Google Play retailer. However, the sport will nonetheless be accessible on the App Store with a brand new identify.

Since its preliminary launch in 2009, Angry Birds has taken the world by storm, resulting in over 4 billion downloads worldwide. With its easy and fascinating idea of flinging birds at constructions to take down evil pigs, the sport has remained a favourite amongst gamers for greater than a decade.

Rovio Entertainment, the creators of Angry Birds, have made the choice to take away the traditional model of the sport from the Google Play retailer, citing the altering preferences of cellular players and the emergence of latest cellular video games. As a end result, Android customers will not be capable of obtain the sport on their units.

This determination comes as no shock, provided that Rovio has shifted its focus in the direction of newer video games in recent times, with a freemium mannequin that provides microtransactions for income. The recreation can presently be accessed underneath the identify “Rovio Classics: AB” on the Indian Play Store for ₹95. Rovio has additionally launched a number of free spinoffs of Angry Birds, comparable to Angry Birds Star Wars and Angry Birds Rio, and a sequel to the unique recreation, Angry Birds 2.

Despite the traditional model of Angry Birds being faraway from Google Play, the sport will nonetheless be accessible on the Apple App Store. However, it should have a brand new identify, “Red’s First Flight.”

In an announcement on Twitter, Rovio Entertainment mentioned, “We have reviewed the business case of Rovio Classics: Angry Birds, and due to the game’s impact on our wider games portfolio, we have decided that Rovio Classics: Angry Birds will be unlisted from the Google Play Store on Thursday, February 23. Additionally, the game will be renamed to Red’s First Flight in the App Store pending further review. Rovio Classics: Angry Birds will remain playable on devices on which the game has been downloaded, even after it has been unlisted.”

“We perceive that that is unhappy information for a lot of followers, in addition to the group that has labored laborious to make Rovio Classics: Angry Birds a actuality. We are extraordinarily grateful to the Angry Birds followers who’ve proven their love of the model and this recreation from the start. We hope these followers can proceed to deliver that zeal to our stay Angry Birds slingshot video games comparable to Angry Birds 2, Angry Birds Friends, and Angry Birds Journey, the place our purpose day by day is to craft the absolute best expertise for gamers,” the assertion added.

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