Angry Birds lands on Facebook

As expected, Finnish game developer company Rovio today announced Angry Birds for Facebook. Actually, the game has launched a day early: the Facebook Event titled “Angry Birds coming to Facebook!” is still scheduled for between 6:00 PM EST and 9:00 PM EST on Valentine’s Day (tomorrow). You can play it now over at apps.facebook.com/angrybirds/. By the way, the game has known issues on Internet Explorer 8 and earlier browsers on certain systems, but Rovio says it is working on fixing them.

Angry Birds has been expected to arrive on Facebook for almost a year. Back in March 2011, a rumor suggested the Facebook edition will be more “collaborative” and have “new aspects” that “just haven’t been experienced in any other platform.” Furthermore, “the pigs will have a more prominent role.”

Now, we’re being told the game has “new, enhanced special effects like lighting, smoke and explosions” and offers “amazing new power-ups like Sling Scope, Birdquake, King Sling, and Super Seed.”

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