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wraggster
December 10th, 2011, 21:58
Rovio (http://www.next-gen.biz/filter/all/tags/198)'s mobile smash Angry Birds (http://www.next-gen.biz/game/angry-birds) is two years old on December 11, and the Finnish developer is marking the occasion in several ways.
First, a new update for Angry Birds, dubbed Happy Birdday, unlocks all episodes and adds 15 levels, plus new menus, graphics and achievements. In the US, retail chain Barnes & Noble will host special events and giveaways on Sunday between 11am and 3pm. Toys 'R' Us will offer 25 per cent off Angry Birds merchandise, and a code that unlocks a special level in Angry Birds Chrome.
In London, Forbidden Planet will also be marking the occasion. It will even be celebrated in Japan, where CMO Peter Vesterbacka will give a presentation at the Apple Store in Ginza, with a special event taking place in Tokyo's Harajuku.
It's hard to believe Angry Birds is only two years old: it's beendownloaded 500 million times (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/angry-birds-tops-500-million-downloads), is the most copied brand in China (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/rovio-angry-birds-chinas-most-copied-brand)and has turned Rovio from a small Finnish developer into a studiovalued at more than a billion dollars (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/rovio-may-hold-ipo-2012) and comparing itself to Disney (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/angry-birds-headed-facebook).

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