Rovio confirms Angry Birds Star Wars II for September 19th

Continues Hasbro marketing partnership to make gameplay more interactive with real world toys that connect to the game.
Rovio's November 2012-released Angry Birds Star Warsclimbed its way to the top of the App Store in a record two and half hours, and has gone on to smash past 100 million total downloads.
Looking to build on the success, Rovio has confirmedAngry Birds Star Wars II today (July 15th), and expectant fans can diarise September 19th as the release date.
Star Wars II will follow the story of the original three prequel Star Wars films, which means brand new characters and the option to 'Join the Pork Side' and play as the evil pigs.
Rovio recently pledged to continue working with Hasbro on consumer products and has integrated the toy maker's Telepods technology into the game.
Players will be able to collect 30 Telepod figures and scan the characters from the physical world and into the digital world via the mobile device's camera.
Jami Laes, EVP of games at Rovio Entertainment, said: "Angry Birds Star Wars was a blockbuster hit for us and Lucasfilm with over 100 million downloads since its release. Some of the most amazing character additions are versions of young Anakin, Mace Windu and Darth Maul."
Hasbro is no stranger to mobile games and purchased a 70 per cent share of Backflip Studios for $112m last week.

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