Rovio's Angry Birds is heading to video game consoles in time for the 2012 holiday season, two years after the company first started discussing the possibility in public, according to an online report. Activision said in June during E3 that it was partnering with Rovio to bring the pig-smashing mobile sensation to consoles, but the news was a tease and short on details. Now, it looks like Angry Birds will be released as a trilogy featuring the original game, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, as well as the Nintendo 3DS, according to IGN. The report didn't mention the Wii. There's no word on whether Angry Birds Space will be heading to consoles.
To make Rovio's oversaturated game more enticing to console users, the Angry Birds Trilogy is reportedly getting new cinematics, animated backgrounds, and other unnamed extras. The games will also have resolutions designed for HDTVs. The Angry Birds trilogy will support regular game controllers as well as motion control via Kinect and PlayStation Move. For the 3DS, Angry Birds will support the Street Pass feature that lets you connect with other 3DS users nearby.
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Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 5:32AM