Five years ago this week the world was introduced to a handful of irate avians and their emerald porcine nemeses. Needless to say, the world — and animal kingdom — hasn’t been the same since. With beaks held high Rovio took the app world by storm and hasn’t let up. Spawning multiple spin-off games, three animated series, theme park attractions and too many toys, books, clothes and other merchandise to count. We here at the Nest have had the privilege of tagging along for most of this amazing ride.
To celebrate the fifth anniversary, this Thursday, December 11th, Rovio will be updating the original game (ABo) with a celebratory ‘BirdDay 5’ episode. It features 30 new levels, all of which were designed by fans, including hundreds of submissions from AngryBirdsNest and Pigineering users. You may recall Rovio’s #MaketheNextLevel competition back in October. Here’s the payoff.
With only a few days to go, the winners are starting to be announced on Twitter via the #BirdDay5 hashtag. While we will also announce our winners there, we also wanted to take time to congratulate them here. So without further ado:
Our challenge was: Make M.C. Escher proud, and dream up a level that defies the laws of physics! Congratulations to the winning level designs and designers below.
Our Very Own @Sal9 from USA
Gobbleson from USA
Kikolaskovski from Fyrom
The Pigineering challenge was: We want to see your levels come alive with food, glorious food! Congratulations to the winning level designs and designers below.
Our Very Own @les-toreadors from Singapore
Calvinpingui from Brazil
Gabialex from Spain
Additionally, at least twosites are reporting that Rovio will be offering a present to all Angry Birds fans via Google Play. As stated, entering the code: “ANGRY-BIRDS” in the following Angry Birds games will redeem a reward worth $5.00 USD:
At this time, it is unknown if this gift offering will extent to iOS users or is exclusive to Android-based systems. Note, we have not independently confirmed this information.
As always, we will have walkthroughs and additional announcements up after the update is released. Now, be sure to congratulate all the winners on some amazing levels as well as share your thoughts on this forthcoming update. I know I am excited!
