Long, long ago we reported a collaboration between Rovio, the Angry Birds, and the NFL franchise Philadelphia Eagles (for the original post, click here). Well now we have some new information, and the good news is, it’s coming soon! Very soon! How about, September 4th!!
Some preliminary information about this app. There will be 16 levels, one released per week that the Eagles actually play. The Eagles have their “Bye Week” on the weekend of 21 October, so no level that week. Also, no word on whether more levels will be added if the Eagles make the playoff. It will be a Facebook-based game, playable on the Philadelphia Eagles’ Facebook page. It also appears that the gameplay has a small tweak, which is pretty cool. There are green footballs (or “pigskins”, if you will), which are also worth 5000 points. If anyone remembers Carnival Upheaval in Angry Birds Rio, I’m guessing this is very similar to the green piggie balloons, where they were worth 5000 points but not required to pass the level. This is just speculation on my part, but I think it’s quite likely.
We are also introduced to the Mighty Philadelphia Eagle, who appears to act identically as our original Mighty Eagle with a very slight twist. Actually, that’s quite literal: The Philadelphia Eagle seems to do a couple of spins after reaching the point of it’s V-shaped trajectory, then continue onward.
Be sure to check back here in September, as we will cover all levels with walkthroughs!
Update
September 4th is here and the the first level, “Cleveland” can now be played on the Philadelphia Eagles Facebook page. Here is a direct link to the game. We are working on getting the walkthroughs posted as we speak.
I knew it would be a web app…Great way to drive traffic to the Eagles FB page though!
NO! NO! NO! NO! Stop this web app madness…PLEASE! Please release this as a stand alone app, or as an update to Angry Birds Seasons (Football Season)
I agree with you @heathen – I wish everything that came out for the web came out as an app also. I’d pay for it even….
Awesome! The Mighty Philadelphia Eagle looks amazing! It will be better if they make it as a Angry Birds Friends episode!
I think it is pretty impossible because they’re still working on green day episode ( not sure if they’ll make some new level on that episode,though :/ )
Awesome! I love the Mighty Philadelphia Eagle
The Eagles had this date on the calendar on their site for the launch party. I posted in the News and Rumor section of the forums on 8/21/12. Glad to see this was the game date too.
So cool to have so much new content coming out, but it really would be better if they could spread them out more to help the dry months..
Dry months? You are so tough on Rovio.
You know, sal9, you are right. In my head, I think of things like from Piglantis to Back to School as being 2 months between updates, which seems like a long time, but looking at the rollout calendar for the year, it’s pretty impressive:
Angry Birds Seasons: Year of the Dragon 1/19/2012
Angry Birds Rio: Smugglers’ Plane 2 1/26/2012
Angry Birds Facebook (incl. Surf & Turf) 2/14/2012
Angry Birds Rio: Trophy Room 3/2012
Angry Birds Seasons: Cherry Blossom 3/7/2012
Angry Birds Fuji TV – Sakura Ninja 3/8/2012
Angry Birds Classic: Surf and Turf 3/20/2012
Angry Birds Space: Pig Bang, Cold Cuts, Danger Zone, Eggsteroids 3/22/2012
Angry Birds Chrome: Easter Bonus Level 1 4/3/2012
Angry Birds Facebook: Easter Egg Hunt 4/3/2012
Angry Birds Space: Fry Me to the Moon 4/25/2012
Angry Birds Cheetos 5/8/2012
Angry Birds Friends: Tournaments 5/23/2012
Angry Birds Lotus F1 Team 5/23/2012
Angry Birds Telepizza 5/24/2012
Angry Birds Space: Utopia 5/31/2012
Angry Birds Coca-Cola China Beats: First levels 6/11/2012
Angry Birds Seasons: Piglantis 6/14/2012
Angry Birds Chrome: Summer Pignic 6/18/2012
Angry Birds Heikki 6/25/2012 – Ongoing
Angry Birds Friends: Pigini Beach 7/11/2012
Amazing Alex 7/12/2012
Angry Birds Coca-Cola China Beats: extra levels 7/18/2012
Angry Birds Space: Utopia 2 7/26/2012
Angry Birds Classic: Surf & Turf 2 + Power ups 8/2/2012
Angry Birds in Ultrabook Adventure 8/3/2012
Angry Birds Seasons: Back to School 8/16/2012
Angry Birds Friends: Green Day 8/20/2012
Angry Birds Space: Red Planet 8/23/2012
Angry Birds Philadelphia Eagles 9/4/2012
Can I simply respond to this with “holy moly” and call it a day? Yeah, I think that sums it up pretty well.
Holy Moly!
Yes. Yes you can. I have never thought it’d be so many updates and new web-based games… This kind of scared me…
and we’re just in August! ;)
Puts things into perspective doesn’t it.
Yep. The people at Rovio sure haven’t had time to be sitting on their hands doing nothing, as @dr-omega‘s list amply demonstrates.
Quite an impressive body of work any which way you look at it.
For once an update/release isn’t on a Thursday…
Green Day was on a Monday. It’s only the app releases that hit on Thursdays. Even the AB Friends tournaments update on Sundays.
On my birthday, thanks Rovio ;)
Congratulations :P
Looks like there is a contest if you are a Penn, Jersey or Delaware resident too: http://apps.facebook.com/mightyphieagle/contests/288436
You need to go see the MPE balloon at a live event and submit your photo on Facebook
Quick question for anyone who might know – is it more difficult, expensive, time consuming, . . . for Rovio to develop and introduce a ‘free standing’ game as opposed to a web app?
Yes, introducing a new app involves a lot more material/content/resources than a web game.
is an ‘add on’ to an existing app more difficult, time consuming, expensive, . . than a web app?
Definitely, since it must be coded for a multitude of devices and OS.
Do you know if a study has been published which lists how many people are reached with each game by device and OS?
Why terence’s sound like the red bird’s sound? It always happens in any AB web
you mean when he’s goes crashed, yeah me too. that make terence are little more like red bird
Not another Facebook Web. I don’t have Facebook so I won’t be able to play it! I’ts such a shame because I wanted to see the new Mighty Eagle!
It free to create an account, and you don’t have to use a real name or anything..
in my opinion, rovio is concentrating too much on facebook! facebook is dying!!! realise it rovio! please bring an app with all the facebook and web levels!!!
Yes finaly!This is Epic!!!
thats close! can’t wait
Facebook again… why am I not suprized
Being an NFL fan the game looks fun. The American football themes provide a completely different background for the ABs format. Glad to see Rovio has a broad range of subject material (food products, racing, football, etc.) for development. This one may entice me to play through all the levels of a Facebook game. The MPE does have a different reaction so that would be a new aspect to play. Wonder if the MPE will have a price? If this game is a success on FB then maybe a device related game will develop. Rovio always does keep us guessing…which is good.
I will make a clay model of this bird :B its cool
Update from the Philly Eagle’s FB Page:
“Get ready Eagles fans! The Eagles and Rovio are launching an all-new version of the Angry Birds game which will be available exclusively, right here, on the Eagles Facebook page. The game will officially launch on September 4th and will feature 16 free levels which will unlock one at a time each week during the season.
Come check out a real life version of the Angry Birds game at the Eagles Back to Football event at Love Park in Philadelphia, September 4th starting at 11:30am. The event is free and open to the public!”
Source: http://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaeagles
Another version I won’t be playing….
I can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!
About the balloons: They already exist in AB Friends. And here they are not worth 5000 points, but only 100.
I think something was lost in translation here. “Balloons” have existed in AB since the beginning and were worth 100. But the pig-shaped balloons not appeared in Carnival Upheaval and were worth 5000. Those were the ones I was referencing.
But the balloons at 0:12 in the video are not the pig-shaped balloons from Carnival Upheaval. They are different balloons (which already exist in AB Friends and are only 100 points). Or where else do you see balloons in the video?
I was comparing the green pigskins to the pig balloons.
Okay, it was a misunderstanding then. Yes, you are right. The football is worth 5000 points. You can clearly see it at 0:10.
Another day/week/month/year/decade/century, another web game. Can’t wait to try the powers of Mighty Philadlphia Eagle…
Will the eagle become free to play or we must pay?
No word yet, but I’m thinking it’ll be free.
In the description above it’s stated “we will cover all levels with walkthroughs”. Does this mean that a leaderboard will also follow?
If so, any plans to add a leaderboard for the FB Angry Birds Ultrabook version since you did do the walk throughs for that?
There are no immediate plans to add leader boards for those games.
Unless they are integrated to AB friends, which will give them a “permanent” nature/following, the mini web games typically do not have a LB.
Players from the eagles had this to say:Player 34: No the pig team is way too strong! What should we do? Player 5:kick the football… Player 34: what about the eagle… Player 5:Its our only change. Player 34: got it! WHAK! Player 5:look him go! Through the field, over the goal, through the snackbar in the sandwich from a fat lady! HYKE!
Most Web games cannot be ported over because they are using other companies’ trademarks. However, I wonder if Rovio could modify the games to keep them released in another form. Like AB Telepizza becomes AB Pizza. Just change the sprites and graphics with a logo to make it more generic. Change the Coke bottles in China Beats to smaller drums or something.. that kind of thing.
For all you smartphone users that complain about webgames and keep mentioning the concept of them on an app… hey! You guys get ME, faster updates, and we PC and Mac players get no ME and have to wait the longest for updates(next to more obscure devices.)! You guys should really be thankful for what you’ve got! In my mind the web games are Rovio’s treat for PC and Mac users.
Well, actually on my tablet i can play ABF, with the Adobe Flash Player. But now i can’t find AFP anywhere (the Google play app and the site) so i can’t play ABF anymore. For pc user you can try ME for one episode (poached eggs) at fujitv.angrybirds.com (AB sakura ninja)
A new Facebook game. It’s great, but I hope that Rovio can make a app with all the web games in it! But the MPE looks cool! :)
Went to Just Sports in the mall last night. Bomb and I are ready:
http://i.imgur.com/m4cv2.jpg
Hehe, awesome!
looks pretty cool dock omega. cool black/bomb bird. :D
This is so cool! Cant wait to play it. I love when Angry Birds comes out with new updates!
Looks really different! Can’t wait to play.
I have a question.What will be used as bait to summon the Phildepea Eagle.I saw a football in the video, so I think it will be that.
You answered to your own question ;-)
Hey! I see the video of Angry Birds Space Contest on Cartoon Network. You can’t see it on TV because this contest is only on India. Here’s the link of that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UYnwZXG-W0