We’ve all been wondering what the next update to Angry Birds Seasons will be. Today, we’ve got answer — and it confirms that China is taking over the world. After the ChinaJoy conference in Shanghai, Rovio announced via Twitter that the next Seasons update will be Chinese themed and include merchandising tie-ins such as the Angry Birds mooncakes.
The Angry Birds Seasons Moon Festival update is now available. Check out the announcement here for more info and to leave comments.
The Angry Birds Seasons “Moon Festival” (it’s unclear if this is the official name) update coincides with the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival which celebrates the largest moon of the year. Traditionally, this event is accompanied by the eating of mooncakes, hence the product tie-in. Rovio says the update will come in early September, with China getting the world exclusive early release (we don’t know long this exclusivity will last). This year the lunar festival falls on September 12th, so we should see it before then.
China is Rovio’s second largest market, so this is a push by Rovio to increase that market share and likely head off pirating. Rovio expects to surpass 100 million downloads in China this year. This will obviously help them achieve that number while simultaneously increase their exposure in China. Per the press release Rovio stated that it is also beefing up its operations staffing in China and is adding strategic partners to its Angry Birds China team. PPW will be handling the licensing while Madhouse — China’s leading mobile advertising network — will help, “expand virtual and real world connections and reach via prime time mobile advertising concepts.”
A big thanks to @ladycrumb in the forum for tipping us off to this.
…and without further adiou, Angry Birds Mooncakes…
woooooohoooooo
Would LOVE to see Seasons on PC..looks fun..
Me too. I think it’ll be available soon.
Im really excited to angry birds seasons on PC!!!!!!!!
I’m excited for the Moon Festival update! I thought they would add Halloween ’11
They still may add more levels to Halloween. We’ll see.
wen is mity eegl out 4 seasns?
Still no word, sorry.
Update: It seems like we will see the Mighty Eagle come to Seasons for iOS within the next few days. WOOOO!!!!
The “Mighty Eagle” is going to be on it. Right?
For iOS, we expect the Mighty Eagle to land on Seasons in the next couple days — well ahead of the Moon Festival update.
Will they come out with an update for ab seasons for thanksgiving?
We don’t know the next Season. The timing seems ok, but perhaps a bit too removed (nearly 3 months).
This morning, I saw that a couple of achievements popped up in my achievements list on Angry Birds Seasons. Does that mean that the update is nearing?!
I think it means the Chinese early-release should be quite soon. Rest of the world a little later I suppose.
I wonder what the level layout is going to be? Like a calendar? Or the 15 level thing? Who Knows?
I’ve been wondering that myself. Time will tell.
Hey, I noticed something different in game center a few moments ago! When I went to check on my achievments for AB Seasons, I saw the picture of the AB Seasons app changed! It now shows a Chinese theme instead of a Summer Theme! The Moon Festival update isn’t too far away!
Yup, hopefully our Chinese friends can let us know when it lands. I hope the “early release” is not more than a couple days.
Is it possible to create a second iTunes account with China as selected country, then log in to that account on the same iPhone and Download the new version of ABS?
The image is out on game center!:>
One of the new achievements for angry birds seasons on game center is “Bunny Hopper” -Break 300 bunnies. Is that some sort of error? It sounds like that should be in ‘Easter Eggs’ not moon festival. I’m not exactly sure about this. Can someone explain? I’m a bit confused. :/
There was “Bunny Hunter” for Easter Eggs!, so “Bunny Hopper” is slightly different. Let’s do a little learning though, since back-to-school is approaching. (Source: Wikipedia)
Oh I get it, so it’s like a symbol? Right? I guess it would be a good idea to add that to the game
If you go to Google Images and type in “angry birds seasons moon festival”, a picture of the bunny you’re supposed to smash to get the achievment shows up. It’s in a pic with along with a mooncake, lantern, teapot, and a
Chinese-ified red bird. It’s a bunny figurine wearing a dress.
Oh,thank you
has anyone noticed the moon festival achievements aren’t in game center anymore?
Yes, noted in the forum.
They are not visible any more, but they are still counted.
The update is here now, but the achievements are still invisible. :-(
I believe that’s because they’re considered “secret”.
Missing two parts to the golden mooncake you assemble… no idea where they are.
I know! frustrating. I only have one piece left to find.
We will create a list soon.
I need one piece too could you tell us now?:)
This link should help.
Got it! Thanks man.
Did China really get this update earlier than the rest of the world???
Not that we know of.
So the China world exclusive early release was just a joke or what?
Seems unclear.
Yessss… finaly here the Moon festival for Ipad and Iphone.
Is yhis a one level a day thing? Or the whole 30 levels all together?
Got it all.
It’s the all levels thing.
You can unlock the levels ine by one. There are twice 15 normal levels plus 3 facebook levels.
Its finally out!
Indeed! We have more info about the update available in the announcement.
How do u get the mooncakes? Pleeeeeeeease help!!!!!!!!!!!
Check out the complete walkthrough on how to obtain all the mooncakes.
Wow you reply really fast! Thank u soooooooooooooo much!
when is angry birds seasons for pc coming out
31 October, 2011: See here.