Angry Birds coming to consoles with ‘Worms’-like multiplayer

November 16, 2010 By Jeffrey Van Camp

Rovio's CEO, Peter Vesterbacka, says that 'Angry Birds' is coming to Wii, Xbox, and PSN with a multiplayer mode that resembles classic 'Worms' games.

With a game as successful as Angry Birds, it’s only a matter of time before it begins popping up everywhere. That time is soon. At the Social Gaming Summit in London, Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka has made several comments about the future of the casual game. Birds is coming to the PSN, Wii, and Xbox 360 in the near future–possibly with a multiplayer mode, reports Pocket Gamer.

Here are some things Rovio said at the Summit (paraphrased):

Multiplayer Angry Birds will be like old-school Worms PC games.
Multiplayer is a priority, but the developer is still trying to figure out how it will work.
Rovio’s role models are Pixar and Nintendo’s Super Mario series. It does not plan to emulate the addictive microtransactions of popular titles like Zynga’s FarmVille.
A traditional sequel isn’t currently in development, but Versterbacka hinted toward a new game told from the pigs’ point of view.
Rovio wants Angry Birds to be bigger than Tetris (Blasphemous! If Tetris is the Jesus of video games, Rovio must be its John Lennon).

Vesterbacka also confirmed that the game has been downloaded more than 5 million times on Android phones. Rovio is working hard to stretch the license across the entire entertainment spectrum, from video games to movies to plush toys.

Have you played Angry Birds yet? Does it live up to the hype?

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etlovesgod at 8:16am 27th November 2010 I will try this one too
Modz at 6:05am 17th November 2010 I will try this one!
JaCkaL at 5:22pm 16th November 2010 Angry Birds is a great game on my iPod Touch. It and "Cut The Rope" are my two favs.
mazedojo com at 1:58pm 16th November 2010 Angry Birds is fun, though I fail to see why its such a big hit. It's just like every 'knock down the castle' game or Tanks game you've ever played. Trajectories and speeds and whatnot. Its a cute story though, maybe thats what gets people?
1. @JeffreyVC at 9:40am 17th November 2010 It's the theme and execution. These games have been around for years, but no one has put one together in such a slick manner. It's kind of like how World of Warcraft took the MMORPG market, dominated by Everquest, and simply made an awesome, uninnovative game. Now that market is 15 times larger than it was before Blizzard.
shenoyjoseph at 12:39pm 16th November 2010 the game rocks in android mobiles
Gamer007 at 6:08am 16th November 2010 Fragger is much more addictive!
1. @JeffreyVC at 7:35am 16th November 2010 You mean Frogger? Fragging is pretty addictive too, given the right shooter.