Companies Confirm Plan to Release Angry Birds Trilogy on Wii U™ This Year
Minneapolis, MN – February 15, 2013 – Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), and Rovio Entertainment today announced that Angry Birds™ Trilogy has soared past one million units sold worldwide. Released in September 2012 on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft with Kinect™ for Xbox 360 compatibility, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system with full PlayStation®Move support, and the Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, Angry Birds Trilogy won fans over by combining Rovio’s three legendary mobile titles, Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio, along with new content, levels and features. Building on this success, Activision and Rovio will release Angry Birds Trilogy for Nintendo’s Wii™ and Wii U™ systems in 2013.
“Angry Birds’ proven formula for fun and addicting gameplay translated perfectly to the big screen, and the consumer response has been overwhelming,” said Jennifer Mirabelli, VP of Sales and Marketing for Activision Publishing, Inc.
“It was certainly satisfying to see Angry Birds gameplay adapt so well to other platforms in 2012,” said Petri Järvilehto, EVP of Games for Rovio. “The features specific to the Wii U are very intriguing to us, so we’re excited to release this version to fans.”
Completely recreated in striking HD with refined controls, gamers can play Angry Birds Trilogy with all-new animations and interactive backgrounds through 700+ levels with more than 150 hours of addictive gameplay. Angry Birds Trilogy: Anger Management, the recently released DLC pack, features even more content with 130 fan-favorite puzzles like Wreck the Halls and Birdday Party.
Nintendo has opened a teaser site for LEGO City: Undercover. You can find it here.
As is always the case with teaser sites, there isn’t much to see at the moment. There are a few screenshots to view and information to read. A full site will launch in the future.
A good amount of 3DS games these days launch at retail and on the eShop. Rune Factory 4, a newly confirmed localization release from XSEED, may head down this path.
XSEED’s Tom Lipschultz said the publisher will make the 3DS title available through the eShop if possible:
“Game’s pretty big, so I don’t know if it’ll fit on the eshop. We’ll do it if we can, though, I’m sure.”
Lipschultz also noted that Rune Factory 4 likely won’t be getting a demo:
“And I don’t think it has a demo, so probably no on that front. If you’ve enjoyed previous Rune Factory games, though, then chances are you’ll enjoy Rune Factory 4 — it’s pretty much the biggest, most complex and most charming Rune Factory yet.”
Care to save a few bucks on Paper Mario: Sticker Star? Then purchase the game from Amazon
. The retailer is selling the 3DS title for $29.99 as opposed to $39.99. First-party Nintendo releases don’t often go on sale, so I’m not sure how much lower we’ll see this one drop over the next few months.
