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Angry Birds Star Wars II Launches

By TechTaffy Desk

Angry_BirdsRovio has released Angry Birds Star Wars II. The game is available for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 8 devices worldwide.

Hasbro_telepods_angry_birdsAngry Birds Star Wars II is the sequel to the Angry Birds Star Wars game, and for the first time, lets players choose sides, where they can play as the bird or the pigs.

There are also 30 telepods made available by toy-maker Hasbro, in collaboration with Rovio. These telepods are Angry Birds toys that can be ‘teleported’ into the online game as actual characters.    

[Images courtesy: Rovio, Hasbro]

 

 

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