Angry birds space windows phone 7

Microsoft partner Nokia, for instance, may have expressed some displeasure about the original statement to the Angry Birds maker, a fellow Finnish company.

Absent the new Angry Birds game, Windows Phone 7 could have a much harder time attracting new users. That, in turn, could hurt Nokia, which just brought its first Windows Phone 7 handsets to the U. It's also possible that Microsoft's clout is simply on the rise in the smartphone arena, given the possibility that Windows 8 might become a third major player in the smartphone market. Either could be a plausible interpretation of the sudden volte-face Rovio has just executed.

While Hed didn't say when Windows Phone users could expect the game, his comments directly contradicted what Rovio's chief marketing officer told Bloomberg in an interview published earlier today. That official, Peter Vesterbacka, said that "it's a big undertaking" to support Microsoft's mobile operating system , since the game -- currently available for iOS and Android -- would have to be completely rewritten for Microsoft's current mobile OS.

With Windows Phone it's a lot of work to technically support it. The game takes the same basic function of launching birds from a slingshot at pigs but adds gravity elements -- or lack thereof -- that one would find in space. The game comes with 60 levels that, Rovio says, present a bundle of surprises to players.

Last June, Rovio launched Angry Birds on Microsoft's operating system , delivering the same experience users would find on other platforms.

As Vesterbacka pointed out in his interview with Bloomberg, the game is the most popular app in the Windows Phone app store.

Considering Angry Birds Space is on almost everything else, many reports said this move slighted Nokia, which has all but dedicated itself to Windows Phone 7. Frankly, the fact that the developer didn't initially plan to launch the game on Windows Phone makes sense. Even with Xbox Live integration, Microsoft's new phone platform has yet to become as desirable a destination for mobile gamers as iPhone and Android has.

With Windows Phone it's a lot of work to technically support it. Do you see Windows Phone becoming a go-to spot for mobile gamers? Sound off in the comments. Add Comment. Joe Osborne.