More Nostalgia-Laden Angry Birds Star Wars Teasers Released

Rovio continues to make full use of the Star Wars brand to promote its upcoming mash-up Angry Birds Star Wars. Following the initial "That's No Moon!" teaser trailer the Finnish mobile game maker has released two more teasers that re-use footage from the original Star Wars trilogy in... interesting ways:

These teasers are still lacking any kind of detail on how Angry Birds Star Wars actually plays. Hopefully we'll have an opportunity to see the game itself in motion before it launches. Angry Birds Star Wars is due out for PC, Mac, iOS, Android and Windows Phone on November 8.

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Bad Piggies Gameplay Details Revealed

Rovio has revealed the first gameplay details for Bad Piggies, the new Angry Birds spinoff coming next week. In Bad Piggies, you’ll be playing as the pigs, and the slingshot mechanic of Angry Birds doesn’t return. Instead, players will use a grid-based building system to create vehicles for the pigs, which can then be moved around the environment. Vehicles range from flying machines to cars, and players will follow the same scoring mechanic as Angry Birds, aiming to earn the highest score to get three stars in each level.

Players will drag and drop vehicle parts in a “blueprint” mode as they create their ride in a mechanic that seems reminiscent of Rare’s Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.

"As far as the gameplay goes, Bad Piggies and Angry Birds are complete opposites," Rovio executive vice president of games Petri Järvilehto told Yahoo Games. "Angry Birds smash things up, Bad Piggies build stuff. The pigs are all about making plans and building things, even -- and especially -- when they don't work!"

As announced last month, Bad Piggies will be released on September 27th for iOS and Android, with Windows Phone and PC versions to follow. Keep an eye on Bad Piggies’ official site for more details, and check back to IGN later this month for our impressions and review.

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Green Day Update Coming to Angry Birds Friends

Rovio has announced that Angry Birds Friends will receive a Green Day-themed update. The new content will include 10 themed levels and new pigs inspired by band members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool. The update will also offer access to Green Day’s newest single, “Oh Love,” as well as an exclusive song called “Troublemaker.”

“We’re all fans of Angry Birds,” Armstrong said. “It’s such an addictive game that when we first started playing it we couldn’t stop. Go Team Green!”

Rovio notes that the collaboration is “the first of its kind for Rovio” and will blend music, video and gameplay. According to a Rovio blog post, the Green Day update will arrive later this fall and will be followed by additional exclusive content and levels.

Angry Birds Friends is the Facebook version of Angry Birds, which Rovio announced earlier this year. It’s not clear if Green Day content will eventually come to other versions of Angry Birds, but we’ve reached out to Rovio and will update this story if we hear back.

For more on Angry Birds Friends -- including all of its features and Facebook integration -- check out the answer to the question you’ve been asking: What the hell is Angry Birds Friends?

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The Incredible Hulk #12 Review

Every issue of Stay Angry has followed a clear pattern. Hulk wakes up in strange place, smashes some truly bizarre foes, and then is whisked away to repeat the process elsewhere. As much fun as the arc was initially, that formula has seriously worn thin in the last couple chapters. Luckily, issue #12 injects just enough new variety into the mix to spice things up again. And the fact that Aaron finally reveals what Banner has been up to all along doesn't hurt either.

This month, Hulk awakes to find himself trapped in a forgotten prison buried deep in the Antarctic. But rather than focus on the other residents of the prison (who barely receive more than a glimpse or two), Aaron pits Hulk against Wolverine and The Thing. It's an extra dose of star power, to be sure, but the real appeal with this match-up is in the hilarious banter. He mines the tumultuous history between the trio for all its worth, and delivers some brutal action scenes in addition. Remember that time Red Hulk punched Wolverine so hard his face ripped off? Something similar but more gross unfolds here. Aaron's talent for wacky, gory combat continues unabated.

Carlos Pacheco's pencils help lend an extra touch of flavor to this finale chapter. Pacheco's work since returning to Marvel has been disappointingly inconsistent, often because he isn't paired with an effective colorist. But in this case, Frank Martin's colors do complement Pacheco's work well, and the result is an impressively detailed and dynamic series of pages that capture all the power and fury of three monsters at war. Even Hulk, who has often been drawn on the shrimpy side in this arc, exudes power and menace.

This arc was beginning to drag, but luckily Aaron sticks the landing as he paves the way for his final showdown between Hulk and Banner. With only a handful of issues remaining in this run, it's doubtful slow pacing will be a recurring complaint now.

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