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"Fans of the Angry Birds franchise that are eagerly awaiting the Facebook release of the massively popular game will have to wait a little longer than initial reports have suggested, with the game due to a full release in May, not March or April.\r\n\r\nConfirmation game from Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka who, in discussions with The Next Web, revealed that the company plans &amp;quot;to do the full release in May, not March&amp;quot; adding that he was &amp;quot;not sure how the March date got in there.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nLast week, Rovio took to its\u00A0official Facebook page to announce that the game would be coming to the social network, keeping users updated on the games progress as long as they \u201CLiked\u201D the page.\r\n\r\nThe Facebook game is said to have \u201Ccompletely new aspects to it that just haven\u2019t been experienced in any other platform,\u201D according to Rovio CEO Mikael Hed. The Rovio chief\u00A0also mentioned that the game would leverage Facebook\u2019s \u2018collaborative nature\u2019, giving the pigs \u201Ca more prominent role\u201D.\r\n\r\nRovio recently announced that its Mighty Eagle in-app purchase would be heading to other apps within the App Store and will soon release a St Patrick's Day Seasons update for smartphone owners."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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