The rise of mobile experiences such as Rovio Entertainment's "Angry Birds Space" and Disney's "Where's My Water" has introduced a whole new audience to gaming.
Today marks Rovio's first true sequel to the original Angry Birds, and it's focused on the other side of the farm: the pigs.
ENGADGET: Angry Birds sequel 'Bad Piggies' launches tomorrow, we go hands-on
Children can enjoy a bundle of fun games on the FunTab Pro including Angry Birds, Where's My Water?
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To watch the series through Rovio's Angry Birds Toons channel, fans simply download the latest update to any Angry Birds game, which will unlock the new channel button in the game homescreen on March 17th.
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And in record time, too -- the first Angry Birds landed on Apple's iOS App Store in December 2009, less than three years ago, and has since become an international sensation.
ENGADGET: Angry Birds sequel 'Bad Piggies' launches tomorrow, we go hands-on
Last year's standouts were Angry Birds impersonators, mostly male tutu-clad "Black Swan" ballet dancers, and troupes of sombrero-sporting Mexicans (since it was the Mexican team's first year in the tournament).
On a lighter note, we talk about this week's arrival of "Angry Birds" on Facebook.
The Angry Birds brand is now so well-known it's hard to imagine this all going away.
Instead, it's about moving one very green, goofy sounding pig to various points on a map to collect items and reach a goal -- it's much more Cut the Rope than Angry Birds.
ENGADGET: Angry Birds sequel 'Bad Piggies' launches tomorrow, we go hands-on
If more developers sign up it could mean they can get popular programs, such as Angry Birds, for free instead of buying them from Apple's Mac store.
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It's as if a time-wasting flock of Angry Birds has buried productivity like a worm.
While Angry Birds may be the public face of mobile gaming, Apple's lists of highest-grossing iPhone and iPad apps are dominated by the dead.
The Windows Phone Store has more than 120, 000 quality apps and games, including hits such as "Angry Birds Star Wars, " "Cut the Rope, " Disney's "Where's My Water, " LivingSocial, Urbanspoon and many more.
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The Windows Phone Store has 120, 000 apps to choose from, with hundreds added every day and hits coming this holiday, such as "Angry Birds Star Wars, " "Cut the Rope Experiments, " "Disney's Where's My Water, " "LivingSocial, " "Temple Run, " "Urbanspoon" and many more.
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It's hard to say if Bad Piggies will recapture the success that Rovio found with Angry Birds proper, but all the hallmarks are there: quick, fun gameplay, colorful characters, goofy sounds, and accessibility (we couldn't help but get all three stars on every level, but you don't have to in order to proceed, should it prove too difficult).
ENGADGET: Angry Birds sequel 'Bad Piggies' launches tomorrow, we go hands-on
Exclusive to Windows Phone 8, Kid's Corner is a way to share your phone with your kids, so they can play "Angry Birds" without texting your angry boss.
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