Angry Birds (video game) was being played, the staff liked the characters, and the team elected to design a game around them. In early 2009, physics games, such as "Crush the Castle", were popular flash-based web games, so the Rovio team was inspired by these games. During the development of "Angry Birds", the staff realized the birds needed an enemy. At the time, the "swine flu" epidemic was in the news, so the staff made the birds' enemies pigs. Angry Birds was the studio's 52nd produced game and on its initial release, the game did not sell many copies. After Angry Birds was a
Angry Birds Star Wars as the "Best Game" from both the Judges and as the People's Choice. Angry Birds Star Wars Angry Birds Star Wars is a puzzle video game, a crossover between the "Star Wars" franchise and the "Angry Birds" series of video games, launched on November 8, 2012, first for Windows, iOS and Android devices, later also to Mac and BlackBerry. The game is the sixth "Angry Birds" game in the series. The characters are copyrighted from George Lucas's double-trilogy. On July 18, 2013, Rovio announced that "Angry Birds Star Wars" will be heading for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360,