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 Movie. It shows the lives of the Blues having fun, while the Hatchlings doing random stuff and ruining their plans. On July 3, 2017, Netflix and KidsClick picked up every Angry Birds Toons, Angry Birds Stella, and Piggy Tales episode in form of 23 compilations. On June 1, 2018, U.S. television production company Big Fish Entertainment announced that they would be partnering with Rovio to create a game show based on "Angry Birds" currently called "Angry Birds Challenge". On June 9, 2018, Angry Birds BirLd Cup series were released. A 3D computer-animated film adaptation, "The Angry Birds Movie", was released