Angry Birds Space honor of the "New Horizons" Pluto mission. Mattel have made board games based on the game. These are called "Angry Birds In Space" and "Angry Birds Space: Planet Block Version". "Angry Birds Space: Planet Block Version" featured pigs with satellite helmets. The game has received generally favorable reviews with a Metacritic score of 83/100 based on 30 reviews. Justin Davis, writing for IGN, gave the game a score of 8.5/10, calling the pricing and physics disappointing but concluding that "neither issue detracts from the game's overall quality or fun factor." Harry Slater of "Pocket Gamer" thought the game was "as
Angry Birds "Bad Piggies: Egg Recipes", along with doodle books based on some characters of the game. After a few weeks of the release of Angry Birds Space, they also released Angry Birds Space books about numbers, alphabets, and stickers. On 20 March 2012, "National Geographic" published a paperback book titled "Angry Birds Space: A Furious Flight Into The Final Frontier" shortly before the release of "Angry Birds Space" which became available on 22 March 2012. National Geographic also has a book titled "Angry Birds Feathered Fun" for learning all about birds. In the same year, Rovio created a contest with the