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 Action! the game an 8/10, feeling that "Angry Birds Action!" was an entertaining mobile game even though it has an energy system that after a few games either makes the player wait to continue playing or use gems; overall considered it a solid game that will leave a smile on your face. Angry Birds Action! Angry Birds Action! was a 2016 pinball video game developed by Tag Games and published by Rovio Entertainment as the thirteenth game in the "Angry Birds" series, and the first to have the birds appear like their counterparts in "The Angry Birds Movie". It was soft-launched