{"id":473281,"date":"2026-05-07T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/473281\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:27:10","slug":"angry-birds-inducted-into-world-video-game-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/473281\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Angry Birds&#8217; Inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/angry-birds\/\" id=\"auto-tag_angry-birds\" data-tag=\"angry-birds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angry Birds<\/a>\u201d has been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, located in Rochester, New York at The Strong National Museum of Play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOriginally created by Rovio Entertainment Ltd., the uber popular video game has defined the new era of mobile gaming; since its launch in 2009, the game has amassed more than 5 billion downloads worldwide. \u201cAngry Birds\u201d introduced tens of millions of people to touch-based mobile gaming during a time on the precipice of global smartphone takeover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tToday, the \u201cAngry Birds\u201d universe has expanded beyond mobile gaming. The property has spawned a slate of live games, as well as a film franchise. \u201cThe Angry Birds Movie\u201d hit theaters in 2016, and a sequel followed it in 2019. \u201cThe Angry Birds Movie 3\u201d is slated for a December release later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWhat started as a game with incredibly simple mechanics and instantly recognizable designs has conquered transmedia categories far beyond its origins,\u201d \u201cAngry Birds\u201d creative officer Ben Mattes said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019ve got our live games, but \u2018Angry Birds\u2019 can also be enjoyed as licensed products, animations, feature films and activity parks. While the brand is very versatile and the different forms it takes allow our fans to experience their world in new ways, at the end of the day, it\u2019s still all about iconic birds, their crafty antagonists, and the conflict between them that results in entertaining and spectacular consequences, all doused with humor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMattes added: \u201cCharacters, emotion and story are what keeps our fans coming back to our games year after year. The induction to the World Video Game Hall of Fame means we are standing shoulder to shoulder alongside the very greatest of gaming. This is a truly special recognition for us and we\u2019re deeply honored by it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAngry Birds\u201d has been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, located in Rochester, New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[207483,18,19,17,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-473281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-angry-birds","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116534237545181599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}