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    You Can Now Play Angry Birds on Facebook

    By Stan Schroeder | Mashable – Mon, Feb 13, 2012

    Popular multi-platform game Angry Birds is now available on Facebook, hours ahead of the official launch in Jakarta at 12AM EST.

    The Facebook app, as you might imagine, features the same disgruntled avians and addictive gameplay you've seen in mobile and desktop version of the game.

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    It will also feature added social components, brand new power-ups, and Facebook-exclusive levels.

    Angry Games has been downloaded over 700 million times since its release for Apple's iOS in December 2009, and with Facebook's 800 million users, it's bound to hit one billion soon.

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    Thanks to the success of the Angry Birds, game maker Rovio emerged as a gaming powerhouse, and it's looking to go public as soon as 2012. Right now, the company is worth more than $1 billion, according to CMO Peter Vesterbacka.

    Check out the trailer for the Facebook version of the game below, and try out the game here.

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

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