November 8th 2012 10:01 am PT

Angry Birds Star Wars now available for Windows 8, RT & Windows Phone 8

Angry Birds Star Wars is now available for Windows8, Windows RT and Windows Phone 8. More screenshots on my SkyDrive.

Here is the official promotional copy:

Join the Angry Birds in their biggest adventure yet!  Grab your lightsaber and join the epic adventure in the legendary Star Wars universe where a group of desperate birds face off against a galactic menace:  the Empires evil Pigtroopers!  Use the Force, wield your lightsaber, and blast away Pigtroopers on an intergalactic journey with the Xbox game now available on Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.  May the birds be with you! 

Windows, Windows Phone By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

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  • http://twitter.com/Chaosprower Chaosprower

    Nice, a simultaneous release with Android and iOS for once.

  • http://twitter.com/Ganon255 Ganon255

    So why doesn’t this work on my Windows Phone 7?

    • http://twitter.com/Ganon255 Ganon255

      I plan on buying a Windows Phone 8. Unless there is a specific hardware reason that this game can’t run on WP7, I’m sorely disappointed.

      • http://twitter.com/Ganon255 Ganon255

        I already bought it for Windows 8(PC)

      • http://twitter.com/karlcramer Karl Cramer

        It was built using the underlying Windows RT kernel that’s in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Windows Phone 7 uses Windows CE as its base. But a WP7 version is coming.

    • http://www.thetjhzone.blogspot.com/ Tylerh1701

      Programming games for WP7 and WP8 is different. I’m no pro, but WP7 uses XNA and WP8 doesn’t, WP8 actually uses something much easier which will hopefully mean we see more games on WP8 come out in a more timely fashion.

      That being said, WPCentral said that this game is also coming to WP7 Nokia devices at some point.

      • http://twitter.com/boe2BE Boe2

        Ofcourse WP8 supports XNA. The difference is most likely framework version related and doesn’t seem that hard to overcome.

        • http://www.thetjhzone.blogspot.com/ Tylerh1701

          I have no clue man. I don’t know anything about programming. All I know is what I’ve read:

          “The implication here is that Rovio will launch a separate version of Angry Birds Star Wars specifically for Windows Phone 7. Why not publish it at the same time as the WP8 game? Put simply, it’s a lot harder to code games for WP7 than WP8. That’s because WP7 lacks direct hardware access and support for popular programming languages like C++. WP7 games must be developed in XNA, which is a functional but less than versatile platform aimed at aspiring developers rather than experienced ones. Yes, a simple game like Angry Birds can be done with XNA (WP7 already has the original, after all) but it still takes more time and money than with WP8.”

  • http://twitter.com/Navarin Bennijin

    Yeah don’t support WP7 will you? I’m still under contract!

    This is probably a relevant place to post this, Sonic CD will finally debut on WP7/8 on Wednesday next week. Price isn’t known but it better be at a low price considering it’s A YEAR LATE.

  • TonyLN

    Woot… Good to know it will be there a year from now when/if I upgrade to win Windows 8 phone. For the moment I am loving my Samsung technology (Phone, Tablet, TV) so I may be hard pressed to move over if they don’t have a W8 phone that interacts with the other devices.,

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1351905810 Chris Halley

    Not going to be available for Windows Phone 7? Drag. 7 is being outdated already, how sad.

    • http://twitter.com/karlcramer Karl Cramer

      At the Nokia conversations blog, Nokia CONFIRMED Angry Birds Star Wars is coming to Windows Phone 7. It’s just taking longer to program. “As for when Angry Birds Star Wars might arrive on Lumia phones running on Windows Phone 7.5 – Rovio and Nokia want to make sure everything works as well as it can before they launch the game, but we’ll update you as soon as we know more.”

  • http://twitter.com/natragv Nathan

    How come iOS and Android (and WP8) get this, but Windows Phone 7 doesn’t?

    • http://twitter.com/boe2BE Boe2

      …..it’s another angry birds game. Are you really going to care that much about not getting it?

      • QuixoticRocket

        But it’s a really cool angry birds game. Also it’s the principle and the precedence that matters.

      • http://twitter.com/natragv Nathan

        Who said I cared about getting it? You are not the answer I am looking for.

  • fsdfg dsfds

    Wheres angry birds for XBLA?? so BS

  • http://twitter.com/Lonewolf_VIP derek meisenburg

    Major Nelson, Will this be DLC for the Hard copy of Angry birds on Xbox 360?

  • http://twitter.com/Alimaggs Ali Maggs

    Loving this game. Actually bought it on both the Surface and my Lumia 920. WP7 users, it’s coming. Nokia talked it up on their Conversations Blog yesterday.

  • http://twitter.com/TooKuelForSkuel Jamie Kenyon

    Priority should have gone to WP7, not WP8, escpecially when it won’t run on 7.8 and 7.8 is, as yet, not even been given a release date!

  • kevgallacher

    If I buy this on windows 8 will it work with windows phone 8 or do I need to buy it twice?
    If so then poor show Microsoft.

    • TonyLN

      That’s probably one of the big things I am waiting to see with the Windows-8, WP8, Windows-RT-8 — And the NextBox (once it’s announced and what not). If I can buy once and play on all the platforms my house will be all Windows. If not I think I will be sticking with Android for most everything…

  • Lee Rayson

    Really……..im getting bit sick of star wars themed games now it the longest running franchise an yet it gets Wh$£% out more than anything

  • http://twitter.com/korahn Eric Starr

    Windows 8 – $5, iphone – $1, hmm.

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