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Angry Birds Got Plenty Of Christmas Love With 8 Million Downloads
Angry Birds hit some milestones this holiday season.
From December 22 - 29, the game was downloaded over 30 million times. But even more surprising is just how many people decided to purchase the game on Christmas – a whooping 8 million. Throw in that Angry Bird Star Wars has stayed at #1 on the U.S. iPhone chart ever since its release and the series saw the billion mark for downloads last year, and Rovio has a lot to celebrate.
Is it really any surprise that Rovio announced a movie?
[Via Gamespot]
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