Rovio to launch racing-themed 'Angry Birds Heikki' in June

After slinging the upset birds at the green pigs in outer space, get ready for a new, high-speed adventure with the Angry Birds. Makers of the popular Angry Birds series, Rovio is all set for the next iteration of the game called Angry Birds Heikki. Based on F1 racing, Angry Birds Heikki is expected to release on June 18.

Details of the new game are bit sketchy, except that it will be a web-based one. Rovio says the game will have “fun Angry Birds game levels with a racing theme in addition to other bespoke content”. Rovio has partnered with Finnish Formula 1 star Heikki Kovalainen, who will also be sporting a brand new co-branded Angry Birds helmet. The Finnish game developer has also set up a website featuring Angry Birds Heikki's preview.

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Rovio: Angry Birds Space Downloaded 10M Times In 3 Days

The Mighty Eagle has landed! Released late last week, the latest edition of Rovio’s Angry Birds franchise was downloaded 10 million times in its first three days. Unfortunately since the announcement came by way of a tweet, it doesn’t include detailed data concerning platform penetration or the number of people who paid $.99 for the extra levels (I did). But 10 million in three days!

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10 million Angry Birds Space downloads in less than 3 days! Thanks to our fans, stay tuned for more! #angrybirdsspace

26 Mar 12

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TechCrunch’s Jordan Crook talked to Rovio’s Peter Vesterbacka last week concerning the game. He indicated that this game is the company’s most important release to date. The company is no doubt happy with the results, and is hoping that at least some fans are celebrating the game with one of the pricey Angry Birds Space plush toys.

Rovio happened to run into a bit of controversy on the road to 10 million downloads though. Vesterbacka was quoted saying something to the effect that Rovio was not planning on making a version of Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone — an overblown statement that even caused one so-called analyst to become bearish on 3rd party WinPhone vendor Nokia. Rovio’s CEO latercorrected the statement saying a Windows Phone version is on the way.

Rovio isn’t going to rest on the success of Angry Birds Space like it did with its first games. The company plans on releasing four more Angry Birds games in 2012. We don’t have the details on the upcoming titles, but chances are the game involves slinging upset birds at green pigs.