Is nowhere safe? Having already conquered just about every mobile platform in Middle Earth, Angry Birds dev Rovio has now turned its flaming eye to the console market.
“There,” it might have boomed to the windswept crags, “I shall fling my birds next.”
More officially, though, the company’s VP of franchise development has been talking to Eurogamer about bringing the game to the Wii U, 3DS, PS Vita, Xbox, and PS3.
“We really haven’t looked into the Wii U specifically yet – we haven’t announced anything for Nintendo consoles yet. But if you look at the control methods, if you look at the Wii U, I mean that’s a really, really natural match, so obviously we’re very interested in developing there as well,” says Ville Heijari.
“[The 3DS is] a really really interesting platform,” he added. “Many people doomed it outright as it being somehow gimmicky, but obviously the same thing as with the Wii U: if you look at the 3DS, Angry Birds games would make a perfect match there.
“We’re looking at consoles and seeing how we can bring the current gameplay, the basic slingshot offering, into a really compelling and engaging title for the current consoles,” he adds.
“We’re looking at all the consoles. We haven’t announced any particular titles for any console, but we are looking at every console at the moment.
“Of course – anything new that comes round, especially from people like Sony, is always interesting to us. So Vita is there as well; looking into it, seeing what we can do there.”
So, that’s pretty much all the bases covered.
Originally released for Apple’s iOS back in 2009, Angry Birds has become something of a phenomenon, moving onto Android, Windows, Mac OS, PSP, PSN and smartphones, with over 250 million downloads at last count.
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