We are pleased to announce that Activision Publishing, Inc. today released Angry Birds™ Star Wars®, based on the bestselling mobile game from Rovio Entertainment Ltd. and Lucasfilm Ltd., onto Sony’s PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system. The title, combining the award-winning, action-strategy gameplay and design of Angry Birds™ with the iconic characters, themes and aesthetic of Star Wars®, marks the franchise’s debut on next-generation gaming consoles. It includes over 200 levels from the original mobile version, twenty console-only bonus stages, and brand new competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes.
The PlayStation®4 edition of Angry Birds Star Wars utilizes the exclusive capabilities of this next-generation system to great effect. The game supports a wide variety of interface preferences; players can choose to use a traditional controller, as well as the precision touchpad of the DualShock 4 controller and the motion controls of PlayStation®Move. The PlayStation®4 also makes recording and sharing that perfect shot online simple and easy with automatic screenshot and video capture functionality.
Angry Birds Star Wars is out now for PlayStation®4 for $49.99 and is rated E (Everyone) by the ESRB. It is also available for the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system, Nintendo’s Wii™ and Wii U™ systems and the Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system. The game will be available for the Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, later this month. For more information, please visit www.activision.com.
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