''Angry Birds Blast'' (stylized as ''Angry Birds Blast!'') is a

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, developed by

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and published by

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in 2016 as a

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from the ''

Angry Birds ''Angry Birds'' is a Finnish media franchise created by Rovio Entertainment, and owned by Sega. The game series focuses on the titular flock of colorful angry birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs. Inspired by the game ''Cr ...

'' franchise.

Gameplay

Similar to other tile-matching games, balloons are cleared from the gameplay field in groups of at least two, adjoining in the same color. The game is divided into levels with specific goals, such as popping specific bird-shaped balloons, pigs, clearing bubbles from the field, or clearing the path for a hot air balloon to reach the top of the field. Similarly to the main franchise, the board may also contain wood and glass panels as obstacles. Power-ups can be earned for clearing larger groups of balloons, such as a column- or row-clearing rocket (5), a bomb (7), or a laser which removes all balloons of a single colour (9 or more). Boosters, including attacks and additional moves, can be purchased using silver coins earned whilst playing, or with gold coins, which are purchased via

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Reception

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'' felt that ''Angry Birds Blast'' was a "decent game" that "thankfully offers a better attempt at adapting the mobile brand for a color-matching puzzle approach" than other spin-off entries in the ''Angry Birds'' franchise, but that the game itself was "uninspiring" due to its similar format to other freemium mobile puzzle games, such as ''

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'' among others. ''Phone Arena'' felt that the game was enjoyable and noted that the game was tricky even when

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s were used, but that it was merely a "generic balloon popping game" with ''Angry Birds'' theming.

Follow-up games

''Blast!'' later spawned a sequel, '' Angry Birds Blast Island'', that was developed by MYBO Games and

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in select countries in early 2018, before being shut down in June 2019. A spin-off, ''

Angry Birds Dream Blast ''Angry Birds'' is a Finnish media franchise created by Rovio Entertainment, and owned by Sega. The game series focuses on the titular flock of colorful angry birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs. Inspired by the game ''Cr ...

'', was released in November 2018, featuring younger versions of Red, Chuck and Bomb, as they would appear in the world of ''

The Angry Birds Movie ''The Angry Birds Movie'' is a 2016 animated comedy film based on Rovio Entertainment's ''Angry Birds'' franchise, produced by Columbia Pictures and Rovio Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film was directed by Clay Kay ...

''. ''Dream'' features gameplay different from its predecessors by utilizing ball physics.

References

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