Angry Birds Angrier At Microsoft
- Scribbled on October 11th, 2010 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Casual Gaming, Microsoft Windows #, Mobile Gaming
Microsoft angered publisher Rovio by including an icon for Angry Birds in their promotion for Windows 7 Mobile during a conference.
This resulted in an angry tweet from Rovio when some asked the developer about a Win7 version:
We have NOT committed to doing a Windows Phone 7 version. Microsoft put the Angry Birds icon on their site without our permission.
This doesn’t rule out the possibility of Angry Birds on the mobile platform – in another tweet from Rovio, they stated:
[It has] nothing to do with if we do or don’t [release the game on Windows Phone 7], it’s just that we decide that ourselves.
Microsoft apologized at TechFlash:
It appears information was mistakenly posted to Microsoft’s website, and has been removed.
The situation is likely that Microsoft and Rovio are negotiating a contract to bring Angry Birds to Windows 7 Mobile, but someone at Microsoft, probably in marketing, prematurely included the game in the presentation before an agreement had been reached between the two companies.
Would Angry Birds make you more likely to pick up a Windows 7 Mobile? Let us know.
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