Angry Birds Space debuted this week amid some unusual marketing efforts.
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Angry Birds Space is the latest entry in the Angry Birds series, which has been downloaded more than 700 million times and is among the most popular mobile game franchises in history.
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The good news is that the gameplay of Angry Birds Space is a surprisingly fresh spin on the standard bird-flinging action.
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