Following the successful release of Angry Birds Space, Rovio has announced that its iconic avians and their green pig arch-nemeses will be starring in a 52-episode cartoon series that will be available on "all possible platforms."

"Angry Birds is not just about the game-play," said Rovio's head of animation, Nick Dorra, "It will, in the future, be less and less about the slingshot and more about the characters and their adventures and all different kinds of games in different forms."

Meanwhile, Rovio reports that the Angry Birds movie won't be out until at least 2015.

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Rovio and T-Mobile celebrated the launch of Angry Birds Space by dangling a 35-foot version of the red bird from a 300-foot slingshot attached to the top of Seattle's Space Needle.

Fans of the game were invited to an event at the top of the famous landmark, and offered free cupcakes and a chance to play the freshly-launched new installment in the Angry Birds series.

The stunt will be followed by launch of official Angry Birds Space merchandise next week, and a "Golden Eggsteroids" promo contest in conjunction with Walmart and T-Mobile that will allow players to unlock hidden levels in the new game.

Angry Birds Space was released Thursday for iOS, Android, Mac and PC.

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After conquering basically the entire earth, Rovio's Angry Birds is now headed to space.

The company has just announced Angry Birds Space with a real-life demo from NASA astronaut Don Pettit, currently aboard the International Space Station.

Pettit says the game will take the battle between birds and pigs to a weightless environment with gravity fields from planetary bodies.

Angry Birds Space launches March 22nd.

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