Angry Birds Valentine's Edition images leak, can't contain the cute

Angry Birds Cloud Ship
We all knew that a Valentine's Day Edition of Angry Birds was in transit, but this is our first glimpse at what the game will look like, thanks to All Things Digital. It won't take longer than a few seconds to notice the hefty amount of cute that Rovio has packed into the version of the game. ATD predicts this version will launch next week in the Apple App Store and Android Marketplace as an update to the Angry Birds Seasons game that's out right now.

Angry Birds Valentines home page
The gameplay will likely remain unchanged, so what we're dealing with is essentially a palette swap. However, some new winged pig enemies seem to make an appearance as well as some new shapes to deal with like glass hearts and cloud tree houses. There are also new items to collect, heart-shaped candies, in replace of golden eggs.

Fans might soon begin to complain that not much has changed in three versions of the game (and one on the way). And they're absolutely right. But isn't it the bite-sized, challenging and engaging gameplay along with adorably angry avian noises that we've come to love? Rovio called, it says thank you in advance for the $.99.

Cloud Treehouse

Heart Glass

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Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day coverage right here.

Rovio's Angry Birds become authors with a ... cookbook about eggs?

Hey man, you write what you know. Rovio announced recently that it will publish its first Angry Birds book: a family cookbook filled with recipes that include eggs. According to paidContent, Rovio is self-publishing the book in print and as an app in the coming weeks. Peter Vesterbacka, Rovio's Mighty Eagle and head of marketing, said at the Open Mobile Summit in London that the company has had talks with Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Noble to distribute the book.

Rovio has gone absolutely bonkers over turning Angry Birds into the next Mickey Mouse with clothing, board games, stuffed animals, a possible film and a TV show. And most of that is because, well, the video games aren't making as much money as we think they might be, according to paidContent. (Though I find this hard to believe.)

Because mobile advertising is hard to sell, Vesterbacka reiterated at the summit that Rovio is not just a video game developer, but an entertainment company. So, expect plenty more from where the Angry Birds board game came from. But you have to wonder, shouldn't the cookbook revolve around pork and not their offspring?

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Do you plan on picking up the Angry Birds cookbook? How do you feel about the Angry Birds merchandise explosion?