Dangerous Piggies 2, the sequel to the Rovio’s Indignant Birds spin-off, is obtainable in a handful of European international locations on iOS forward of a wider launch, and an Android model.
The announcement was made through the Dangerous Piggies 2 Fb web page and signifies the title will first be launched in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands and Poland, with many of those being round Rovio’s own residence of Finland.
The Dangerous Piggies franchise concentrates on the titular antagonists of Rovio’s flagship Indignant Birds franchise, with the physics-based destruction changed by the development of elaborate autos to propel the characters to the tip of the extent.
In a chat on the creation of the title, then head of studio Jaakko Haapasalo spoke in regards to the preliminary idea. “At Rovio, we take into consideration video games as leisure and about characters, so in 2011, we thought, ‘What if the piggies had their very own recreation?’ Pigs wish to construct issues and so they like eggs. The preliminary idea was quite simple.”
Even badder piggies
Whereas Indignant Birds has propelled forwards as a franchise, most famously with its personal movie sequence, Dangerous Piggies has had just one entry earlier than this sequel. Launched again in 2012 it acquired a comparatively optimistic response from reviewers, together with our sister website PocketGamer.com, however has not warranted as a lot consideration because the mainline franchise.
Given the distinction to its dad or mum franchise this could come as no shock. The title additionally marked a serious shift in not simply character but additionally improvement practices, with the sport turning into identified for its use of the Unity engine fairly than the in-house instruments Rovio has change into well-known for.
With all this being mentioned, the discharge of Dangerous Piggies 2, even in a restricted variety of international locations, signifies Rovio remains to be intent on pushing the boat out little by little, maybe buoyed and assured after the announcement of their acquisition by Sega, Rovio is now forging forward with initiatives beforehand on the backburner. Both method even ten years down the road plainly pigs nonetheless cannot fly, however they will drive.
