Angry Birds Action!

Angry Birds Action!
An early app icon for the game
Developer(s)	Tag Games Rovio Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Rovio Entertainment
Series	Angry Birds
Platform(s)	iOS, Android
Release	April 28, 2016
Genre(s)	Pinball
Mode(s)	Single player

Angry Birds Action! is a 2016 pinball video game developed by Tag Games and published by Rovio Entertainment as the thirteenth game in the Angry Birds series, and the first to have the birds appear like their counterparts in The Angry Birds Movie. It was soft-launched in New Zealand on February 16, 2016 and was released for iOS and Android worldwide on April 28, 2016. It uses the basic mechanics of pinball with the various Angry Birds acting as the pinball. It is free-to-play with optional purchases for in-game currency.

Instead of using a slingshot like in the original Angry Birds, the birds dash through an area in a top down perspective and ricochet like pinballs. Most levels have pinball-style bumpers and sometimes there are hazards such as TNT crates, rocks, blocks of ice or strong winds. Each Angry Bird has a different ability, such as Bomb's ability to blast obstacles near him and Chuck's speed boost, which allows him to fly against powerful fans. Players have a limited number of birds to use for completing each level, and each bird has enough stamina to be launched up to three times, based on their starting or previous position. The game uses an energy system that, after completing a level or failing to finish a level a few times, either makes the player wait to continue playing or use in-game currency, called gems, to continue playing. Also, in contrast to the sizable variety of playable characters available in previous games, only four are playable in this title, which is Red, Bomb, Chuck or Terrence, the four students in Matilda's anger management class in the film adaptation.

A player can use power-ups to have a better shot at beating a level, such as a beach ball that allows birds to travel farther with each bounce. Power-ups can be collected by either buying them with gems or winning them by opening wooden chests. Up to 3 chests can be opened after beating a level, depending on how many stars were earned on that level (although more chests can also be purchased with gems), and on occasion, an additional chest can be opened after a certain amount of coins are collected.