The Daily Launches Angry Birds Space Guide App

NEW YORK, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Daily launched its free Angry Birds Space Guide App today, offering fans of the popular game an exclusive first look at Angry Birds Space. Available on the iPhone and iPad, the Guide includes inside scoops on the characters and gameplay, exclusive photos and features, and takes consumers behind-the-scenes of Angry Birds Space game. The Daily's Angry Birds Space Guide App will also be available for Android users on March 21. Angry Birds Space will make its debut on iOS, Android, PC and Mac on March 22.

Rovio Entertainment, the entertainment media company and creator of Angry Birds, worked exclusively with The Daily to provide content for the custom-designed pages of the Angry Birds Space Guide App, which offers interactive features, including:

• Insider information on the new features in the game
• An introduction to the new bird characters
• Behind the scenes with the developers in Helsinki
• Video of the lead artist drawing the new characters – and teaching The Daily how to do it
• Educational information about space and links to cool space apps
• Information on space tourism at work
• 360 degree photo of the Milky Way

"This is the ultimate guide to Angry Birds Space," says Ville Heijari, VP of Franchise Development at Rovio Entertainment. "If you're an Angry Birds fan looking to understand the ins and outs of the new game, or just looking for an amazing multimedia experience around space and Angry Birds Space, you're going to love it."

"None of us really knew what we were getting into when we traveled 4,000 miles and seven time zones to do this story. But after fighting jet lag, subzero temperatures, and some fierce deadlines I think we've created something wholly unique," says Daniel Dumas, Deputy Technology Editor who was among the team from The Daily to travel to Helsinki to develop the Guide. "The Daily's Angry Birds Space Guide is chock full of exclusive content about the game you won't find anywhere else. It also takes readers on a wild tour of the cosmos — everything from its deepest mysteries to the people who explore it — and makes this special edition truly amazing." 

The Angry Birds Space Guide is free in the App Store: iPad link and iPhone link

This is the fifth custom publication offered by The Daily since its February 2011 launch. Others include: The Official Super Bowl Commemorative App with the NFL, The Daily's Pro-Football Guide, The Gift and Gadget Guide, The College Bowl Guide 2011-12, and The Elizabeth Taylor Tribute Magazine.

About The Daily
The Daily is a first-of-its-kind daily national news publication built exclusively as an application for tablet computing and emerging digital platforms. It provides readers the engaging experience of a magazine combined with the immediacy of the web and the need-to-know content of a newspaper, all while elevating user experience beyond the printed word. The Daily is a subscription-based news product, published 365 days a year, at the cost of $0.99 cents a week (iPad); $3.99 a month (Android); or $39.99 a year. For more information visit, www.thedaily.com, and The Daily on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/dailysocial/.

About Rovio Entertainment
Rovio is an industry-changing entertainment media company based in Finland, and the creator of the globally successful Angry Birds franchise. Angry Birds, a casual puzzle game, became an international phenomenon within a year of release, and is now the number one paid app of all time. Following this success in mobile gaming, Angry Birds has expanded rapidly in entertainment, publishing, and licensing to become a beloved international brand.  For more information, visit www.rovio.com.

SOURCE The Daily