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8M Angry Birds Flock During Christmas

By TechTaffy Desk

angry_birds_christmas[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Rovio had 30 million downloads of their Angry Birds games during Christmas week (December 22-29) and, on Christmas Day, over 8 million downloads in 24 hours alone, says the company.

2012 has been an interesting year for Angry Birds, Rovio released four mobile games, developed two Facebook games, and reached more than a billion downloads.

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