''Angry Birds Blast'' is a

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, developed by

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and published by

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in 2016 as a

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from the ''

Angry Birds ''Angry Birds'' is a Finnish action-based media franchise created by Rovio Entertainment. The game series focuses on the eponymous flock of angry birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs. Inspired by the game ''Crush the Castle ...

'' franchise.

Gameplay

Similar to other tile-matching games, balloons are cleared from the gameplay field in groups of at least two, adjoining in the same color. The game is divided into levels with specific goals, such as popping specific bird-shaped balloons, pigs, clearing bubbles from the field, or clearing the path for a hot air balloon to reach the top of the field. Similarly to the main franchise, the board may also contain wood and glass panels as obstacles. Power-ups can be earned for clearing larger groups of balloons, such as a column- or row-clearing rocket (5), a bomb (7), or a laser which removes all balloons of a single colour (9 or more). Boosters, including attacks and additional moves, can be purchased using silver coins earned whilst playing, or with gold coins, which are purchased via

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Reception

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'' felt that ''Angry Birds Blast'' was a "decent game" that "thankfully offers a better attempt at adapting the mobile brand for a color-matching puzzle approach" than other spin-off entries in the ''Angry Birds'' franchise, but that the game itself was "uninspiring" due to its similar format to other freemium mobile puzzle games, such as ''

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'' among others. ''Phone Arena'' felt that the game was enjoyable and noted that the game was tricky even when

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s were used, but that it was merely a "generic balloon popping game" with ''Angry Birds'' theming.

Follow-up games

''Blast!'' later spawned a sequel, '' Angry Birds Blast Island'', that was developed by MYBO Games and soft-launched in select countries in 2018. While the sequel has yet to receive a global release date, a spin-off, ''

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'', was released in November that year, featuring younger versions of Red, Chuck and Bomb, as they would appear in the world of ''

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''. ''Dream'' features gameplay different from its predecessors by utilizing ball physics.

References

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