Entertainment | Angry Birds Angry Birds Head Off Into Outer Space Rovio's app sequel will launch March 22 By Dustin Lushing Posted Feb 17, 2012 3:26 PM CST Copied This undated image released by Rovio shows a poster of the company's Angry Birds app. (AP Photo/Rovio) The Angry Birds are lifting off into outer space. The upcoming sequel of the blockbuster app franchise—which has logged more than 500 million downloads—will see the belligerent feathered creatures exploring the vast realm beyond planet Earth. Angry Birds Space will launch March 22, reports USA Today's Game Hunters blog. Game studio Rovio says that Angry Birds Space is a "completely new game with innovative new gameplay, but with some of the familiar Angry Birds elements that fans already know and love." The original version involves flinging the birds at pigs, so it remains to be seen how space's lack of gravity will affect things, writes Brett Molina. Read These Next Musk says his new party is in business. A Texas man's disappearance is fodder for true-crime mania. Kerr County considered a flood warning system years ago. Cancer claims the life of an MLB champ at 44. Report an error