Windows Phone 7 Angry Birds snafu: Microsoft messed up

It’s Windows Phone 7 day but over the weekend Microsoft made a pretty big boo-boo. An image suggesting Angry Birds was set for a Windows Phone 7 debut popped up on a Microsoft site but Rovio, the folk behind the title, haven’t made any commitment to the OS…yet. Cue red faces at Microsoft and angry denials from Rovio…

Microsoft has issued a statement, apologising for roping Angry Birds into the Windows Phone 7 promotional whirl. It says: “It appears information was mistakenly posted to Microsoft’s website and has been removed.” The offending image has now vanished from view but not before it caused some confusion and irritation.

Angry Birds developers Rovio kicked out an angry response: “We don’t like other users our [intellectual property] without asking.” A smash hit on iPhone, Android, webOS and some Nokia handsets, Angry Birds is exactly the type of game Windows Phone 7 needs. Microsoft won’t be happy to have made Rovio as angry as its birds.

Let us know: what Windows Phone 7 games would keep you happy? Is Angry Birds vital and what other titles are you hoping make the leap to the Microsoft OS?

Out TBC | £TBC | Microsoft (via Techflash)  

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