Rovio Adds 35 New Levels To Angry Birds Space Through Cosmic Crystals Update

The bird-flinging and pig-popping fun continues in outer space with a newly released update to Angry Birds Space. This time, the Space Birds find themselves in a strange part of the galaxy thanks to Angry Birds Space's Cosmic Crystals update. With this update, you're set to encounter exploding crystal planets, greedy treasure-hunting piggies, and — brace yourself — a crazy mutant Space Pig. Angry Birds Space's new Cosmic Crystals update features the following:

NEW LEVELS! 35 brand new levels, including a Space Eagle level and a big boss fight with a fearsome mutant Space Pig!

NEW BREAKABLE PLANETS! Welcome to Cosmic Crystals with fragile planets that shatter and explode on impact!

NEW RICHES TO DISCOVER! Sparkling mineral-rich planets filled with precious jewels and greedy Space Pigs!

If you can't see the video embedded above, please click here. Angry Birds Space for iPhone and Angry Birds Space HD for iPad are available in the App Store for $0.99 and $2.99, respectively. This new update to Angry Birds Space is part of Rovio's week-long countdown to the launch of Angry Birds Star Wars II, which is set for Sept. 19. The countdown commenced yesterday with the arrival of a new update to Angry Birds Star Wars.

The countdown to #AngryBirdsStarWars2 begins tomorrow! Here's what we have planned: pic.twitter.com/5XheW9rr1i
— Angry Birds (@AngryBirds) September 11, 2013