Have a merry popping Christmas with Rovio's Angry Birds Pop bubble shooter

Angry Birds Seasons isn’t the only Angry Birds game that has been updated by Rovio with an Advent calendar episode. As it turns out, Angry Birds Pop has also gained special content for the holiday season.

Pop bubbles and piggies

Originally called Angry Birds Stella Pop, Angry Birds Pop is the second installment in Rovio’s Angry Birds Stella spinoff series, While its direct predecessor, Angry Birds Slingshot Stella, has you slinging birds to pop piggies in typical Angry Birds fashion, Angry Birds Pop has you flinging bubbles à la King’s Bubble Witch Saga to match and burst bubbles and consequently save critters and pop piggies.

If you like bubble shooters in general and the Angry Birds franchise in particular, then Angry Birds Pop is for you.

Check out the game’s official gameplay trailer:

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Play holiday-themed levels

This holiday season, Angry Birds Pop is giving you more reasons to keep playing the game — at least 40 reasons, in fact.

With its latest update, the game has gained not one, but two new areas, meaning it has gained not just 20, but 40 new levels. What’s more, these new levels make for appropriate diversions this season.

“Everyone is getting all festive and dressed up for the holidays,” Rovio notes. “The pigs are almost too adorable to drop, but try to see past their cute costumes.”

The new update to Angry Birds Pop also features Terence’s Advent calendar, inviting you to complete new challenges every day to earn rewards, and a new paint flower with which you can “deck the level with tons of Color Pops.”