Nokia will be debuting Angry Birds’ Mighty Eagle level clearer before rival Google’s Android will get its hands on it, RCR discovered on Monday.
The news was leaked at an exclusive Mobile Monday meet-up in Singapore just ahead of the Communicasia conference, which kicks off on Tuesday.
Mighty Eagle – an in-app purchase which clears difficult levels for users of the furious fowl game – has been available on iOS for a while now, with the promise of an Android version always just on the horizon. But Nokia appears to have somehow pipped the Googlers to the post, tempting the eagle over to its side.
Whether this has anything to do with the close ties between Angry Birds developers Rovio – a Finnish company – and Nokia – also a Finnish company – is anyone’s guess, but it certainly is a coup de grace for the embattled phone maker.
“It almost makes you wonder how much money had to change hands for that to happen,” remarked one MoMo goer.
Money exchange or no, it remains to be seen whether having Mighty Eagle available on Nokia’s platform will prove a draw for any potential customers. After all, we are talking about a virtual eagle in a game of birds slingshoting themselves at pigs. Then again….
