Angry Birds Epic

 Angry Birds Epic is a free-to-play turn-based  role-playing video game that is set to be released in 2014. Like Angry Birds Go! and Bad Piggies, the gameplay isn't like the original Angry Birds game. Instead, you will help the birds to defeat the pigs not by launching them, but by controlling them.

Facebook announced that the game will soft launch in Canada, Australia and New Zealand later this week. It was released on March 17, 2014 in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and will be released worldwide a little later this year.

Gameplay
The gameplay of Angry Birds Epic is not as of the original Angry Birds Game - instead of flinging them, you get to control them. But like all the other Angry Birds Games, Rovio still maintained the mechanics' simplicity. To attack, simply swipe from a Bird whose turn is not yet used to a Pig when it is your turn. Tap a bird to use its secondary skill on itself (mostly protection), or swipe a bird (turn yet not used on your turn) to a bird to use its secondary skill on the other bird. During a battle, a Chili Pepper - called the Rage Chili - below will slowly fill whenever someone (bird or pig) is attacked or damaged. When filled, can be swiped to a bird whose turn is not used yet or does not have the effect that prevents them from using it to launch its special attack. Primary and secondary skills will change when the player swaps a bird's class. Majorly, changing class increases the number of birds that can be affected by a secondary skill.

The three-star system is still present, but the game will not present the score of the player during battle. Rovio made three-starring levels more important because the number of stars will also represent the number of crafting and brewing ingredients to be given to the player via the "wheel of fortune". After retrieving the anvil and buying the cauldron, players can use the earned ingredients to craft better swords, shields, and potions, but can only craft them when they earn a blueprint of it, from treasure chests, buy it via in-game currency (mainly Snoutlings) and resource givers. When a player crafts an item, a dice will roll and determine how much damage, health or quantity will be added when the player uses it, but getting a three-star item adds the number of health, attack, or quantity it's description promised. Hats, the items that change/determine a Bird's class, do not have to be crafted.

The game features three kinds of currency:
 * Snoutlings, a common type of currency, are used to buy blueprints, classes and crafting materials. These can be earned by defeating pigs, opening Treasure Chests, damaging Wealthy Rogues and Golden Pigs, damaging enemies with Piggy Mc'Cool and finishing daily dungeons. Sometimes the player gets a few Snoutlings as a consolation prize if he/she loses a battle.
 * Lucky Coins, however, are more rare and used to buy certain classes, spin the Golden Pig Machine, hire the Mighty Eagle, buy permanent upgrades and emergency consumables in battle. They can be earned by defeating the Daily Golden Pig, leveling up or purchased with real money.
 * The Essence of Friendship is more different. It can only be earned by asking Friends (like the friendship gate) and used to reroll the Wheel of Fortune and the crafting dice.

Plot
King Pig hires Wiz Pig (Chef Pig) and Prince Porky (Freckled Pig) to steal the eggs, and so they go on a journey with a small Pig army to get the eggs. The Pigs locate the eggs along  with Red (who was making soup) and Chuck (who was sleeping). The Pigs ambush Red and Chuck and as a result Wiz Pig succeeds in stealing the eggs and Prince Porky along with his Pig army manage to birdnap Chuck while they leave Red behind. Wiz Pig places one of the 5 eggs on a castle. Red journeys through Piggy Island to rescue Chuck, save the eggs (one egg at a time), save Matilda's garden, befriend Professor Pig, help Bomb defeat the pirate pigs who are attempting to take charge of his ship and save the Blues from the pirate pigs. After a few epic adventures, Red and his team (Chuck, Matilda, Bomb and the Blues) save 4 eggs. The fifth - and final - egg is held in King Pig's castle. The Birds reach and enter King Pig's castle. They defeat King Pig and Prince Porky, but Wiz Pig manages to escape with the egg. He also steals King Pig's crown. King Pig starts crying while the Birds and Prince Porky get angry. Wiz Pig creates his own castle on the top of a mountain and he settles there. 5 other wizard pigs appear and create a protection shield around Wiz Pig's castle. The Birds battle their way to Wiz Pig's castle defeating one wizard pig at a time. The shield goes down and the Birds enter the castle. After a small battle, Wiz Pig transforms into his ultimate form - Demonic Wiz Pig. Luckily, Prince Porky joins the Birds in the epic battle and together they defeat Wiz Pig. Victory - the Birds get the final egg back while Prince Porky gets King Pig's crown back and gives it back to King Pig.

Settings
The game is notably set on Piggy Island, and there are many sections of Piggy Island whee the levels are put.
 * South Beach
 * Cornucopia Woods
 * Cobalt Plateaus
 * Cobalt Pig Castle
 * White's Garden
 * Golden Fields
 * Puzzle Bridge
 * Beard Forest
 * Limestone Lagoon
 * The White Whale
 * Maelstrom
 * Southern Sea
 * Shipwreck Reef
 * Desert Island
 * Desert Pig Castle
 * Pirate Coast
 * Porktuga
 * Slingshot Woods
 * Great Cliffs
 * Star Reef
 * Ghost Ship
 * Star Reef Castle
 * Banjo Bayou
 * Floating House
 * Bamboo Forest
 * Volcano Cliff
 * Volcano Island
 * Canyon Land
 * Winter Wonderland
 * Snowy Peak
 * Mountain Pig Castle
 * Islands in the Sky
 * Pumpkin Plateau
 * Mighty Eagle's Dojo
 * Trick or Treat Castle
 * Square Forest
 * Red Giant Valley
 * Eastern Sea
 * Sunken Pyramid
 * Moorlands
 * Lake Land
 * Bottomless Cave
 * Old Nesting Barrows
 * Northern Sea
 * Pig City
 * King Pig's Castle
 * Hog Head Mountain
 * Mouth Pool
 * Magic Shield
 * Wiz Pig's Castle
 * Chronicle Cave
 * Burning Plains
 * Rain Plateau
 * Misty Hollow
 * Cure Cavern
 * Shaking Cavern

Characters
See Epic Characters

Trivia

 * Like Angry Birds GO!, Angry Birds Epic shows the characters' old toons design.
 * Except for Corporal Pig, who appears on his old Toons design.
 * This is currently the only game where the birds do not primarily use the Slingshot
 * This is also currently the only game where the Mighty Eagle is shown not silhouetted.
 * This is also currently the only game that shows 5 eggs, instead of the normal 3.
 * After determining the stars the player gets on a level, above the wheel says "Roll for Loot!", even though the wheel will determine the prize, not the die.
 * This game currently is the only game where Zero Stars are possible, but is only for the items, not the level.
 * The Birds laugh if Pigs use feathered swords to attack them.
 * All the Characters that appears on the map (except for the Royal Gaurd) are just dressed in costumes.
 * Prince Porky is the role of Freckles.
 * Wiz Pig is the role of Chef Pig.
 * Pilot Pigs (Hot Air Balloon, Airship, and Submarine) are the roles of Foreman Pig.
 * However, Professor Pig and King Pig are not in costumes.
 * Even though officially named "Matilda", the game states that her name is "White" (except when unlocking her)
 * This is the First game and currently the only game with Three types of currency: Snoutlings, Lucky Coins, and Essence of Friendship.
 * This is the second game where a player must have an active internet connection to play the Main Levels, the First being Angry Birds Friends (mobile).
 * There are gates scattered in the game unlockable by collected keys (colored Pig Gates) and inviting friends (Friendship gates) that when opened, unlocks level, but are not required to be opened to finish the game.
 * The game may say that there's an end in Chronicler cave, but there won't be because Rovio is constantly adding new levels to it.
 * The pig who sells the snoutlings, resources, potions, etc... is the pig from the Toons episode True Blue?.
 * A part of the end of the story in Angry Birds Epic is inspired from the Episode "Trojan Egg", where Chef Pig tries to take the throne.
 * The Whirlpool Level is incorrectly named in it's Softlaunch Version.