Angry Birds Hits the Web for Free, Yippee!

From PC World: Good news, Angry Birds fans: Rovio's addictive time-wasting exercise in pork pummeling is now available in the Chrome Web Store. Users of Google's Chrome browser can download a prerelease version of Angry Birds, according to the developer's blog.

"This is only a beta release of the game, and so far we have 63 levels of the original game available, with an additional 7 special Chrome levels! We are working on bringing more levels to Chrome, and planning on making the Mighty Eagle available as an in-app purchase option," wrote the "Angry Birds Team" in a Monday post.

Not a Chrome user? No problem. Just go to http://chrome.angrybirds.com/ and start playing the Web version. I tried it with Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4.0, and Angry Birds ran fine. This is beta code, however, and some commenters on Rovio's blog have reported a few glitches so far, particularly with level 1-20.

Naturally, playing Angry Birds on a conventional PC means no touchscreen: You won't slide your finger across the display to slingshot the feathered revenge-seekers toward their porcine enemies. A mouse or touchpad works just as well, however.

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