We love new phones, deals, and hot new games. So when we get word on some crazy app deals in the Windows Phone Store we need to pass them onto you. If we told you a handful of Angry Birds titles were free in the Store would you believe us? You don’t need to, go check right now and you’ll see some games going for the low price of free. Specific Angry Birds games after the break.
We don’t know what to make of this. It could be a Store fluke or promotion. It was just earlier this month that Angry Birds, Angry Birds Space, and Angry Birds Star Wars were updated on Windows Phone 8. Either way, you can snag some Angry Birds for free right now. Here are the titles that are showing as free for us and a few of you tipping us:
- Angry Birds – Windows Phone Store
- Angry Birds Star Wars – Windows Phone Store
- Angry Birds Star Wars II –Windows Phone Store
- Angry Birds Rio – Windows Phone Store
Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Space are still showing up for us with prices attached. Again, we’re not sure what to make of this. There aren’t any current promotions that we’re aware of. One way or the other, go download these addictive games if you haven’t already.
Is this promotion a US only thing? We’re not sure, let us know in the comments if you’re seeing them as free and what region you’re located in. Thanks! Quick update: After posting this article we're getting reports all over the map. For example, some users in Thailand see Seasons and Space as free, but not the rest. While some users in the UK still don't see Rio listed as free. And topping it all off, some users are also seeing Amazing Alex for free. So what can we learn? Your mileage may (and will) vary.
Store links are up above next to the game name, but your QR codes are below. As always, just swipe to the right in our app to grab them.
Thanks for the tips monotheist and everyone!
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Handful of Angry Birds games are free in the Store right now
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All these free titles are back to being paid, globally! ... so i guess it was a weekend deal only :-(
I was able to get them by setting the country to Korea a few hours ago.
US Nokia Lumia 920 - Neither Star Wars game nor Rio is showing as free for me. All are $0.99
switching regions didn't work for me even after restarting my phone. ugh
Thanks for the heads up. I own two of these games already and was planning on getting the other two eventually.
When i open it for download in phone it shows try n buy option with price tag. But on the PC WP strore site shows its free.
HELP. Location India
When i open it for download in phone it shows try n buy option with price tag. But on the PC WP strore site shows its free.
HELP. Location India
Not one of these work on my device which happens to be a 7.x device. Guess it's time for an upgrade.
When i open it for download in phone it shows try n buy option with price tag. But on the PC WP strore site shows its free.
HELP. Location India
None of them is free. Yay, I love Hungary...
STAR WARS 1,2 ,ANGRY BIRDS CLASSIC & SPACE are free in India.Rio is still paid.
Nothing free right now (US). I'll consider this a blessing, though; by the time I finished the last Angry Birds game I played, I was so sick of it.
Can we still play these games with internet on on phone if we downloaded by changing region now that they have put up price for all games/apps ?
Thought I was seeing things. Just downloaded Star Wars II tho. Played the others to much over the years. Speaking of app sales this wpcentral app was only .99¢ today but I swear it was 2.99.
Back in India all those games are no longer free today :|
Splashtop Personal is still free on the philippines
It was no error,then y would it show up in spotlight apps?Was just a deal which lasted for a few hours..
It was probably an error. The spotlight section probably is semi automated. The system sees somethings getting popular (extra downloads because it was accidently put up free) and throws it into the spotlight section.
It is not free for me in Hong Kong !
It just was an error... Microsoft tried to update the Angry birds icons... now they have Xbox icons. and isnt for free
It was no error, y then would it show up in spotlight apps?Was just a deal which lasted for a few hours..
Not free now in India
Apparently both this and cut the ropes were only free for those few hours. I'm lucky to have picked all of them up... Flash sale much?!
Aww, shame that Angry Birds Seasons isn't one of the free ones. That's my favorite of all.
Free, as they should have been to begin with. Like the iOS/Android counterparts.
But now that they're free (downloaded all this morning from MURICA), they're better than the counterparts cus they give you XBL achievements. Which is why I love WP.
Angry Birds on iOS is not free. At least not all of them all the time
Couldn't agree more. Had WP HD7, now Lumia 920. LOVE me some Windows phone. I'm close to 100,000 gamerscore...thanks to the WP platform. WHO really gives 2 shits about games that aren't Xbox live enabled on windows phone, really??? (for the record, windows phone EASILY has my vote for operating system alone. FANTASTIC.)
Its those sleazy pigs again... They started this "free" rumor to stop us from killing their family.
Space and Seasons (non xbox) are free for phone 7 just not the phone 8 versions
Wow. I got lucky this morning. Got all three free and Cut the Rope! Woooo!
I bet somebody got their @ss whooped :) if you missed it, then I feel for you.... Nothing I like more than the smell of free apps in the morning!!!
Hmmm all links asking me to buy!!
None of them are free.
North America, none of the angry birds are free.
Nothing free anymore . I was lucky to download 3 Angry Birds games and the 2 Cut the Rope . So, why they stopped this ?
No longer free here in US. I bet it was a glitch/mistake.
Its done. Everything is back to full price
Fail! Not free for me now
Game isn't working. I switched to Malaysia to get Amazing Alex and it refuses to launch. I think they may be pulling the rights of those who "bought" it for free?
Anybody else able to play any of the games they got for free?
EDIT: Nevermind, a uninstall and reinstall fixed it.
Not free no more lol
I'm in the US and I don't have jack sh*t showing up for free. I guess I was too late!
I got space for 99 cents.
They are not showing up free anymore on my wp8. I'm in the US.
All the games which are free
Pencil Blade Premium(US)
Angry birds (india)
Angry birds Star wars I & II (india)
Amazing alex( Malaysia)
Angry birds Rio( United States)
Angry birds Space ( United Kingdom)
Angry Birds Seasons(Thailand, russia, czech)
Splashtop personal(India)
Insider pro(India).
Cut the rope (United states)
Cut the rope (exp) (united states)
skate dog(ind)
Where's My Mickey(US, russia, Czech)
instaweather pro(philip, india)
Insider pro (India)
Thanks, I was board with Angry birds but, for free, crap, I downloaded them all.... (changed the to the UK and Russia), only one out of the bunch I was thinking about buying (Own all the Cut the Rope ones) was Amazing Alex.....
Cool....Free achievements !!!
Seems to depend on OS here in theUK, i got angry birds, space, star wars and star wars 2 on WP8 whereas my wife on WP7 also got Rio
Just downloaded all four!!
how to change the region in wp7 phones..?? :(
I just change all the settings under Region & Language... I tried US, UK, India and Malaysia (all English) but the marketplace price didn't change / was no different from my normal Australian region. I still couldn't get AB Seasons or AB Star Wars. I could get normal AB, AB Rio, AB Space, and Amazing Alex.
In which region nextgen reader is free for download..
Who told you its free today ?
Kingsly Eleazer told to me.
haha cool btw i dont know him/her. Good for you
Just bought all of them the day before they went free. Oh well fun time killers worth the .99 each.
None is free here in Italy but you can switch the country to US and you'll get it for free!
After switching my region from Canada to United States I got to see how much more useful the search button is. You get news, movie time and a bunch of other stuff built in! Canadians only get search and Vision and the Music discovery.
I can see why I would ever switch my region back now.
Change, is good.
You just need to change the browser and search language, not the whole eco system to get the usa bing (last setting in the regional screen)
I had no idea that's all I had to do. Thanks!
I love the US Bing. There's no reason they shouldn't have it available with the language set to Canadian English as well.
I can see Angry Birds and Angry Birds Star Wars free but Angry Birds Rio, Angry Birds Space are still tagged paid... In India. How do I get Space for free?
Change your region to US and download. :)
Imagine-John Lenon
WP8 did this,it has brought all of us,here irrespective of our nations and that is awesome :)
Here in Brazil all are for free! some other paid apps are also for free!
Angry birds seasons free in saudi arabia market
Free games are great, but what I like the most is that global WP brotherhood :)
Yes this is the only OS that has got in touch so many of us on one common platform.....Let there be peace and tranquality :)
Four Angry Birds games free in Norway, four free in USA, now I have all six.
Angry Birds Seasons and Space are free in Egypt.
Canada all were free for me
Rio was not free for me in Canada.
Austria/Europe: Angry Birds Original, Seasons, Rio, Star Wars 2 free.
It also looks like space and seasons are free, in US using wp7
Indonesia: only Season & Space are paid, the rest are for free.. Cheers!
i change region to US and its free :)
The following are free in India presently:
Angry Birds Original
Angry Birds Star Wars
Angry Birds Star Wars 2
Cut the Rope
Insider Pro
Instaweather Pro
SkateDog
Splashtop Personal
I think this is a good sign!MS and Devs are promoting these games becuse in the next weeks we will probably many new games landing in the WP Store!
Now waiting if gamelooft will make asphalt series free as same apple did last week with asphalt 8 and enjoying it on my ipad.
Glad people are getting to play these awesome games. I bought them all on day one except Amazing Alex which of course isn't showing up as free for me.
Chickens Can't Fly (Amused Sloth) is free on the Philippine WP store! Spread the word!
Good, this makes up for both the lack of an Xbox game release this week AND a Red Stripe Deal I'm not really interested in.
Runtastic pro is free if you change your region to china. Its a nice fitness app.
I wish something like this happen to EA Game
+1
rio not free in India too
Please don't change the regions on your phones for free games. Microsoft has been cracking down on users who do that on Xbox recently. Only a matter of time before they check WP.
Stfu
STFU Bob
Hay Bob101910, grab yourself a donut & go sit in the corner your in timeout for the rest of the day.
Woot, I knew waiting on getting thewse was a good idea. I was pissed how I had to pay again after buying these on WP7, but holding out worked in my favor. Hurrah! Thanks Sam!
Nice ;D
Amazing Alex,Angry Birds Star Wars I,Angry Birds Rio,Angry Birds Seasons is FREE in Hong Kong region.
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-hk/store/search?q=rovio
Cut the Rope Experiments is also FREE too.
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-hk/store/app/cut-the-rope-exp/d9f1608e-138a-4278-802f-25e32e44c068
Angry birds star wars 1 and 2, space, season is FREE in Toronto!! Sweet!
Yahoo... Thanks for the tip
GUYS! Where's My Mickey (Disney) is free in the US region! :D Check it out if you dont have it yet. :D
No WP7 download....sad
You can actually download them for WP7.. just search on google from your phone the names of the games + wp7 and youll get the links :D thats what Ive done, the only ones I didnt get are Cut the rope and Skate Dog
Angry Birds Rio is not free for me.
Just chance to México region for some Rovio titles free then switch to United States region for others titles free
Only ryo and star wars free here (Mexico).
All showing for free for me. USA.
Located in Canada and Rio isn't free but the others are.
Star wars and star wars II are not showing as free. Rio and Seasons do. Romania/Eastern Europe.
Ive changed the region to both India and Malaysia, but no Cut the Rope or Exp. free, why..?
It'd be nice if they didn't title them all just Angry Birds.
Amazing Alex free too!
Only SW2 free for me in Croatia! Thanks anyway! :)
Free in Argentina. Only the birds saga, though
So im in Ottawa, Canada and the apps i get for free are:
angry birds seasons
angry birds space
angry birds star wars
im totally grateful but i don't get the original or rio
Only one free here, star wars,Norway
Thanks wpcentral and all commenters.
All free in Malaysia!!! Ain't complaining at all
Angry Birds and Angry Birds Star Wars 2 are actually being spotlighted in the games store so I doubt that its a mistake.
Rio, seasons are not free rest is free in India...
UNFREAKINGBELIEVABLE!!! I just found out that i can`t buy any app for my windows phone (Lumia 920) because i don`t have a credit card, in Portugal!! Are you freaking kidding me??? I can have the free ones but can`t buy any app, not even with my paypal account wich has money in it, cause i don`t use credit cards. I AM AN IDIOT!!
Yup, it sucks big time. I could use MBnet (virtual credit card) for a few months, but M$ changed something and the only possible payment type became credit card. I hope carriers implement paying through your phone bill soon...
Can you buy a Visa gift card?
I was able to get Cut The Rope Exp. Free but not Cut The Rope (US)
Pocket file manager free in USA.
In us store it is showing free but in indian store it is not free..
When I click on the link on each game it says that they are not available for my phone im on Samsung focus on 7.8 but when I browse the store directly I was able to get seasons and another one for free
I hurried and downloaded some!
Went through all the comments and here is what is available today using the different regions (USA / India / Czech Republic)
AB Original
AB Rio
AB Space
AB SW
AB SW2
AB Seasons
Amazing Alex
Cut the Rope
Cut the Rope Exp
Insider Pro
Instaweather Pro
Pencil Blade Premium
SkateDog
Splashtop Personal
Wheres my mickey
Thank you all for the information! jejeje
Thanks a lot for the summary. Especially for Insider Pro.
.... just wondering if there would be any legal issues/harm for downloading by changing the region? Don't know why Sam Sobri is silent about this.
No there's no problem. All markets are controlled by Microsoft. You can download the free apps from anywhere. You just can't buy apps outside your region.
:)
Where's my Mickey free in Czech Republic
PORTUGAL: STAR WARS II and SPACE are FREE!
Amazing Alex and Instaweather Pro are free too ;)
I just installed them for the heck of it. They're all kinda boring except Angry birds space. Just decided to fork over a 99 cent bill for that one.
In Nigeria, space and seasons free on wp7.8
Space and star wars free on wp8
Nope in India we had to pay for cut the rope
Space and Seasons also free here in Brazil :)
I got all 6 Angry Birds games for free just by switching between Canada and US
Was cut the roap for free before??? GER
Thanks for the tip. Just got 4 free good games.
Skate dog ,insider pro also free in India
Angry birds space and star wars are free, other two are still paid versions
Is that happening for just me!!
Well, that's great. Because we, in Iran, currently doesn't have any way to buy apps. I really hope this changes in the future, when Microsoft launches those gift cards in neighbour countries, we'll have them by third parties.
By the way, My region is already set to US (WP store doesn't support my country) and Cut the rope exp, Where's my Mickey and Angry Birds StarWars2/StarWars/Rio/Original are free.
Change d region and download games...choose usa and Mexico regions
change your region
Where's my mickey is FREE in the usa store !!
also go to paid apps/games in your store(india,uk etc..) and see what games are free (that usually cost)
Nice tip! Thx!
Even seasons in usa...i am from India..just changed d region and downloaded all labels of rovio for free..
For those who dont want to play now, do what I do....download it, and delete it, that way you can download it for free, at a later time when you want to play.
For angry birds space and amazing Alex choose Mexico region and angry birds star wars 1,2,rio choose usa region..and enjy free games
From Turkey, Angry Birds Classic and Star Wars 2 are for free to download and play but all others free to try just.
Rio is not free in India
change ur region...and u can get all 6 angry birds for free like i did :)
DLing spree....
Angry Birds, AB Season, & AB Space free on WP7 in US (AT&T)
Only first two are free normal and old star wars.
Egypt
Plants vs. Zombies i want it free:(
None of them is free here at Finland :(
And it shouldnt be, montly average wage being there 2321 €.
A MONTH? That's actually incredibly low in the western world - it's the equivalent of US$3,200 / month or US$38,400 / year. That's only fine for someone who has only just graduated and doesn't have any experience yet...
In Portugal only got space for free. Them I changed region to US and got star wars 1 and 2, rio and the original (though space went to 0.99 again :P). This is great, as I had bought some if these in WP7.8 and had to pay for them in WP8...
I'm in Portugal and, for WP8, Star Wars 2 is also free, as well as Amazing Alex.
Cool :D
instaweather pro, is FREE too in Portugal
The only free one that i was able to get in Portugal was the Star Wars with the Darth Vader helmet on the tile. Oh well...
Try again. Space and Amazing Alex are also free.
Not free in Bulgaria
Just had a tour all over the world on my Lumia 920 from India. Got all Rovio apps free and a few others like Cut The Rope among others
Thanks! Free games woot :)
Deutschland:
Angry Birds
Angry Birds Rio
Free in UK
Hi
Well this is excellent news. I really can't afford to pay for games, and I hate pirating with everything in me, so I jumped at the chance. Here in South Africa, the 4 you mentioned are free, and also Amazing Alex. Space and Seasons are not, however. But, I'm downloading and manually installing with my PC, so maybe I can get those via another country's store... Really going to enjoy these, because so far, the most exciting game on my Lumia 520 is Shuffleboard, and you can figure out the rest for yourselves. Thanks for the tip! This is why I keep my eyes glued to your Twitter account, haha.
Starting to feel a bit guilty now... Just added Cut the Rope, Cut The Rope exp. and Insider Pro to the list. Thanks everyone who commented here with app and game titles that are free!
I already bought all of them :(
Pencil Blade Premium is free in US.
None of the apps are free here in Singapore, except for the original Angry Birds, which has always been free as far as I can remember. The others still running at S$1.59 each.
Amazing, downloaded the star wars 2 and Rio:)
Angry birds space is free in uk :)
Love me some freebies. Thanks for the news. In US was able to grab the 4 ABs mentioned in article, CTR Exp, and Insider Pro.
Thank you very much for the tip
Uk, all free apart from Río :)
Rio and seasons not free in UK
Angry birds space is free in the UK
Use 3 regions in store: uk, spain, lithuania and you will get 6 angry birds games 4 free.
Why only Rio seasons and amazing Alex are free for me?
Free for me also
India
Nothing free in Finland as usually
Space and Amazing Alex free in China and Season free in HK
Both starwars showing free with my US account
Only the two star wars are showing as free in Toronto
Cut the rope exp. Not free in India
Change the country/region to Spain..u'll be happy
Thank you....I got all AB,cut the rope and Amazing alex for free
Please give Asphalt 7 and upcoming asphalt 8 for free microsoft .
You should ask Gameloft, not Microsoft. They should since on iOS Asphalt 8 went free a few times. I personally would be happy if they made it 0.99€
I got angry birds space and angry birds star wars for free.. Rest are all paid.
In the UK:
Angry Birds Star Wars -Free
Angry Birds Star Wars II - Free
Angry Birds Classic - Free
Angry Birds Space - Free
Angry Birds Rio - £0.79
Angry Birds Seasons - £0.79
I had already paid for the non xbox versions of angry bird games. Then, i bought windows phone 8 and they asked me to re-buy and i decided against it. Looks like Rovio wants to make up for that guffaw
You should contact Microsoft for a refund. I did and they gave me back my money for all games ;)
It is a dollar after all. I do value and respect money. Still i think MS can keep my one dollar :) they have given so many free games, so its cool. It all comes back like todays free games.
It looks like a Nokia promotion, as they appear in the Nokia Collection too. To easily see what's free in your region, simply head for the Nokia Collection in the store. Then, as has been said many times already, change to a different region that has been tipped as having other free titles and restart the phone. Repeat as necessary.
i dont think so in india out of all those apps only angry birds star wars I & II are in nokia collection
InstaWeather Pro free in India..
AB space, star wars 1&2, and Rio free (Malaysia)
Instaweather Pro free in the Philippines.
its free in india too
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