Surprise, surprise: Angry Birds 2 won't be headed to Windows Phone.

As an on-off Windows Phone user of many years now, I can empathise with those who feel aggrieved about the lack of apps. It took an age for Instagram to hit the WP store despite the top-notch shooters of many Lumia handsets, and to this day, the much-vaunted, billion-dollar Snapchat service remains conspicuous by its absence on Windows handsets. Angry Birds was one of the early App Store's true winners, turning its Finnish creator Rovio into a giant of the mobile app world. But after arriving on the iPhone in 2009, it took until 2011 for it to drop for Windows Phone. If you though things might be different this time around with the impending Angry Birds 2, then prepare to have your dreams obliterated. 

As per a member of Rovio's support team, not only does the company not intend to release the game for Windows Phone right now, but by the tone of the response to an enquiry on the matter, it could be years away if at all. 

Rovio Support Team member Pekka notes:

Unfortunately, Angry Birds 2 will not be released for Windows Phones. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and hope that you have a chance to play the game on one of the supported platforms, such as Android or iOS!

Reading between the lines, it seems that Rovio won't be indulging, although things could certainly change if the game does well and Windows' mobile ecosystem gathers steam

The spiritual successor to Angry Birds -- a title that requires no introduction -- drops on July 30th for iOS and Android.

Angry Birds 2

Most popular game's sequence is on its way ;)

Nearly six years after the original game that has been downloaded, wait for it, more than 2 billion times, will come the second part of the Angry Birds franchise, dubbed simply Angry Birds 2. For now, the contents of the game are just a teaser that Rovio issued, announcing that the sequel will be announced on July 28th.

"Bigger, badder, birdier" is the game's motto for now, at least until Rovio takes the stage in San Francisco on Tuesday, the 28th. While we were waiting for the Angry Birds 2 sequel, Rovio released not two or three, but 14 different Angry Birds variations, such as Rio, Space, or Star Wars, so we haven't been exactly left playing the same thing over and over. 

Still, Angry Birds is the game that defined a whole mobile generation, and opened the floodgates for other money makers that defined a casual gaming lifestyle like never before, so we will be waiting with bated breath to see what's in store come July 28th.