Rovio on Tuesday announced that the company’s follow-up to its popular Angry Birds franchise will launch this week. Amazing Alex revolves around a curious young boy known as Alex, who loves to build different things. The game includes hundreds of physics-based puzzles, and even allows users to create and share their own designs. Expectations are high for Rovio as its first game surpassed one billion downloads and generated more than $106 million for the gaming company in 2011. Amazing Alex will be available on Android and iOS beginning Thursday, July 12th. Rovio’s video announcement follows below. Read the full story at Boy Genius Report.