Angry Birds Go! v1.3.0 is now available for iOS and Android! This update includes a bunch of new content, including the final two tracks in Sub-Zero and a Weekly Tournament. Let’s buckle up and go through what’s included in this update.
- Two new tracks in Sub-Zero.
- Compete against your friends in the new Weekly Tournament, featuring five different race-modes / tracks.
- Action Snapshots – These are taken throughout the race and when it’s over you can share them with your friends on Facebook.
- As you race try to collect the Lucky Boxes for some awesome prizes.
- Check your mailbox to see if your friends have sent you and Lucky Boxes. Then send them some in return.
- A bunch of bug fixes and tweaks.
Let us know what you think of the new update by leaving a comment below. If you need help or want to talk Go! be sure to check out our Angry Birds Go Forum.
Cool update with a lot of new stuff, lol when they announced there will be a multiplayer mode i thought it was a mode where you can actually race against your friends, in the same game :P
Was this the multiplayer mode?
yes, but they said they have more plans for multiplayer…
Anyone having problems with seeing scores from friends? cant see them, while i am connected with facebook in the game (android device) also i cant post the snapshots :(
The new AB Go update may be fun to play, but there are a couple of nasty gotchas from Rovio, and at least one bug:
– The daily rewards are now only half the reward they were before
– BEWARE! There is a new feature in the ABGo update that Rovio isn’t advertising! After you use all your special powers, the power icon changes from what used to be grayed-out, indicating that you had used all the special powers, to glowing with a “3 gems” box below. If you make the mistake of thinking you still have a special power to use, it will cost you 3 gems! This is a sneaky and fast way to deplete your even-harder to earn pile of gems!
Before update you had to buy extra powers before you started the race, so at least you did it deliberately.
– The facebook feature that allows you to compete against your friends appears to be bugged. This means you can’t complete any challenges that require you to “beat your friend’s score.” @Nacho18 and I are seeing the same thing:
* I had trouble logging in to facebook, and there were 2 facebook icons on the options screen. I got rid of the one with the x, but it comes back after you try to download friends’ scores. When I click on the other facebook icon it does go to facebook, but wants password, even though I had logged on earlier today. Just clicked “keep me logged in”, closed facebook, and hit facebook icon on AB Go options, but it is taking a LONG time (>10 min) to log in.
When I go to a race, it says see your friends scores. When I click that it wants me to log in to facebook. When I log in again, it says I have already authorized facebook, and now on the track screen it says loading friends scores, but nothing appears to happen.
Now when I go back to options screen, I see 2 facebook icons again, one with an x. If I click on the facebook icon, I get the AB page fairly quickly, but it doesn’t show that I’m logged in.
Just tried hard closing all my apps, and doing a hard shutdown. Get same problem with facebook.
@mvnla2 cant get into facebook as well, cant see any scores, or friends, neither i can post snapshots :(
@Josm — I have seen traces of friends now and then, sometimes old, no longer friends from gamecenter, or current friends from facebook. A facebook friend, who doesn’t play any Rovio games as far as I know, is now showing up in the weekly challenge.
In the regular tracks, the same person shows up partially covered by the loading friends scores box. At least one one track the “loading friends” and the facebook friend disappeared after a while.
I had some of the same reaction when I started playing, particularly the half of the daily rewards since I’ve been “saving” for a new kart. It could be my imagination, but I think with the upgrade, the frequencies of gems especially runs with multiple gems has increased. I’ve frequently had tracks with 3 gems. So I think Rovio is rewarding you for playing more.
To offset the change to the power up, you can receive in a lucky box a free power up. So when you use your first one, instead of the 3 gem box below, you get a red “free” box. Probably an even trade on that.
They also seemed to have gotten rid of a couple of “impossible” challenges. The fruit splat on Rocky Road track 2 (I think) where you have to splat 30% only to have them turn to coins at 25% is gone. Also the use 10 boost pads on desert splat on SubZero is gone too.
The beat a friend is broken since it won’t show facebook scores (as is reported by others).
This probably belongs on the thread below, but on my android nexus 7, I’ve gone through probably about 40-50 lucky boxes (play with a friend and mutually share). In addition to the “+5 gems”, “+200 coins”, “+300 coins”, which are the most common, I’ve also found “+15 gems”, “free special power”, “+1 king sling”, “+1 boost”, “+1 kart repair”, “+1 target”, “free cupcake” (Let’s you skip the wait without paying gems”, “free top speed upgrade”,”free challenge skip”, I even got a free “soda pop sedan” on seedway on a share from a friend… There are others that I’m forgetting.
Normally, I don’t post, but it seems I’ve found out some facts that might be useful to others.
Another “downgrade” change in this version. Winning challenges only earns 1 gem (at least up to challenge level 20). Before the upgrade they would start out at 1 gem and increase up to 3 gems.
The same thing happened to me with the mustache pig. Might be a bug
Nice update. Really can’t wait till they add new champion chases, though.
Where are the Lucky Boxes? I can’t find them. How do they look like?
I haven’t seen one yet. If anyone does, snap a screenshot and upload it to your album and share it here.
Sorry @birdleader, but on Android it’s a bit fiddly to drive and try and press power and volume down simultaneously in the few milliseconds you see it on screen!
@cosmo2503 has seen a couple. Might give some details in one of the AB Go forums.
Just got one!! They look like red presents with green ribbon. Mine contained 15 gems.
Me too!
I have only on Lucky Box . Did it on Time Boom 3/4 of the race ; on the almost last Jump ..!!! I sow it even that the Kart was faster; it was almost before Edge on Ramp just seconds before jump. When you finish the race the Award it’s coming up to you. I did 2 Screenshot. They are on My Album …!!! So you can check up.
@nacho18: when you find a Lucky Box, afterwards you can share it. (click on the “share” button) So next time please share it with me. ;-) I already shared some if mine with you.
I don’t Know if it will work ; because ..!! No yet appears or Game Center Friends or Facebook friends . But yes Cris I’ll do it next time . Didn’t do it because of lack on this horrible update.!!!
Criss: I already found out 3 more ; Lucky Boxes . But I can’t found you : every time I got the new ones ..!!! Your name ir user Name doesn’t appear!!! . I already recive one from Geekgeks . But you are not this guy. The list for every time I found them was about 30 to 33 players and you wasn’t be there.
Also I see something else : a picture of Chuck with Coins on side of him…!!! It’s an increase of the amount on our progress of coins!!!!
And not only Chuck was Red bird too. Hard to reach it or touch because the icon or picture it’s little vet more smallest than the Present.
An other thing I found it it’s more gems and coins on the Mail :
It say : ” From me ” tap to get it. So …! I got couples of times 5 gems each and once 300 extra Coins..!!!! Did you got these giving away from ROVIO TO YOU…!!!
Excuse I misspelling your user name.
@chriss I am sorry . All above is a comment for you.
So how does that System with the Lucky boxes work? If you get One, can you Share Your price with Someone Else without Loosing it yourself? And with whom and how Many persons can you share? I unluckiely haven’t Seen One yet.
Only one person. And you dont lose the price.
Sorry, I mean the prize. :-)
Me too!!!!
Is anybody else experiencing extreme battery drainage while the app is running after this update? I lost 20% charge in 12 minutes of playing and all other apps+sound shut off. I have never experienced this with Angry Birds Go or even any other app. I am running iOS 7.1.1 on iPhone 5S.
I have noticed yet @spacemaster, but I will keep a better eye out now.
For a better idea of the severity of the problem, I lost 6% charge during only one race.
@birdleader Moustache pig also stopped driving at the same time here, must be a bug..
Ah, nice report @bad-piggies-2 and @josm.
No way has Moustache pig stopped driving for me. He’s won every single race so far. Never thought I’d wish for a bug.
He did for me also on the third time! Nice bug!!!
Lol he’s stopping to groom his moustache.
Oh yes — @josm and @BirdLeader — I won the race against Moustache pig without seeing him, even once, stop driving. It wasn’t easy, but if you are far enough ahead, I think he gives up trying.
@mvnla2 yes, he won first time here also :) after that i had the same bug as @birdleader
Something else that is new: now you can use the bird’s powers as often as you want.
Yes, BUT — It’s very easy to “buy” an extra use without realizing it, and they cost 2 gems each. Didn’t it used to be 1 gem each for a max of 3 extra that carried over from race to race?
I think the 2 gems might be a typo. I think it is 3, but not playing right now.
Which costs you 3 gems a time! After the first one obviously! Not exactly new as you could select this before the race started.
In the previous version, you had 1 fir free and maximum 3 additional ones for 3 gems each.
But now can buy unlimited times for 2 gems each.
The real point is that it is way too easy to spend gems on extra “special powers” without realizing it. This is especially true of characters who have more than one activation. The game distracts you, so you don’t realize that you have spent all the free ones.
Bug fix: they removed the challenge where you had to use 10 boost pads in a race where there were no boost pads.
Thanks for the report @chriss.
Played a few levels in the updated Sub Zero game and they are fun!!!
Have not played GO for a month or so due to all the bugs. Reported them to Rovio and now is the time to verify if they have been fix on each level where I stopped playing. Positively hopeful they addressed them.
Also, wondering when the Series Two Karts will be released to the retail stores. Checked Ebay today to see if any of them are being offered, nothing yet.
Also wonder why they did not include one’s friends on Game Center instead of Facebook. Most of my friends on Facebook do not play Angry Birds where as all my friends on Game Center play Angry Birds.
I agree. All my friends are on GC and not Facebook.
@wrw01
On the weekly tournament, at first I got a GameCenter friend, who has been deleted from my non-existent friends list on GameCenter. Now on the weekly tournament, I get facebook friends, who don’t play AB. Possibly an advantage.
However, on the regular tracks I can’t get anything except temporary traces of facebook friends, which disappear.
It possibly because the GameCentre is Apple only, which would exclude the Android players, so they needed a universal friend system.
Maybe Rovio should enhance their account system to be a gaming portal and offer users a choice of either that or Facebook. You’d guarantee ABGo players that way I think.
@andy2510 @mvnla2
Probably both correct. One situation now is present at least for me in that I cannot beat a friend’s score.
Also wrote a note to Rovio-Support-GO and reported the situation of getting kicked out of the WT.
I agree with the conclusions that the free karts they have provide in Sub Zero are very limited in their use unless one upgrades or purchases a new kart. I will probably wait for the tele pods to be released in the stores. Most are about $5.00 and there should be about 8 of them so in the long term one may save some money and still get to play the game to the fullest extend.
I can’t load weekly tournement again. I played all levels and was first of my friends on each and now it crashes when I try to open and play again.
Love the new tracks and “snapshot” feature! But I agree with you, @mvnla2 it definitely could have been better.
Quality control of game development in GO is in question. Tried to play the Weekly T. level it kept sending me out of the game. Got to play one time and at the end the game it sent me out.
Considering all the items that I found and reported to Rovio on how the levels did not work properly prior to this update, I am amazed that Rovio just does not evaluate the beta testing of this game prior to releasing this game. I am disappointed in this update but, objectively, I may be missing something.
@wrw01 not that I want to put salt on your wound but I am glad to hear I am not only one with crashing problem on weekly tournement. I completed all races today and now I can’t load them and compare my scores to my friends and check if I am still at first place.
@cosmo2503
Just glad it was not only me that was having the problem.
I really like play GO but the programing errors are more than what I have experienced in any other AB game.
@all — Has anyone won all of the weekly tournament races? I still have 2 of them, both with the blues: the first time boom, and the slalom. I’m not willing to spend gems on extra PUs to win the weekly challenge.
Rovio seems to have made it much more desirable to spend gems, which are even more scarce now, and very expensive, even if you wanted to spend real money, which I won’t.
@mvnla2 I managed to win all races in tournement but however I can’t open it for last couple hours, game keeps crushing each time I try to open tournement levels. I hope that scores are saved in Rovio’s account and will show up again. I did use 5 gems for State Farm power-up on last race (vs. race against moustache pig on air track).
Just to add Blues are my favorite in time boom races, I won first time boom race on rocky road at first attempt and slalom race as soon as I figured out what path to take.
OK, @cosmo2503 — Any tips on how to win either of those races? What path did you take in the slalmon?
All slalom have one path only, I believe. Just try to steer yourself into the slalom thing.
I have never really played a lot the game but played few levels before..
After today’s update,all I can see in colors is “Seedway” with 2 out 36.. everything else is black and white.. I lost all the progress which was made (again very few progress)
one more thing, I can not access the weekly tournament. So I think a minimum of levels should be opened.
Yes: Joey you right : with me Crashes …!!! But at 10.00 pm west time or Pacific Time : the Daily Tournament. Comes out ; as Usual . I did got only 10 gems.
The game crashes all the time now. Can´t even open a race.
Anyone noticed Challenge clearing now awards only a single gem instead of 3?
Yes.!!! Me I did check up that bad thing.
I hoped that the “prices” for the karts would change, but they are still too expensive.
5 karts cost 6000 gems each, and 5 karts cost 9000 gems each. Who can afford that?
in real money that’s over $100. It’s completely ridiculous and I see no reason to spend that much on an iPhone app.
Awwww Mechanic Pig won’t talk anymore when you tap him. :(
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@all — The new Icebreaker episode is out!
@abhinav123 — Yeah! Now I won’t be tempted to play AB Go!
None of my friends play angry birds go so will there be opponents like red and chuck like in angry birds friends?
@sandeep-kamath — There are red and chuck in the weekly tournament, but not on the regular tracks. Not clear if you can complete the “beat your friends’ score” challenge with a facebook friend who doesn’t play like you used to be able to do. There is a facebook bug in the new update.
I tried other levels. Chuck and Red are in it.
I tried to access Angry Birds Go
And put my user name
The passeword did not work and it asked me to reset it!
I did and after this happened when I’m accessing Epic:
When I access Epic I have this:(
http://angrybir.de/RrgG32
If I delete the app and install it again, will I keep all my progress??? Pls help
@joeyba deleting the game will delete your progess i guess, only if you play with rovio account your scores will be saved in you account
@josm I deleted it and signed in again with my Rovio account. Retrieved all my progress! Finally I appreciate the Rovio account :)
How can I sign up to Rovio account? I’ve searched FAQ, followed their instructions, but can’t see any button to sign up for Rovio account in any of my AB games. Is it possible that I cannot sign-up, when I’m signed up through the Game Center? Or the GC has nothing to do with the Rovio account? Or do I need to have only paid games to be able to sign up? Thank you for any help!
@mokacick you can sign only to paid games I believe. It has nothing to do with GC. The only games you can use a Rovio account with are Angry Birds Original, Star Wars II, Epic and Go. You go in the game and press the button in the middle of screen with the stars on and you create an account.
Soooooooo Cooooooool Update!
But we can’t save the photo to gallery!
After the new update, I can’t open the game at all. It shows I downloaded the update. I play only on iPad. Any help would me much appreciated. Thank you!
I don’t see my Game Center friends any more when I play. I only see my facebook friends who don’t play AB Go.
Hi : @chriss . Yesterday I did send you at least 4 Lucky Boxes . It was extrange because you didn’t tell me anything .!!! Know I know..!!! My Facebook account on ABGO. : sometimes it’s says this ” Downloading Friend ‘s Score ” but takes too long to be normal again . I did see you on my friends list ..!!! So. Today at night I Try to send you a lucky Boxes : let me know if you get it ; okay..!!
Hi @nacho18, I got your 4 boxes today, thank you very much. I also sent you 2 boxes.
But what I need is also “friends”. There are many challenges where you have to “beat your friends score”. But my facebook friends don’t play the game and my Game Center friends don’t show up in the list. Does this mean that I can never do these challenges?
@chriss . I send you information myself to be your friend on Facebook . But you don’t reply yet!!!
I did not receive any friendship request.
@chriss I seem to be playing against GC friends in the weekly tourney. Sending gift boxes seems to be GC as well.
Individual level scores just seems to be buggy trying to load from Facebook. I haven’t gotten it to load at all, and so I’m stuck on a few Challenges for the time being.
@amslimfordy How do you send lucky boxes?
I like the new tracks with the update. I’ve gotten through all of the challenges on Track 2 and maxed out the stats on the 300 gem kart. My problem is with the Race challenge on track 3. I just cannot get into 3rd place after 50 tries (with max stats!). The first slalom challenge (out of 3) in Track 2 was difficult but doable, but this seems ridiculously difficult for the first Race challenge out of 5. Anyone else have issue or tips?
Never mind. Just did it with the General and got lucky. Some of those competitors seemed to have a super high acceleration rating and would put me in 4th on the final curves. The worst was when I would be in 3rd until right before the finish line when someone would pass me unseen.
is angry birds go v1.3 android installation size really 570 mb big?? anyone confirm please. I have attached the screenshot of the same. Another thing I have found out that this app can’t be moved to SD card which means it’s heavily going to occupy phone’s internal memory. Image
The app itself is a little over 100 MBs.
then in this case I think I should directly contact the developer regarding this issue. I think somewhere in ABN forum, I read that minimum space should be over 168 mb.. in my case this is whopping 570 mb..
Your app is about 150 MBs. Seems correct to me.
ok so you are saying that this size doesn’t include the “data (400 mb)”
Data is accumulated through other means but not inherent to the app itself.
I notice apps size will grow after play daily reward and Weekly Tournament, i cannot see these file download to where, my device not root.
Before i play 375 MB, after downloading cool stuff it increase to 478MB.
@arushss @AMslimfordy this is normal, thats all data, my app on android is also 568 mb total
Thank you all people!! I wish rovio could make “Data” folder transferrable to SD Card as it contains additional data downloaded from internet..
Strange. Except for the one where my Facebook friends’ scores won’t load, I haven’t been experiencing any of the glitches/bugs other users are reporting. I did overtake the Foreman Pig in the race after several tries, but he didn’t come to a complete stop.
Totally just won a Big Bang cart for the Speedway track as my prize for 1st place on the weekly tournament.
It gave me the ability to share the prize, so I sent it to Devik / CarrotMaster but I’m not sure if he got a Big Bang cart or not. In fact, I don’t know if ANY of the shares I’ve done have been received!
I was 1st in the tournament but did not win any prize.