One of the greatest thrills we get here at AngryBirdsNest — besides random compliments, because those are awesome — is knowing things before the rest of the world. This weekend was no exception, with one of our favorite sleuths prodding his super secret version of Game Center to see two new updates — one for Angry Birds Rio and one for Space — coming soon!
We start with the update we know less about. Angry Birds Rio has added 1 new achievement in Game Center, for “Clearing all Golden Beachball levels”. This is a little confusing to me, seeing as Golden Beachball levels were released nearly 2 years ago! Unfortunately, it’s nearly impossible for PC/Mac users to unlock these levels nowadays, as DVD copies of the animated movie Rio no longer contain the bonus codes needed to unlock the levels. It will be interesting to see what’s actually included in this update.
Now for the big one. Angry Birds Space has added a massive eight achievements! Included among them is a Score Addict of about 2.8 million points, suggesting that this update will be a full 30-level episode. Woot!!!
Also in the achievements is mention of “Space Races”. We aren’t sure what to make about this yet, though it seems like it may be a different gameplay style. We don’t want to jump to conclusions too much right now, but we are a little bit skeptical a priori based on the generally poor reception of Red’s Mighty Feathers last week. No whether this actually is new gameplay or if its a side challenge within existing gameplay remains to be seen, so I think it’s best to avoid casting any unfounded criticisms at this time.
Since these GameCenter changes are only visible in Sandbox Mode at this time, we have no idea when the updates will actually land. It could be a little while yet, though appearing in Sandbox Mode typically means they are finalizing QA testing. Keep your eyes peeled, and let us know how excited you are!!!
A super special thanks to @bassam77 for providing these pictures for us!