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- Not to be confused with Angry Birds Racer.
Angry Birds Racing (also referred to as Angry Birds Racer or Angry Birds Racing Rumble) was a beta test game in the Angry Birds series by Rovio Entertainment Corporation.
History
On November 2, 2022, a user on the Rovio Gaming Discord found the game publicly available on the Russian Google Play store. When community managers overheard the conversation, the game was quickly set to private.[3] Later that day the Facebook page for the game was found with a new loading screen.
A day later on November 3, the game was released to select countries as "early access", such as North America. Later that day, Rovio made their first public announcement about the game by answering the question, "What's all this about?" on the game's support page with "Indeed."[4]
Sometime between November 20 and November 24, the game was delisted from the Google Play store in North America.[5]
On December 14, the game was once again made available on the Google Play store. This also added a new update to the game, adding balance changes and giving Red a new trait.[6] The game was later taken down at the start of 2023.
Gameplay
The gameplay of Angry Birds Racing is similar to another game called Tiny Wings, but this game contains power-ups and pig towers to knock over with the player's snowboard.
The goal of the game is to be one of the first of sixteen racers to pass the finish line. The player can increase their speed in the race through different means. There are five different levels of speed: "Fast", "Faster", "Very Fast", "Super Fast" and "Flockin' Fast" and they increase by the amount of successful flips the player does. There are also Turbo Boosts scattered around the track that the player can collect to drastically increase their speed.
There are five different leagues. The player progresses through each league by playing the game, and when the player enters a new league, they unlock new character.
Characters
Playable characters
Trivia
- The early access version of the game is made up of previously made assets:
- The player sprites in this game are character images from Angry Birds Toons promotional material.
- The game reuses user interface aspects and music from previous Angry Birds games, such as Angry Birds Tennis and Angry Birds Go!.
- Furthermore, elements of this game's UI seem to be copying from another mobile game, Brawl Stars
- One of the many preset bot names in the game is "noflappybird".[7]
- The game is confirmed to have 50 characters, according to Google Play. This might indicate that more characters from other Angry Birds games were supposed to be added later on.
Gallery
For the gallery, see Angry Birds Racing/Gallery.
Videos
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/20221103215526/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.abracing
- ↑ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.abracing&hl=en&gl=CA
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221102151142/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.abracing&hl=en&gl=CA
- ↑ What's this all about? - Angry Birds Racing Rumble Zendesk (Archive)
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221125171923/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.abracing
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221217182215/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.abracing
- ↑ https://twitter.com/angry_facts/status/1588277045133312000/photo/1