SURPRISE! Angry Birds v2.3.0 is now available for iOS, PC, Mac, and Android via Google Play, and with more platforms coming soon. Now that summer is well behind us (for the northern hemisphere, anyways), the classic “beach” theme of Surf and Turf has been concluded. It doesn’t stop there though, as those sneaky piggies have poked there noses into the original Angry Birds game with a brand new episode (Greedy Pigs! As if having their own app wasn’t good enough!).
Note for PC users: Some people have not been notified by the in-game updater. Instead, go to download.angrybirds.com and click on “Download Free Demo” under “Angry Birds” to get the newest .exe file. If you are worried about your progress, check out our Ultimate Backup Tutorial.
This update includes:
- 15 stormy levels conclude Surf and Turf. It’s been fun! Our S&T walkthrough pages are live. You may also find some alternate strategies on the older Facebook Surf and Turf walkthrough pages.
- A new episode called “Bad Piggies” with 15 new levels! Those pesky piggies don’t just have their own game, now they’ve taken over Angry Birds too! Our video walkthroughs are live and the pages are ready for your alternate strategies.
New Golden Eggs! Maybe one, but possibly two. We will confirm soon.After a preliminary run through, we didn’t see any Golden Eggs. This does not conclusively mean there are none, but it seems questionable.- Power Ups! While these were released in the v2.2.0 update (read a lot more here), this is still a big question as to how they will be handled. At first glance, there seems to be no distinction between scores obtained with or without Power Ups after the initial score screen.
Update: Still no distinction in scores obtain with or without Power Ups, unfortunately. But 3-starring an entire episode now awards a “Power-Up Bundle”: http://angrybir.de/OTSwMS - King Pig mode is now available for Android, iPhone, and PC! We believe King Pig mode is unlocked by obtaining 3-stars on all levels through Birdday Party
and all the Golden Eggs through Birdday Party. Read more in the original release post. - iPhone 5 users may play the app is “letterbox mode”, with approximately 88 pixels of black space on either side of the app. Rovio has told me that their first priority is bringing new content to all devices, but that they plan to stylize for the unique dimensions of the iPhone 5 in the near future.
- Pro Tips: Jewels and Golden Wrenches are worth 3,000 points each! Not a bad idea to become a mechanic with these values.
Helpful Links:
- 3-star walkthroughs for Angry Birds Bad Piggies and Surf & Turf
- Some of the feathers in this update are quite difficult. We have videos online for all of them! So check out our Mighty Eagle walkthroughs here
- Leaderboards for Angry Birds Bad Piggies and Surf & Turf
- List of achievements found in Angry Birds
- Be sure to check out our, Angry Birds Ultimate Backup Tutorial for all Platforms
- The “Slot Machine” bug still seems to be present
- Having graphics issues? Please see the dedicated Forum thread
Important Disclaimer Regarding Power-ups on ABN Leaderboards
Please do not enter scores on the ABo leaderboard that were obtained using power-ups. One of the key issues is the game does not distinguish between scores obtained using power-ups and those without. Yesterday, we announced a new feature on the leaderboard that allows you to undo your score. This should help those who accidentally entered power-up scores, as they can now be reverted (this could be ones only record of their scores). We are working on additional enhancements and will announce those soon.
Special thanks to all who helped compile this post, including @Brandts and @PlayDBird.
I don’t know where to post it esle but while waiting for AB:SW we can play 15 new levels in ABO in the Surf & Turf chapter. Avaidable in Google Play ;)
Thanks for the info!
There’s a new chapter on the android version called bad piggies but it plays like traditional about. @amslimfordy
Traditional ABO I meant
You’re right. I didn’t even noticed that :)
45 new levels – first 15 unlocked now… Rest coming soon.
I’m trying to blindly write a post. This is tough. haha.
Plus, King Pig mode has been added to Android!
We’re going to publish our post in a minute or so. We will also move all comments over.
But while we are here: Are you on an Android Tablet?
Yeah, I understand, that you are going to publish everything in a minute, just want you not to miss anything.
And yes, I have Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Brilliant, thanks.
Are you sure @brandts? I have only thirty levels and I have Google play.
Yes I’m sure. Just open the Play Store and download and install the update of ABO.
You’re right! Thanks!
yes, last 15 levels of surf and turf, and 15 new levels in the new chapter called bad piggies, with 30 more coming soon
30 More Bad Piggies Level Coming Soon! :D
King Pig is not just on tablets. Have the EVO 3D and it’s there! :)
you have to need 3 stars on every level and all golden eggs for that on android?
I have 3 stars, all GEs and feathers on all levels, except new ones.
Man, I was all jazzed up for this, only to find that it hasn’t hit for iOS yet. Bummer, but it does explain the lack of an update notification when I saw this post.
Wow, it looks like android got this update first this time instead of ios.
FYI, I used a power up on S&T level 34, the Sling Scope. Got a score of 130k, not a 3 star score. (So I know that I can score higher). After completion of the level, there was NO indication that a power up was used. I went back to the level selection screen and again, NO indication that a power up was used. This was my first completion of the level.
Android user here.
You didn’t see a lighting icon next to your score?
Like this: http://angrybir.de/TekEpi
@sal9, no I didn’t. But at my age, maybe I just missed it. I will try it again on another level.
@sal9. Just did level S&T 37. Using sling scope again. First time I completed the level, got 74k, 1 star and NO lighting bolt. It does show New Highscore! Sorry, I dont have a camera with me to take a pic and post it.
Oh boy…this is even worse than before, possibly.
@amslimfordy – I just cleared bad piggies 19-15 using a birdquake and the lighting bolt symbol appeared. I only got one star, and won’t post the score, but wanted to let you know that the PU symbol did appear for me.
Just played Bad Piggies, Level 2. Used birdquake. cleared the level, got 60k, 1 star, New Highscore notification but NO lighting bolt. (wondered if they didn’t count the sling scope as a power up for some reason, so i tried a bird quake just to see)
@sal9,
Was able to use a friends phone to take a pic. Sorry the quality isn’t great.
This is Surf and Turf, Level 37 completed using the Sling Scope. Again, no proof that I actually used the power up.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/231/sandtl37.jpg/
@sparty and @others this is really strange that you don’t have lightening bolt next to score after using PUP. I played level on android phone and level complete screen clearly shows that PUP was used (there is a symbol right to score.
@sparty83 use a screenshot app to take a pic (just search it on Google play)
I bet iOS will finally get those two new levels… this Thursday. I always see the pattern of releasing updates and new games by Rovio on Thursdays. So far, the only break in this pattern I noted was last year; 2.0.0 was released on a Sunday.
And it’s also pretty unusual that Android got the new levels first. Normally, it’s iOS that gets first dibs.
first time IOS doesn’t get the update first, interesting..
Not the first, but is unusual nonetheless. It happens.
WOW, android first, that does not happen often on non-Rio versions
I can’t wait for it to be released in ios!!! Hopefully before Thursday…
Here’s a thread I made over in the forums we can use to track the 3* minimums.
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/forum/discussion/1541/surf-n-turf-1009-update-3-star-minimums-thread
arent the 3 star minimums on both facebook and this supposed to be same?
considering that even the power ups are included there is no difference between ABF and ABO
I agree that in general, they should be the same, but you never know. If no one but me wants to participate, or if Slim is just going to throw those down as confirmed minimums, I’ll not worry about it.
Not always.
Here is one for Bad Pigges, hopefully no issue here since this is new.
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/forum/discussion/1542/abo-bad-piggies-3-minimum-discussion
Also, notice that in the two other coming soon background colors match the episodes when pigs fly, and the upcoming “flight at night.
it’s now available for IOS!
king-pig for iphone?
it didn’t mention a king pig
King Pig is available for SD. It is in the Golden Eggs Menu. @amslimfordy
I see it too. Post updated.
Confirmed.
On a Tuesday…strange…but appreciated.
Just got mine at lunch. Weezed the juice from the local Starbucks Wi-fi to download it. King Pig is there.
The Bad Piggies level is marketing BRILLIANCE!! When you start, the BP contraption flys across the screen. Click it and it will take you to to the download page.
Also, this marks the first time Freckles and the Mechanic appear in an AB game. King Pig with the hat looks bad though. Looks like they didn’t work on the graphics for the opening story cartoon very hard. Though I imagine they rushed this one to production to capitalize on BP’s success in the App Store and to get as much publicity for it before Star Wars outshines it.
And, this update completely blows the Thursday launch schedule theories out of the water. I guess it only holds for new game releases now..
This update really made my day. Can’t wait to get off work and play it. Thanks to ABN for getting the news out there. I even checked for app updates before leaving for work this morning, so without this site, I probably would have missed it for days.. ABN ROCKS!!
It’s interesting that Android allows you to toggle the backgrounds on and off while IOS does not.
this was a nice suprise! quite the big update as well! just got off work and free for two days! love the timing!
Are you sure Surf and Turf are the same levels as in Facebook? I can’t remember playing two levels in the row just with Terence
Check them out. We have the walkthroughs for Facebook ones linked above.
They are keeping power-ups, huh? *sigh* The king pig works great, though!
Any word on a Halloween update to ABS? That’s the one I was expecting to get a surprise update.
@Slim: You forgot to write “Pro tip: golden wrenches are 3000 points”
Working on details.
The oil cans seem indestructible…has anyone broken one and if so what are they worth?
a TnT can make it explode
Yes I just saw that too.
Although I am loving the new Bad Piggies levels, wished they had started on Pigkini Beach, or whatever it’s called.
I disagree. I already played Pigini Beach, on Facebook. I’d rather have brand new levels that I’ve never seen before. It’s more exciting. :)
I agree @amslimfordy, S&T on ABO felt like a filler to me. Just to make us hush about ABO not being updated.
But I don’t play the web based ones, so I’d be playing something new to me. I personally think ALL levels should be made available across all platforms.
It’s better having brand new levels.
I haven’t looked at the Bad Piggies episode yet, but I absolutely love the themeing of the last chapter of Surf & Turf. The levels are quite nice to play, too.
Awesome update, it’s like the birds’ side of the story in Bad Piggies! Can’t wait until it’s out for PC!
Awesome update I see. But, I can’t join the fun of y’all as I have depleted all of my money of my App Store account. They’re not allowing me IN ANY WAY to update unless I add enough money or change payment method.
Still, the piggies are very invasive! :P
Unless I am missing something just went to the Apple App Store and this is what I found and did:
1. Downloaded both new updates, Bad Piggies and the last 15 levels of Surf and Turf to the iPhone. These are the SD versions
2. The HD versions for the iPad do not seem to be available yet. The SD versions did also download to the iPad.
Is that what everyone else has found to be the situation?
Hey, got the same issue. I’ve checked the current update log for HD and it was still at the previous update.
@wrw01, that’s what I found, the SD version updated to my ipad, but no update for the HD version. Seems a bit odd, but HD can’t be far off. I’m just happy there’s something new to play!
HD just isn’t clear of Apple’s QA yet. Patience.
When will it come?
I’m tired of these questions. We don’t know. We are neither Apple nor Rovio.
Hmm, i just noticed this game is made by clickgamer technologies ltd. and not roviomobile? any thoughts?
It’s not that really important.
I think originally the game was made by Rovio and Clickgamer but something happened and they split. http://www.rovio.com/en/news/blog/11/clickgamer-unveils-angry-birds-the-new-action-puzzle-game/2010
That has always been the status of Angry Birds (the original only).
Rovio created it, Clickgamer distributed it.
Kind of like how Lucasfilm makes Star Wars movies, but Fox distributes. Except for Episode IV – the original, that was completely Fox because Lucasfilm didn’t exist yet, at least not in such a capacity to make their own films.
It’s now available on iOs, but the graphics are suddenly TERRIBLE and I can’t see anything!!! Please make an urgent request to Rovio, it makes gameplay impossible..
agreed, zoomed in is fine, but zoomed out makes the pixels looks awful
@amslimfordy I’m a little bit shaky on uninstalling…
Use our ultimate backup tutorial first. It should help put your mind at ease a little.
Yeah the are terrible now PLEASE FIX!!
I see nothing wrong with the graphics. Try backing up your data, then unistall/reinstall.
Any idea when it will be available for iPad? Should be soon, right?? Loaded it on my iPhone, but don’t intend to play it there.
Relax everyone.
@Slim — You’re probably the one who needs to relax (although when you have time to do so is beyond me); I’m just being my usual exceedingly terse self. You don’t need to answer, but if it’s out for some IOS devices, shouldn’t it be out soon for all? In the meantime, I have no excuse to ignore real life.
I’m sure it’s in Apple’s QA. Maybe there’s an issue, maybe it’s just a busy day. I don’t know.
glad it is not just me. anyone try the uninstall/reinstall yet. figure i would wait to see if it helps before i go through the hassel
i think ROVIO will probably send another update fixing the retina display
I hope they do because there is most definatly a problem. It looks worse than my 1st gen Ipod! I have a 4th gen with ios 6. Makes it hard to play! None of my other apps are this choppy and i have all angry birds apps.
although…. I’m starting to like it, gives it that retro/old-fashion type game
I’m encouraging people to report this in the forum. Please try to include screenshots and device information for easy reference.
I tryed ME on a level and this showed! The feather did not show! Anyone else having this problem?
Could have been a temporary bug. We haven’t tried any eagles yet.
Why do you expect a feather when you didn’t get 100%
Actually, never mind…I know what you mean now….sorry.
Yeah, I’m gonna third the retina display complaint. I’m running iOS 6.0 on a 4th Gen iPod.
Gameplay isn’t impossible, it’s just not appealing.
Awesome so looking forward to playing it!
So cool! I just saw this post and updated my phone. Played the first few levels of S&T, I do have to say that lightning can be a bit distracting when playing. My poor wife is going to hate it when I play in bed tonight after she tries to go to sleep.
Why do the graphics look bad?
I had the same problem, I wanna know what that’s about
I thought it was just me. It seems like they reverted to the AB-Lite quality.
I was surprised when realized that ABO onmy andriod phone was upsated. i immediately rushed to open iTunes store to update it for iPad. unfortunately not update so far. I am sad, until Hd version become available I am going to play on phone first.But man, this was unexpected.
Oh man! I can’t keep up/catch up. I’m so far behind in all these AB games I fear I’ll never catch up and that creates bad FOMO which isn’t good. I suppose I’m a rare case as most people keep whingeing about wanting new games. I’m not, Rovio could stop (after Star Wars – must NOT stop before lol) and I’d still need about 2 years to catch up.
@birdleader, please tell me you’re planning on maintaining this website for many many years?
Come on! I’m still waiting for the update 2.2.0 of Angry Birds for Mac and now it will take MORE time because of the 2.3.0 v?? I’m also waiting for Amazing Alex for Mac!