Now that the toy tie-ins are on store shelves and weāve got an official December 11 release date, weāre finally getting a look Angry Birds Go! gameplay. Wow.
Rovio promises big things from its first racing game. Thereāll be upgradeable cars, stunt tracks, āfun and surprisingā game modes, in case you were expecting āboring and predictableā to ever appear in official marketing communication.
It;s also free-to-play, which might worry some folks, but Iāve never known Rovio to sacrifice fun for semi-forced microtransactions, and I donāt expect it here.
December 11 is a bit long to wait, especially considering thetoys are on store shelves with stickers promising the end of October. To compensate for the time discrepancy, Rovio will be releasing a companion countdown app at the end of the month, allowing players to scan in their toys for a preview of the racers theyāll unlock in Angry Birds Go! proper.
Watching the trailer again now. This really looks like a high-quality console kart racer, the likes of which only Nintendo puts out these days. Takes me back to the middle of the PlayStation 2 era, when a kart racing spin-off was mandatory. Ah, the good old days.
Angry Birds Go! hits Android and iOS on December 11.
