Following the big LEGO Builder’s Journey update this week, four Apple Arcade games have gotten big updates yesterday and today including the recently announced Druid update for Roundguard (). If you’ve not followed Apple Arcade for a while, we’ve had a lot of releases and updates over the last few weeks including the new turn based RPG from Ironhide Games Legends of Kingdom Rush, Game Dev Story+, The Iconfactory’s Frenzic: Overtime, and more. This week already saw a big update arrive for LEGO Builder’s Journey and you can read last week’s Apple Arcade update round up, here. Apple Arcade is also set to get more games soon including the recently revealed Angry Birds Reloaded.
Cozy Grove from Spry Fox has been updated quite a bit since it debuted on Apple Arcade and arrived on other platforms. The big 2.0.0 Cozy Grove ‘Summer’ update adds in new bears with their own quest types and rewards, critter catching and stone skipping activities, a secret Summer event for July, new decorations, music, the ability to hug bears, and a lot more. Roundguard from Wonderbelly has been updated a few times since launch, but the biggest update has just arrived adding in the Druid character Sprig. The update also has new daily puzzles, weekly runs, balance changes, native M1 Apple silicon support, Apple TV fixes, and a lot more. Watch the trailer showcasing what you can expect from Sprig in the game below:
Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes from Firefly Games adds 8 new levels, new unlockable advanced skills, a fortune wheel system, improved UI, more graphics options, and more in today’s big update. This update follows the one from a few months ago adding the new hero Gagarin. The final update so far of this week is for Scrappers which gets its first update in almost a year. Scrappers from the excellent Q-Games hits version 2.0 today with a new area, new challenges, shop items, 3 save slot support, better performance, a new S.C.R.A.P.’s Challenge with changing stages, a time limit, controlling two robots, and more. It is going to be interesting to see what arrives over the next few days on Apple Arcade. Until then, check out our forum threads for Scrappers here, Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes here, Cozy Grove here, and Roundguard here. Head over to our dedicated Apple Arcade forum for discussion on the service and every game included here. Have you been checking out the new Apple Arcade updates over the last few weeks or are you still catching up with the new games added to the service with the big overhaul?