Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It’s time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. We’ve got a delightful little potpourri in front of us today, if you’re inclined to give it a big ol’ sniff. A real range of games, which is often the case when we’re between holidays as we are now. Of course, you can keep an eye out for updates yourself by participating in the TouchArcade forums. This weekly summary is just here to fill you in on the things you might have missed. Let’s go for it!
Subway Surfers, Free We’ve got some Earth Day things this time around in Subway Surfers, and the kids are heading… underwater?! Oh no, humans can’t breathe down there! Well, the Surfers had a good run. I’ll miss them. At least there are two new characters up for grabs here who are a bit more well-suited for the environment. Electra and Finn are their names, in case you wanted to know. You can also unlock new character Malik doing the special Earth Run, and Cathy and Koral have some fresh new outfits you can collect in special events. Don’t worry, we can rebuild the team. Smarter, and less likely to go into places where their lungs won’t function.
Fallout Shelter, Free Here’s my cheat of the week, as this update is actually from almost two weeks ago. That’s how nefarious I am sometimes! Ha ha, what a rascal. Well, on with the update. It ties into the new Fallout TV Series, which you can watch… somewhere! I don’t know. We’ve already established I live in rural Japan. This update adds a new questline based on the TV show, with characters, locations, and more inspired by it. So if you’re fresh off enjoying the show, why not remember this game exists and check out all the goodies?
Jetpack Joyride, Free Another Jetpack Joyride event, and I believe it’s tied in with Fruit Ninja. Not the first time nor the last time we’ll see this one, but you can head out there and do your best to try and get Gutsu, Truffles, and the Durian Jetpack for your ever-expanding collection of accessories. And that’s really what Jetpack Joyride is about, isn’t it? Collecting accessories. Do you use them? A few, I’m sure. Most just stay in the closet, like all those apps you bought on sale and still have never opened.
Sonic Dream Team, Sonic Dream Team is a very cool game, but it was all too easy to go fast through the content available at launch and be left without much to do except try to go faster. Well, this new update adds some more stuff to do. A whole new zone, in fact. The Sweet Dreams Zone gives you new levels, new missions, and new music. You can look forward to some new gameplay gimmicks in that zone, too. There are now rank badges in the game, so you have a good reason to go back and try to rack up some S-Ranks. This is the kind of update I want to see for this game, so I’ll happily award it the coveted UMMSotW award for this week.
Japanese Rural Life Adventure, Japanese Rural Life Adventure? I mean, that’s basically a description for my daily life. What’s new in this one? A new area, for starters. The Seaside has been added to the game, and for many people in Japan that is certainly a staple of rural life. Not me, I’m pretty far inland. Also in this update: Athletic Shoes. You can buy them at the store, and the reason you’ll be wanting them is that they will increase your character’s movement speed. That’s the best kind of upgrade in a game like this. Oh, there are also some bug fixes in here. Don’t want to miss those, as they are also part of rural living in Japan.
Disney SpellStruck, As I write this it is becoming clear to me that when I said there were no holidays up there in the intro paragraph, I was woefully unaware of Earth Day happenings. There are definitely a few games rolling with that theme, and here is another one. Wall-E was a movie all about how we trashed the environment and then yeeted ourselves into space to leave the job of cleaning the mess to some robots, so it makes sense for a character from that movie to show up here for Earth Day. It’s EVE! Use her Sensory Sweep to help you get the leg up in the latest limited-time event. Sure, that’s all good.
BEAST: Bio Exo Arena Suit Team, BEAST Season 4! BIO EXO ARENA SUIT TEAM Season 4! BANANA EGG APPLE SPINACH TACO Season 4! In this update a new Prologue has been added to ease new players into the game, and you can use new Overdrives to boost your heroes. Crystal Rush gets a new map, and some balance changes have been made to Finn and Patch. Also: bug fixes and performance improvements. BUGS EXTERMINATED AND SOME TWEAKS Season 4! I’m having a lot of fun with this, but I have to move on lest my dinner get too cold.
Toy Blast, Free Time for the obligatory free-to-play matching puzzle game update for this week, and I’m lazily going with Toy Blast this time. That means you get fifty new levels to play, and the theme tying it all together this time around is… calligraphy? Rhino is apparently quite the dab hand at it, and he’s using it to show off to his… lover? I didn’t know Rhino had a lover, and my day is worse for being made aware of that fact. Anyway, Mouse the Master is cheesed (HA!) off at Rhino for some reason, clearly unaware of the fact that no one can stop the Rhino. What’s the story here? I will literally never know. But maybe you will!
The Simsâ„¢ FreePlay, Free Modern Ranch is the theme of this update, and something tells me it’s not about a creamy salad dressing that Americans pour on everything they eat. No, it’s about the whole ranch life thing. Amusingly, it’s accompanied by SimSprings Neighborhood 5, Commercial Court. That gives you access to the new high rise, which is about as far from a ranch as I can imagine. And buddy, I have quite the imagination. Join in the live events and collect all the goodies you can, provided you want that whole ranch thing going on with your decor. It’s okay, you don’t have to know how to ride a horse. Not many of those ranch-obsessed people do.
Adventure To Fate Lost Island, $4.99 Is Adventure to Fate: Lost Island going to be our new frequent guest in these articles? I suppose we’ll see, but it’s off to a good start. This update adds a skill tree to the character creator so you can plan out your character progression more easily. There’s also some added information in the game to let you know how to unlock the unlockable Classes and Races, which is nice. The overall resolution of most of the assets got a boost in this update, too. It should be a lot clearer to look at now, and it scarcely made a difference in the file size. How about that?
That about wraps it up for last week’s significant updates. I’m sure I’ve missed some, though, so please feel free to comment below and let everyone know if you think something should be mentioned. As usual, major updates will likely get their own news stories throughout this week, and I’ll be back next Monday to summarize and fill in the blanks. Have a great week!
