Jetpack Joyride is getting an Apple Arcade-exclusive sequel

Jetpack Joyride, one in all my favourite iOS video games of all time, is getting a sequel that will probably be out there completely on Apple Arcade. You’ll be capable to play Jetpack Joyride 2 on Apple’s $4.99-per-month video games subscription service starting August nineteenth.

Jetpack Joyride 2 appears to be like like it would carry over a whole lot of what you would possibly know from the primary; it’s a side-scrolling shooter the place the purpose is to dodge obstacles, survive so long as you possibly can, and get a whole lot of cash. But Jetpack Joyride 2 may also be a “story-driven experience” with new mechanics, based on an Apple press e mail — which is actually sufficient for me to wish to play it instantly.

If you wish to get an concept of what you possibly can count on, Apple has a trailer and a few screenshots on the Jetpack Joyride 2 App Store page. And if you wish to brush up in your jetpacking expertise earlier than the sequel is launched, take a look at the Arcade-exclusive Jetpack Joyride Plus, which has no adverts or in-app purchases, or the original Jetpack Joyride.

If you are feeling such as you’ve heard of Jetpack Joyride 2 earlier than, you’re not improper. Developer Halfbrick soft-launched the sport in choose areas on iOS and Android in March 2021, according to TouchArcade. Halfbrick pulled it from Google Play and the App Store on February 28th, although, saying it had “entered a new closed phase of development for an indefinite period.”

Apple is including just a few different video games to Arcade in August as effectively, together with Amazing Bomberman and Apple Arcade variations of My Talking Tom and Love You to Bits. But Apple introduced in July that 15 video games can be leaving the service, and as MacRumors noticed, they’re now gone.