This month, Apple has quite a lot planned for Apple Arcade, and the month begins with Zach Gage’s Knotwords+ () hitting the service as an App Store Great. Zach Gage’s games are all worth your time even if you aren’t into a specific genre. Try this one out if you haven’t, trust me. You can grab it here on Apple Arcade. Many games have gotten themed updates for Halloween or other events this week as well. Let’s get into them. Castle Crumble brings in a new story mode featuring 30 new Pudding Peaks levels, the Second Candy King Challenge, and more today. Crayola Create and Play+ opens up the Neighborhood today as a new mode, a new My Little Pony quest, fall events, and more today. Team17’s Farmside has Pet Horses now available with three different breeds, a new Rider’s Regalia time limited event, and the level cap being raised to 5 among other content updates today. Jeopardy World Tour+ 2.0.0 has the Dia de los Muertos event on right now for a limited time. Another Red Games Co update, em>Solitaire Stories brings in the Dog Show new story, Corn Maze event, S’mores event, Santa Muerte event, and more today. What The Golf? begins its Slime Time episode today with a messy lab outbreak.
LEGO Star Wars: Castaways brings in event rotation for its movie-themed events, quest adjustments, daily quests, and UI improvements today. Charrua Soccer has gotten its Halloween update (earlier this week) with limited time content, witches, black cats, and more. The awesome Finity has a new Tempo track for halloween, the Zen mode, and more with future updates on the way. Human Fall Flat+ on Apple Arcade brings in two new free levels: Copper World and Miniature this week for all players. Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On has added the Perfect Challenge mode that lets you play solitaire only. Winning two races after the update gives you the Goldfish option in the Mounts scene. The update also has macOS specific control improvements. The final notable update of the week is My Little Pony: Mane Merge bringing in a new weekly challenge: Opaline’s Takeover, enhancements for daily wishes and collection, and more today.
With the updates done, head over to our forum threads for em>Solitaire Stories here, Castle Crumble here, Crayola Create and Play+ here, LEGO Star Wars: Castaways here, Farmside here, Jeopardy World Tour+ here, What The Golf? here, Charrua Soccer here, Finity here, Human Fall Flat+ here, Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On here, My Little Pony: Mane Merge here, and Knotwords+ here. Head over to our dedicated Apple Arcade forum for discussion on the service and every game included here. What do you think of Apple’s announcements of the month so far?