Bethesda Game Studios head Todd Howard overjoyed iOS-using Fallout fans when he announced the immediate release of Fallout Shelter at E3 in May. The free-to-play vault management game was an immediate success, briefly overtaking Candy Crush Saga as one of the highest-earning App Store games. As the excitement over the game quickly swept across social media, the release left thousands of Android users asking “What about us?”

Now their months-long wait is finally over, as Fallout Shelter has officially released on Android devices, and new features have simultaneously been added to both Android and iOS versions.

What’s new?

Several new items and features have been added to the game, including (via Bethesda’s changelog):

• Overseers should be on the lookout for new threats to their Vault Dwellers. Some Vaults have reported attacks by burrowing Mole Rats and enraged Deathclaws – likely attracted by the sound of new construction.
• Vault-Tec has partnered with General Atomics International in order to offer Overseers their very own robot butler – the Mister Handy! Now you lazier Overseers have a friendly, entertaining alternative to tapping and collecting resources. (Crumpets not included.)
• Our engineers clearly underestimated the, *ahem*, usefulness of living quarters to stimulate Vault growth, resulting in gross overpopulation and decreased Vault efficiency. Rest assured, the simulation has been adjusted, and Vaults of all shapes and sizes should now run more smoothly.
• Not content with stealing your Vault’s resources, some rather enterprising Raiders have now resorted to stealing Caps as well. (If you haven’t armed your Vault Dwellers yet, now’s the time!)
• As Vault-Tec does not approve of the use of unsanctioned levitation technology, all Vault Dwellers that were found floating through the air have been grounded. Permanently.
• Some of the more difficult daily objective requirements have been adjusted to more obtainable levels. You’re welcome.
• Continued general maintenance to the Vault simulation. Because an efficient machine is a happy machine!

Fallout Shelter is free to download and play, but players can also spend money on lunch boxes, which contain a random assortment of goodies, or on the new Mr Handy robots, which patrol your vault to collect resources, put out fires, and fight enemies.

Download: iOS | Android

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