Fallout Shelter gets a long-awaited update

Fallout Shelter was the surprise hit of the summer in mobile games, briefly surpassing Candy Crush Saga as one of the top-grossing titles on the app stores. But it quickly fell off the lists because players ran out of content.

Now Bethesda Game Studios is playing catch-up for the game, a rare hardcore hit on mobile in which you build a large fallout shelter in the wake of a nuclear war. Today, Bethesda released an update for Fallout Shelter on Android and iOS devices that should bring players back and keep them busy. In doing so, the company is trying to deal with pent-up demand and turn the game into an ongoing service, rather than a one-time experience — and help excite players for Fallout 4, which debuts November 10 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.