WHAT TIME IS IT? The game hides the status bar, so there was no way to see the time without leaving the maze. There is now a clock at the top of the right strip, just under the settings cog, and in multiplayer above the radar. It follows your 12- or 24-hour setting. Something not working, or missing? Tell us at apopov.de/feedback.

BASE BLASTS CLEAR THE AREA Bringing down a base now takes everything around it with it. Every enemy tank within range is caught by the blast front: flung away spinning, flashing white, then torn apart in its own burst of shrapnel, nearest first as the shockwave rolls outward. A boss fortress reaches even further. ONE BIG CHAIN Every wreck counts as a kill and feeds the chain multiplier, so a base ringed by sentries and a tank or two passing by pays out as a single long chain. Crawler trains caught in range lose every car from there back. Something not working, or missing? Tell us at apopov.de/feedback.

CLEAN WALLS The maze is back to straight fluorescent tubes: a hot white core, a slow breathing glow, and nothing hanging off them. Corridors read at a glance, and the dark between the walls is darker. LIKED THE OVERGROWTH? The vines, moss and slime are still in the game, just off by default. Turn on Settings > Wall growth and the sector you are in grows them straight away. Something not working, or missing? Tell us at apopov.de/feedback.

A small maintenance update with behind-the-scenes changes to in-app purchases. Nothing in the game has changed. Something not working, or missing? Tell us at apopov.de/feedback.

Bugfix release

LOCAL MULTIPLAYER Two to six iPhones on the same Wi-Fi. No account, no server, no room code and no host to pick. Open the game, drive your tank into the START pad, and the match begins when everyone is standing in it. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE Every base in the maze has to come down and nobody can clear it alone, so you work together. Friendly fire is always on. Three lives each, and the match ends when one player still has a life left. The alliance is real, and it is temporary. NOBODY IS THE HOST Every phone runs its own copy of the arena and answers only for its own tank. If someone's battery dies, a call comes in, or they simply walk out of the room, the match carries on without them. It costs the game one tank, not the game. A LOBBY YOU STAND IN Your tank waits in a room with everyone else's, names over their turrets, driving around before anything is decided. There is no ready button — standing in the pad is the ready check, and driving back out of it cancels. A PROPER ARENA Neon walls on a lit lattice, blast waves that race out across the floor, muzzle flash, glowing rounds, and kegs that chain. The radar always shows you the objective and never shows you a distant player: hunting someone is meant to be hard, finding the thing you have to shoot is not. FIXES The attract demo no longer plays its soundtrack behind the game.

THE MAZE IS ALIVE Walls are overgrown: moss carpets, branching vines with leaves and curls, bioluminescent blossoms that breathe, slime pooled in every corner and dripping off the ledges. Sectors now zoom in from a speck and slam into place. SPECIALS RACK Four one-tap specials in the top right: teleport to the furthest base, invincibility, wall-piercing railgun rounds, and a nova blast. Charges drop from bases, and clearing a sector always pays one. NEW ENEMIES Sentry drones orbit every base and scatter to hunt you when it falls. Crawler trains wander aimlessly and kill on contact - shoot one from the tail and every car counts toward your chain. MOVING WALLS AND AN EXIT Gates slide open and shut across the corridors. Clear the bases and an exit portal opens on the outer wall. The radar points the way, and you have to drive there. IT HITS HARDER Base kills fill the whole screen with a shockfront, lances of light, smoke and debris, and the screen shakes with every kill. FIXES Armoured heavies are no longer immune to gunfire - they take three hits, and every tank now shows how many hits it has left. Fixed a launch crash and the stall at the start of each sector.

Bolo 2000 now supports a physical keyboard — great for playing on a Mac. Drive with UP/DOWN for throttle and LEFT/RIGHT to turn in classic 45° tank steps, and fire in all 8 directions with Q/W/E, A/D, and Z/X/C. Works with any Bluetooth keyboard paired to iPhone or iPad too.

NEW: SECTOR TELEPORT A one-time Extra in Settings — jump straight to any sector you choose and start your run from there. NEW: IMMORTALITY A one-time Extra in Settings — your tank still dies and respawns, but you never run out of lives. Toggle it on whenever you want an easier run. ENEMY TANKS, RECOLOURED Rammers now flash violet and shooters stay green, so you can tell threats apart at a glance. (Armored tanks keep their steel-grey plating.) There's also a tip jar in Settings if you'd like to support the game — thank you!

Bases play like the arcade original again. • Bases are back to a classic square shell that chips away as you hit it, instead of just soaking up damage • Land a shot through an already-open breach and it's an instant kill — reach the core and the base goes down in one hit • Your Game Center high score now shows during the attract-mode demo, arcade-cabinet style

The biggest Bolo 2000 update yet — a new night, a real progression system, and a lot more. NIGHT PATROLS Every sixth sector drops into darkness. Your tank throws a real line-of-sight headlight that stops at walls, and enemy shots glow through the black so you can see them coming and dodge. ARMOR + LIVES Take three hits before you lose a tank, and three tanks before it's over. Fall deep in a run? Continue from the furthest sector you reached. BOSS FORTRESSES Every fifth sector fields a fortified fortress that shoots back. Early ones play fair; they sharpen up the deeper you push. GAME CENTER + DAILY CHALLENGE All-time and daily leaderboards plus achievements. The Daily Challenge gives everyone the same maze and fixed difficulty each day — climb the board. MAKE IT YOURS Colour-blind palette, left-handed layout, CRT scanline toggle, and difficulty + maze dials. A rotating retro soundtrack, a different track each sector. FEEL & POLISH Low-fuel warning so you're never caught dry, smoother haptics, balanced enemy speed, and a long list of gameplay fixes. There's also a tip jar in Settings if you'd like to support the game — thank you!

Bolo 2000's biggest update yet. • Twin-stick controls — drive with one thumb, aim and fire the cannon with the other. Prefer the originals? • Chain reactions — kills that land together rack up a score-multiplying combo. • Explosive kegs — scattered through the maze like mines. Shoot them, shockwave them, or watch enemies blunder into them. • Armored tanks — they shrug off direct hits, so you'll have to blast them. • Power-ups — destroyed bases drop rapid fire, shields, fuel, and extra tanks. • Daily Challenge — the same maze and difficulty for everyone, with its own leaderboard. New seed every day. • Bigger base explosions that shake the whole maze. • Optional CRT scanline mode for the full retro look. Thanks for playing.

- Better demo mode - Better enemy behavior

• Game Center support — your score is posted to the global High Scores leaderboard when a game ends • New LEADERBOARD button in Settings to see how you rank • New: demo mode — the game plays itself on the title screen so you can see what awaits in later sectors. Tap anytime to take over • Sound effects now come back properly after phone calls, alarms and Siri • Free-trial progress is tracked more reliably • Stability improvements

• Game Center support — your score is posted to the global High Scores leaderboard when a game ends • New LEADERBOARD button in Settings to see how you rank • New: demo mode — the game plays itself on the title screen so you can see what awaits in later sectors. Tap anytime to take over • Sound effects now come back properly after phone calls, alarms and Siri • Free-trial progress is tracked more reliably • Stability improvements

• Smoother gameplay — less background work per frame • More reliable purchase and refund handling • Wall explosions are back — and they bite. Shots that hit a wall now leave a burning shockwave behind. Shoot into the shockwave and it detonates again, closer to you. Keep hammering the same wall and the blast will crawl right down your bullet stream — into your tank. Fire point-blank at a wall and, well, you know what happens. Shockwaves destroy enemy tanks too, so use them as traps — just don't stand in your own fire.