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Subway Surfers
File:Subway Surfers logo.png
App logo
Developer(s)Kiloo
SYBO Games
Publisher(s)Kiloo
Platform(s)iOS, Android
Release2012
Genre(s)Arcade & Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Subway Surfers is an "endless running" mobile game co-developed by Kiloo, a private company based in Denmark and SYBO Games. Launched in 2012, "World Tour" is the theme of the game, wherein cities like New York, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Rome and Tokyo have been featured till now.[1] Available in iOS, Android platforms, the game features three default characters; Jake, Tricky and Fresh as they dash and dodge trains to escape from the grumpy inspector and his dog.

Game

The objective of this game is to run as far as possible in a endless game world by avoiding randomly generated obstacles that require the player to either jump (slide finger forward), duck (slide finger backwards) and dodge the oncoming trains in a precise manner.

History

"Subway Surfers: Halloween" was the game's first version, released in October 2012. This was followed by "Subway Surfers: Holiday". World tour series started with "Subway Surfers World Tour: New York", which was released in January 2013 and followed by "Subway Surfers World Tour: Rio" releasing later in the same month. Users just need to update the app to change the World Tour version. The next edition of "Subway Surfers World Tour: Rome" was released in March 2013 and followed by "Subway Surfers World Tour: Sydney" in April. The latest version "Subway Surfers World Tour: Tokyo", released in May comes with the new Limited Edition "Harumi" character and "Fortune" board. The next one will be in Africa.

Characters

The following characters are featured in this game:

  1. Jake (default character)
  2. Tricky (requires 3 caps to unlock)
  3. Fresh (requires 50 stereos to unlock)
  4. Spike (requires 200 guitars to unlock)
  5. Yutani (requires 500 UFOs to unlock)
  6. Lucy
  7. Tasha
  8. Frank
  9. Frizzy
  10. Ninja
  11. King
  12. Tagbot
  13. Zoe
  14. Brody
  15. Prince K

Limited Edition Characters are:

  1. Zombie Jake (Halloween Special)
  2. Elf Tricky (Holiday Special)
  3. Tony (New York Edition)
  4. Carmen (Rio Edition)
  5. Roberto (Rome Edition)
  6. Kim (Sydney Edition)
  7. Harumi (Tokyo Edition)

Popularity

As of March 2013, the app had 26.5 million daily active users,[2] 130 million downloads, as the company projects a total of 250 million downloads in 2013.[3].

See also

References

  1. ^ Calimlim, Aldrin. "All Train Tracks Lead To Rome In Subway Surfers' New Content Update". 28 February 2013. App Advice. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. ^ Cutler, Kim-Mai (9 March 2013). "With 26.5M Daily Users, Denmark's Kiloo Pioneers New Ways of Producing Mobile Games". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  3. ^ Tack, Daniel (7 March 2013). "Kiloo's Subway Surfers Making Mobile Waves". Forbes. Retrieved 28 March 2013.

4. Mohammed Siadath Ali. "Update on Subway Surfers World Tour: Sydney" (5th April, 2013 Subway Surfers World Tour : Syndey [UPDATE]

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