While it’s unknown when the update rolled out, sometime recently Garmin unleashed a small revision, adding the highly anticipated 3D view to Garmin Mobile on Helio. 3D view is a great tool for the easily confused and directionally-challenged (like myself). It still gives you an aerial view of the map, but it’s slightly skewed so it’s a little more realistic than the 2D ones. If you are currently subscribing to the service and it hasn’t prompted you to update yet, try deleting and redownloading the application. If you currently don’t have a GPS and find yourself getting lost on dark scary streets a lot, Garmin Mobile definitely gets the job done at $2.99 per day for quickies, or $9.99 per month for the extremely lost souls.

Feelin’ lazy? Dial GARMIN (427646) from your Ocean, Fin or Mysto and hit OK to jump directly to the download page. Already got it? Go into Settings > Route View > 3D to switch over.

Update: After reading some of the comments of it not working, it appears only the Mysto (and I’m assuming the Fin) version of Garmin Mobile have this. The way the Helio store is setup separates the Ocean from other devices because of Ocean’s screen flip function. Hopefully we will see the update mosey on over to the Ocean shortly.

The Shroud, which can be best described as the old-school Harvest Moon and Zelda joining forces, has made it’s way onto Helio with GPS exclusivity.

Complete with quests, puzzles, farming, monsters, and GPS integration, The Shroud appears to be a well rounded game with lots of stuff to do. If you are a fan of RPGs such as the original Zelda and Final Fantasy, you will most likely enjoy this game. Fans of Harvest Moon will especially enjoy this game, as it primarily revolves around Taro, a young farmer who has to tend to his parents farm and earn money by selling crops and raising animals. To add a bit of a twist, there are also monsters and “The Shroud” who will escape from the mines to make things a bit more difficult. A la Harvest Moon, there is a calendar with mini-games on certain days, such as chicken racing and fishing tourneys.

Another cool feature is Your World Games has the ability to add new quests, and create new downloadable content for the game. GPS hotspots (AKA “Breaches”) are defined by real-world coordinates, and provide you with a task, or even the ability to head to the mines without the troubles of being ravaged by monsters.

Overall, The Shroud seems like it has a lot of potential. And at only 2.99/month, it’s not a bad deal at all. We also have the honor of having one of The Shroud team members on our forum! Click here to go to the thread, post your comments, dislikes, likes and whatever else you think about the game there. Want to download it? On your GPS-enabled Helio device, go to the Helio Store > Games > All New or RPG and select “The Shroud”.

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Since Helio has recently been pumping up their games catalog, we thought it would be a great idea to detail the new releases about every two weeks. This isn’t meant to be a review system or anything, but that section of the site will be coming soon.