Pixel People publisher Chillingo has announced that the hit city builder's massive update 1.3 should hit the App Store some time in the next week. IGN has the full scoop on what city planners can look forward to in the free update.

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The centerpiece is undoubtedly the 55(!) new jobs to splice. Hopefully during the lull between updates you've been stockpiling empty housing. This ups the total number of jobs nearly one third, to 210. The new workers will unlock 13 new buildings to discover, contruct and staff as well.As promised, the update also revamps and improves the game's animal system as well. Players can pay up at the Animal Shelter to get an instant animal adoption any time they want. Duplicate animals now show up on an Animal's card, making it slightly less pointless when you earn your 15th Tomcat. Finally, a dozen new animals are available for adoption.A new mission system is also being introduced with the 1.3 update, giving gamers a bit more structure to their play, as well as a reason to chase down all those super-rare animals. Players complete missions by having all the proper criteria present in their city. The Gastronomy mission for example requires a variety of tasty animals and cooking-related jobs. Some missions will require coins or Utopium to complete, but missions reward include bonuses like new genes, free Utopium and more.Finally, a variety of game-changing balance tweaks are also being introduced. The coin exchange rate now scales with your level, making it more useful in the endgame. Spirit has also been rebalanced to scale with level and contruction/wait times have been further reduced across the board.A complete list of changes/tweaks, straight from the horse's mouth:NEW STUFF!• 55 new jobs to splice + 9 special genes to unlock. That 64 ALL NEW Pixel People to find!• 13 exciting new buildings to add to your town• 12 more new adorable animals to adopt• Over 40 new missions to complete, using your animals and resources, with spectacular rewards!• A new 'lucky packet' to open, containing many more land-saving surprises• Hotel Utopia finally opens its doors to publicCHANGES AND UPDATES• Gene Pool gets a new look!• Get quick surprises from the Animal Shelter• New special features added to existing buildings• Time discounts from Spirit now increase at the same rate as expansion discounts• Splicing Time also benefits from Spirit discount• New Spirit calculation system, now Spirit scales with level• One more upgrade level available at the Research Facility• Animal cards now show quantity, tier, and categoriesBALANCE AND FIXES• Build times reduced• Coin exchange rates improved, now they scale with level• Coin rewards improved, now they scale with level• SFX and Music state saved on exit of the game• Other minor bug fixes

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