Bomb Cyclone

Version History

Version 1.11

September 10, 2022

  • Updated for iOS 16.
  • Dropped support for iOS 14.
  • You can now add the Upcoming widget to your Lock Screen.
  • Improved support for the new system video player.
  • Updated widget appearance.
  • Miscellaneous UI tweaks.

Version 1.10.3

August 29, 2022

  • Fixed an issue with the home screen featured section layout.

Version 1.10.2

August 19, 2022

  • Improved home screen layout behaviour and performance.
  • Updated settings UI.
  • Fixed an issue where the home screen would occasionally fail to update automatically.
  • Resolved an issue where playback would pause after showing the mini player.
  • The app will now correctly restore the previous UI context when resuming from Picture-in-Picture playback.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and UI tweaks.

Version 1.10.1

July 22, 2022

  • Resolved an issue playing videos while offline.
  • Fixed a rare crash when refreshing the home screen.
  • Addressed an issue where some text labels are clipped at certain Dynamic Type font sizes.

Version 1.10

June 15, 2022

  • Added new Mobile and Medium quality options for supported videos.
  • You can now optionally receive notifications when Giant Bomb is hosting a Twitch stream.
  • The home screen now includes active Twitch chats and GB Infinite.
  • Added an “Open in YouTube” menu option for supported videos.
  • Fixed an issue where real staff names aren’t used when a video has multiple upload credits.
  • Fixed an issue where the player would enter an invalid state after resuming the app when the “Pause in Background” setting in enabled.
  • Improved UI performance.
  • Improved registration flow.
  • Significantly improved database read performance.
  • Optimized disk writes.
  • Miscellaneous UI tweaks.
  • Thank you, Jeff! ❤️

Version 1.9.1

February 23, 2022

  • Fixed a crash when fetching upcoming data.
  • Improved home screen performance.

Version 1.9

October 31, 2021

  • Updated UI for iOS 15.
  • Added Dynamic Type support.
  • Added context menus throughout the app.
  • Improved search.
  • Added new onboarding UI.
  • Added a workaround for an issue where audio playback fails with certain livestreams.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

Version 1.8.3

July 17, 2021

  • Improved trackpad and mouse support on iPad.
  • Fixed a layout issue when using Split View or Slide Over multitasking.
  • Unavailable video quality options are now hidden.
  • Improved VoiceOver support.
  • Increased tap target size for some UI elements.
  • General accessibility improvements.

Version 1.8.2

May 21, 2021

  • Fixed an issue fetching the upcoming schedule.
  • Addressed an issue where selecting “See All” on the premium carousel shows non-premium videos.
  • Improved Chromecast behaviour.

Version 1.8.1

March 20, 2021

  • Fixed an issue displaying the Upcoming widget when there’s nothing on the schedule.
  • Updated widget tint colours.
  • Improved widget refreshing behaviour.
  • Addressed an issue where the database size is calculated incorrectly on the reset data screen.

Version 1.8

March 19, 2021

  • Added Live & Upcoming widget.
  • Added large Continue Watching widget.
  • You can now change the video playback rate.
  • Fixed an issue where videos may appear out of order in the Continue Watching widget.
  • Improved support for back button context menus.
  • Video “in this episode” associations are now hidden by default.
  • Improved responsiveness when marking videos as played.
  • Addressed a crash when the app enters the background.
  • Improved performance.
  • Updated for iOS 14.4.

Version 1.7.2

December 23, 2020

  • Updated for iOS 14.3.
  • Added “Open in Safari” menu item.
  • Tapping the “Live” button will now seek to live playback.
  • Fixed an issue showing the livestream deck.
  • Resolved an issue where the “Mark as Played” menu item would erroneously appear on livestreams.

Version 1.7.1

November 18, 2020

  • Updated for iOS 14.2.
  • Added video thumbnails to Now Playing.
  • Added a green indicator to finished videos.
  • Fixed an issue where the app would exit fullscreen video after ending PiP playback.
  • Exiting fullscreen video will no longer automatically pause playback.
  • Fixed an issue showing the “no results” view.
  • Updated player view duration appearance.
  • Updated menu style on iOS 14.

Version 1.7

October 16, 2020

  • Added “Continue Watching” Widget.
  • Improved Chromecast support on iOS 14.
  • Fixed an issue where the playback controls would sometimes be disabled on iOS 14.
  • Reduced the delay when opening videos from a notification.
  • Added file size indicators.
  • Fixed several layout issues.

Version 1.6.3

September 16, 2020

  • Added video length to the player view.
  • Updated for iOS 14.

Version 1.6.2

September 8, 2020

  • Updated featured videos algorithm.
  • Fixed an issue where the “edit” button is erroneously disabled.
  • Improved performance.

Version 1.6.1

August 30, 2020

  • Fixed an issue searching for videos by staff member.
  • Staff members are now sorted by last name.
  • Resolved several UI issues.

Version 1.6

August 27, 2020

  • Added Advanced Search.
  • Updated account linking UI.
  • Fixed an issue saving video progress.
  • Videos played to within 10 seconds of completion will now count as finished.
  • Improved UI performance.

Version 1.5

July 3, 2020

  • You can now add videos to your personal watchlist.
  • The player screen has been redesigned.
  • Added real staff names.
  • Watched videos will no longer appear in the featured section.
  • Improved home screen performance.
  • Selecting the current show will now navigate to the show screen.
  • Miscellaneous UI tweaks and fixes.

Version 1.4.3

May 24, 2020

  • Fixed a crash after updating to version 1.4.2.

Version 1.4.2

May 23, 2020

  • Updated for iOS 13.5.
  • Added transparent show artwork.
  • Unavailable video quality levels are now hidden.
  • The app will now switch to an available quality level when the previously selected quality level is unavailable.
  • Fixed an issue where redundant partial files aren’t automatically deleted.
  • Addressed an issue where playback would sometimes reset.
  • Resolved an issue where the home screen loading indicator would appear over content.
  • Minor UI tweaks.

Version 1.4.1

May 6, 2020

  • Fixed an issue that would prevent the Continue Watching section from appearing.
  • Resolved an issue where the home screen wouldn’t automatically refresh data after entering the foreground.

Version 1.4

May 2, 2020

  • Added Featured videos section.
  • Added Upcoming section.
  • Video progress is now saved offline and synced when an internet connection is available.
  • Improved UI performance.
  • Introduced the ability to manually clear the offline database and image cache.
  • Resolved several layout issues when multitasking on iPad.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

Version 1.3.2

February 28, 2020

  • Fixed an issue that caused certain videos to not appear in the UI.
  • Improved error handling.

Version 1.3.1

February 25, 2020

  • Added a new playback settings screen with “autoplay” and “pause in background” toggles.
  • Fixed a crash when loading videos.

Version 1.3

February 8, 2020

  • Added the Mini Player.
  • You can now mark a video as played.
  • Fixed an issue that would prevent video progress from syncing.
  • Resolved an issue where video playback would reset while casting.
  • Improved Control Center Now Playing support.
  • Addressed an issue where popovers were misaligned.
  • Fixed a layout issue when browsing videos in grid mode.
  • Improved the legibility of vibrant playback controls.
  • Updated the video management UI.
  • Addressed an issue where parts of the UI would be obscured in landscape mode.
  • Resolved a data caching issue.
  • Fixed an issue where casting would fail if the video had previously been played to completion.

Version 1.2.4

January 25, 2020

  • Fixed an issue that would cause the app to crash when browsing videos.

Version 1.2.3

January 24, 2020

  • Resolved a layout issue with the show header.
  • Fixed a crash when loading videos.

Version 1.2.2

December 19, 2019

  • Restored the livestream deck.
  • Fixed an issue where selecting “View More” would show all results.

Version 1.2.1

December 14, 2019

  • Added home screen show sections.
  • Fixed a crash when loading videos.
  • Fixed a crash after pausing a Picture-in-Picture video.
  • Added a workaround for an issue that would cause the scroll indicator to become obscured.

Version 1.2

December 7, 2019

  • Added iPad support.
  • Landscape orientation is now supported on iPhone.
  • The show screen now includes grid mode and ordering.
  • The search results screen now includes grid mode.
  • Improved animations.
  • Fixed a number of Google Cast issues.
  • Fixed video playback issues.

Version 1.1.1

September 28, 2019

  • Updated the registration UI to better match the rest of the app.
  • Reduced disk usage by periodically cleaning up temporary and unused files.
  • Updated toast appearance.
  • Resolved a visual glitch when presenting the Google Cast device chooser on iOS 13.
  • Fixed an issue where selecting a video while already casting wouldn’t play the new video.
  • Improved stability on iOS 12.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

Version 1.1

September 22, 2019

  • Updated for iOS 13.
  • Notifications now include images and will open the associated video when selected.
  • Improved Google Cast integration.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

Version 1.0.3

July 29, 2019

  • Casting video now uses the selected quality level.
  • Increased the tab bar icon contrast.
  • Fixed some bugs and tweaked the UI.

Version 1.0.2

July 2, 2019

  • Fixed a crash when casting video.

Version 1.0.1

June 29, 2019

  • Google Cast support is now enabled.
  • The player view now includes more information, like show details and topics.
  • Performance has been improved across the board.
  • The UI has been tweaked and some bugs have been squashed.

Version 1.0

June 28, 2019

  • Initial release.