6.3.3
2023-08-17
Fixed livestream source
Fixed poll vote persistence
Fixed status bar style on Object screen
Better authorization flow on Content screen
6.3.2
2023-08-04
Stability updates
6.3.1
2023-07-07
Fixed livestream video appearance
Fixed video bookmark addition
6.3.0
2023-06-01
- fixed slideshow rendering issues
- Added empty state for when popular video feed is empty
- fixed video bouncing when autoplaying in-feed
- stability updates
6.2.8
2023-03-09
- Added publish date to search results
- Improved fullscreen video player stability
- Bookmarks, visited items and completed polls are now tied to a user by id
- Bookmarks now organized by stories and videos
- Improved profile screen styles
- Improved main navigation tabs styles
- Improved status bar fullscreen appearance
6.2.6
2023-02-03
- Added user setting to toggle in-feed videos autoplay
- Fixed video playback icons behaviour
- Fixed screen turning off when watching a video
6.2.4
2022-12-25
* New feature: render Playlists that are embedded in articles
* Fixed in-feed video autoplay issue
* Fixed video appearance in landscape mode
* Fixed livestream video UI
* Better UI for empty search and face-off results
* Better UI on tablets
* Support for older Article URLs
6.2.2
2022-07-31
Fixes minor display bug when rendering articles in the feed
6.2.1
2022-07-06
Fixed dark mode in comments block
Fixed onboarding screen on various screen sizes
Other UI fixes and optimization
6.1.2
2022-02-17
Add Twitter Sign In
Add Google Sign In
Bug fixes for login and commenting issues
Performance and user interface improvements
6.1.1
2021-12-13
— Added support for Facebook and Apple sign-in
— Added the ability to tap on game, movie, and show name metadata in the story feed.
— Fixed bugs where text was unreadable in the header on game pages.
— Fixed an issue with password requirements for older accounts.
— Fixed a rare issue where the sign-in screen can freeze under certain circumstances.
— Adds in the ability to access "What's New" from the settings screen.
— Additional style and interface improvements
6.1.0
2021-11-29
* Added search UI to help users find articles and feeds for games and entertainment titles.
* Article screen UI enhancements and bug fixes
* Performance improvements for video and article screens
6.0.8
2021-09-24
- Minor tweak to make videos in articles more performant
6.0.7
2021-09-21
- Video experience improvements, including autoplay, styles, full-screen behavior, and more
- Added sharing for stories
- Significant improvements to swipe-back behavior. It should be easier to left-swipe back to the feed from a story.
- Fixed styles in stores where product descriptions would be non-accessible in their color scheme
- Fixed an issue where videos weren’t appearing at the top of some articles
- Removed non-native feed stories that were breaking navigation
- Fixed an issue where tapping a story quickly in succession could spawn multiple stories opening
- Fixed error messaging around sign in
- Added the ability to sign in via IGN username in addition to email address.
- Added a notification to sign in to bookmark stories
- Platforms are displayed at the bottom of reviews
- Fixed a bug where Prime members could see ads in stories.
- You can now tap anywhere on a product embedded in a story to visit the appropriate link for that article
- Style and consistency updates
- Fixed an issue where ads would display when disabled on certain content
- Fixed an issue where comments would display when disabled on certain content.
6.0.6
2021-07-25
- Fixed an issue where swiping or tapping back from a story causes the feed to jump to the top
- Fixed an issue preventing video from pausing in the background, using background data
- Add a “game reviews” filter to the newsfeed
- Added timestamps to video stories in the feed
- Added scores to reviews in the feed
- Added indicator for bookmarked feed stories
- Added indicator for previously read feed stories
- Adjusted several styles for balance and consistency
- Additional refactoring and optimization.
- Additional stability improvements and crash prevention
6.0.4
2021-06-10
· Fixed an issue where the Livestream player was unable to close
· Additional style fixes
6.0.3
2021-06-09
· Welcome experience added
· Quicksave — tap and hold on a story in a feed to quickly save it to your profile
· Review scores — fixed an issue where review scores were not appearing in articles
· Story Titles — fixed an issue where some articles were appearing without titles in the news feed
· Video — fixed an issue where two videos could play simultaneously
· New — Livestream for special events will appear pinned at the top of feeds
· Stories — Fixed incorrect chronology in lists
· Ads — Removed Ads in Articles for Prime subscribers
6.0.2
2021-05-26
- Fix: Sync comments between app and web
- Fix: Ad interactions
6.0.1
2021-05-25
Improves networking & stability issues
6.0.0
2021-05-23
Brand new update to the IGN App:
Watch experience — We’re making video first-class. Browse videos by latest, popular, gameplay, and trailers, and rotate your device to watch videos fullscreen.
Meaningfully organized — Clear filters and easy access to things like reviews, and we’re going to organize our video filters to match out new youtube channels so you know where you’re published content will end up.
Content Bookmarking — Bookmarking articles and videos to come back to later
Fresh visuals — We wanted to have a fresh, paired-back visual style that is simpler to look at and can easily have a great dark mode.
Even more — Join the conversation in the community with comments, share videos with friends, family, and followers, and choose the “Use less data” setting to save bandwidth on the go
5.3.19
2020-10-06
* Update SDKs to remove "IGN pasted from xxx" notification.
* Bug fixes
5.3.18
2020-09-22
- Fixed images and links for featured commerce items
5.3.17
2020-06-30
- Update display of deal articles
- Fix formatting for asides in articles
5.3.12
2020-02-28
- Fix external links
- Fixes to article formatting
5.3.11
2020-02-19
Remove FB and Google login