Bomb Cyclone
Giant Bomb Video Player
Free
1.11for iPhone, iPad and more
9.7
118 Ratings
Conor Mulligan
Developer
20.1 MB
Size
Sep 10, 2022
Update Date
Entertainment
Category
12+
Age Rating
Age Rating
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About Bomb Cyclone
Bomb Cyclone is an app for a website about video games.
Watch Giant Bomb on the go. Get notifications for new episodes and livestreams. Watch on your TV using Airplay or Chromecast. Pick up where you left off with the Continue Watching widget, and stay up to date with the Live & Upcoming widget.
FEATURES:
- Browse Giant Bomb's entire video catalogue.
- Watch livestreams and video archives.
- Get push notifications for new videos, livestreams and show episodes.
- Watch on your TV using Airplay or Chromecast.
- Save videos offline to watch later.
- Add videos to your personal watchlist.
- Search for videos by name, show, date range and more.
- Use the Continue Watching widget to quickly resume a video.
- Stay up to date with the Live & Upcoming widget (now available on the Lock Screen!).
Watch Giant Bomb on the go. Get notifications for new episodes and livestreams. Watch on your TV using Airplay or Chromecast. Pick up where you left off with the Continue Watching widget, and stay up to date with the Live & Upcoming widget.
FEATURES:
- Browse Giant Bomb's entire video catalogue.
- Watch livestreams and video archives.
- Get push notifications for new videos, livestreams and show episodes.
- Watch on your TV using Airplay or Chromecast.
- Save videos offline to watch later.
- Add videos to your personal watchlist.
- Search for videos by name, show, date range and more.
- Use the Continue Watching widget to quickly resume a video.
- Stay up to date with the Live & Upcoming widget (now available on the Lock Screen!).
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.11
Last updated on Sep 10, 2022
Old Versions
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.
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.
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Version History
1.11
Sep 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.
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.
1.10.3
Aug 29, 2022
Fixed an issue with the home screen featured section layout.
1.10.2
Aug 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.
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.
1.10.1
Jul 22, 2022
Fixed an issue playing videos when offline.
Resolved a rare crash when refreshing the home screen.
Resolved a rare crash when refreshing the home screen.
1.10
Jun 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 while 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!
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 while 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!
1.9.1
Feb 23, 2022
Fixed a crash when fetching upcoming data.
Improved home screen performance.
Improved home screen performance.
1.9
Oct 31, 2021
Updated UI for iOS 15.
Added Dynamic Type support.
Added context menus throughout the app.
Improved search UI.
Added new onboarding UI.
Added a workaround for an issue where audio playback fails with certain livestreams.
Miscellaneous bug fixes.
Added Dynamic Type support.
Added context menus throughout the app.
Improved search UI.
Added new onboarding UI.
Added a workaround for an issue where audio playback fails with certain livestreams.
Miscellaneous bug fixes.
1.8.3
Jul 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.
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.
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.
Addressed an issue where selecting "See All" on the premium carousel shows non-premium videos.
Improved Chromecast behaviour.
1.8.1
Mar 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.
Updated widget tint colours.
Improved widget refreshing behaviour.
Addressed an issue where the database size is calculated incorrectly on the reset data screen.
1.8
Mar 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.
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.
1.7.2
Dec 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.
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.
1.7.1
Nov 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.
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.
1.7
Oct 16, 2020
Added “Continue Watching” WiAdded “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.
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.
1.6.3
Sep 16, 2020
Added video length to the player view.
Updated for iOS 14.
Updated for iOS 14.
1.6.2
Sep 8, 2020
Updated the featured videos algorithm.
Fixed an issue where the “edit” button is erroneously disabled.
Improved performance.
Fixed an issue where the “edit” button is erroneously disabled.
Improved performance.
1.6.1
Aug 30, 2020
Fixed an issue searching for videos by staff member.
Staff members are now sorted by last name.
Resolved several UI issues.
Staff members are now sorted by last name.
Resolved several UI issues.
1.6
Aug 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.
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.
1.5
Jul 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.
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.
1.4.3
May 24, 2020
Fixed a crash after updating to version 1.4.2.
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 if 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.
Added transparent show artwork.
Unavailable video quality levels are now hidden.
The app will now switch to an available quality level if 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.
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.
Resolved an issue where the home screen wouldn't automatically refresh data after entering the foreground.
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.
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.
1.3.2
Feb 29, 2020
Fixed an issue that caused certain videos to not appear in the UI.
Improved error handling.
Improved error handling.
1.3.1
Feb 25, 2020
Added a new playback settings screen with “autoplay” and “pause in background” toggles.
Fixed a crash when loading videos.
Fixed a crash when loading videos.
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Bomb Cyclone.
iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Bomb Cyclone supports English
