Turf Wars News

12/14/2012 Winter Update!

We’re excited to announce the upcoming Winter Update! Celebrate the holidays with this grab-bag of goodies:

• The 3rd annual Double Loot Week – runs Friday, May 3 at 1:00PM through Monday, May 6 at 1:00AM, GMT!
• 2 New items, including a special Loot item which is lootable only during Double Loot Week!
  • Lookout – 10% defense increase (owner + turf power) when equipped to a turf!
  • Bren Gun – a powerful, limited-release weapon – get it during Double Loot Week only!
• 2 New Missions with crate-busting odds for Loot – Double Loot Week only!
• 5 New Airports in up-and-coming cities around the world, and Airport turf creation zones increased by 50%, to 2.80mi!
  • BKK – Bangkok, Thailand
  • NCL – Newcastle, UK
  • SLC – Salt Lake City, Utah, US
  • ADL – Adelaide, South Australia
  • EWR – Newark, New Jersey, US

The extra Loot, Missions, and Airports all go LIVE on Friday, May 3 at 1:00PM GMT!

*For balance reasons, Bren Guns limited to 1000 per day, per player

10/8/2012 Version 2.30 is Live!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.30 of Turf Wars! This version makes several improvements and fixes:

• Full support for iPhone 5 and the upcoming iPod touch 5th generation!
• Fix for the mixed-up item graphics issue (iOS 5.0+ users only).
• Improved map performance when in turf creation mode.
• Fixed some memory leaks app-wide, crash fix on the in-app purchase screen (iPad users most affected).

IMPORTANT – due to Apple SDK requirements, version 2.30 requires iOS 4.3 or higher to be installed on your device. If you’re running iOS <4.3, version 2.28 is the last Turf Wars version that you will be able to install.

9/28/2012 Triple Loot is LIVE!

Triple Loot is now LIVE through Monday, May 6 at 1:00AM!

• Triple Loot (naturally) all weekend!

Celebrate the weekend and 3 years of Turf Wars with Triple Loot!

9/25/2012 Turf Wars 3 Year Anniversary Weekend!

Join us in celebrating 3 years of global Turf Wars! A lot has changed since the original GPS Crime Game launched, and we'd like to thank our awesome community of players with some exciting bonuses!

• Triple Loot (naturally) all weekend!
• This weekend only: see and share your turf history on the website map!

Triple Loot and the turf history map are going to be available from Friday, May 3 at 1:00PM through Monday, May 6 at 1:00AM, your local time.

Celebrate the weekend and 3 years of Turf Wars with Triple Loot!

9/4/2012 Version 2.28 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.28 of Turf Wars! This version is a compatibility update to improve functionality with future iOS versions. It also fixes a rare crash on the map and makes some minor performance improvements.

IMPORTANT – Version 2.28 requires iOS 4.0 or higher to be installed on your device. If you’re still running iOS 3.x, version 2.23 is the last Turf Wars version that you will be able to install.

7/4/2012 2012 Summer Updates

We’re pleased to announce several exciting updates to Turf Wars! Breeze through the dog days of summer with these exciting new features:

• Extended DOUBLE LOOT Weekend – Thursday, July 12 at 9:00PM through Sunday, July 15 at 4:00AM, your local time!
• New special loot item: 
  • Balaclava – equip this mask to attack your enemies and their turf anonymously!
• Two new specialized Loot Crates!
  • Use the WiseGuy crate to expand your empire, with improved chances for turf upgrades and the special loot items that help improve your turf and keep your Mob healthy.
  • Use the Enforcer crate to boost your Mob’s power and effectiveness, with improved chances for weapons and the offensive special loot items.
• Number of Top Mobsters displayed in each city increased from 20 to 50!
• Ability to capture all turf of inactive (6 months) players – just claim a turf within 200 meters of their turf to be in position to capture it!
• 4 New Airports!
  • DME – Moscow, Russia
  • TLV – Tel Aviv, Israel
  • DXB – Dubai, UAE
  • MIA – Miami, Florida, US

The Summer Updates and Double Loot Weekend will go LIVE on Thursday, July 12 at 9:00PM your local time (21:00 GMT).

– Turf Wars Dev Team

7/12/2012 Version 2.26 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.26 of Turf Wars! This version adds an option to use a new Geocoder (the tool that matches city names to turfs’ locations on the Map) – currently in beta!

Additional Version 2.26 changes include:

• Easier to select turf on the Map, especially when at distant zooms or tapping on tiny turf.
• General bug fixes & performance enhancements.

Tap here to get version 2.26!

5/9/2012 Version 2.25 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.25 of Turf Wars! After the 2.24 release, many users expressed a dislike of the change made to the turf names’ display on the map – this version restores this to the pre-version 2.24 behavior.

Also, if you want to adjust the transparency of the turf on the Map, you can do this by visiting your device’s Settings app, scrolling down to TurfWars, and adjusting it there. Make sure to fully close Turf Wars in your device’s Task Manager for the settings to take effect.

Version 2.25 changes include:

• Display turf names at lower zoom levels (like version 2.23 and below).
• Map performance improvements, especially on the first map load.
• General bug fixes & performance enhancements

IMPORTANT – Version 2.25 requires iOS 4.0 or higher to be installed on your device. If you’re still running iOS 3.x, version 2.23 is the last Turf Wars version that you will be able to install. For more details, see the iOS 3 Deprecation Notice.

4/30/2012 Version 2.24 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.24 of Turf Wars! This version makes a few bug fixes and improvements:

• Updated turf transparency & small turf minimum size to be the same for retina vs non-retina devices.
• Added a turf transparency slider in Settings (Go to the Settings app, and select TurfWars. You’ll need to fully close Turf Wars and start it up again before any changes will take effect).
• Bug fixes & stability improvements.

IMPORTANT – Version 2.24 requires iOS 4.0 or higher to be installed on your device (instead of the previously-announced iOS3.1). If you’re still running iOS 3.x, version 2.23 is the last Turf Wars version that you will be able to install. For more details, see the iOS 3 Deprecation Notice.

3/16/2012 Version 2.23 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.23 of Turf Wars! This version makes a few bug fixes and improvements:

• Fixed vibration when getting a Push Notification while Turf Wars is open (iPhone users only). Now your device will vibrate on the first attack/etc made by each player (not all actions).
• Improved in-app purchase verification when on a slow connection.
• Bug fixes & stability improvements.

IMPORTANT – Version 2.23 will be the last version of Turf Wars to support iOS version 3.0.  Turf Wars versions 2.24 and higher will require iOS 3.1.0 or higher to be installed on your device. iOS 3.0 users will need to upgrade their device’s operating system to play Turf Wars after version 2.23 is discontinued (estimated to be mid-late 2012).

If you’re already running iOS 3.1.0 or higher on your device, then you won’t need to take any action related to this change.

3/1/2012 Spring Update – now Live!

We’re excited to announce the release of the early Spring Update! This release includes several exciting new Loot items, new airports, and major improvements to Vendettas. Here are the details:

• 4 new Loot items, including the stealthy Omertà!
  • Improved Armor-Piercing Ammo – its rarity will change from rare to uncommon, and the maximum number you can equip will increase from 3 to 20!
  • Potato Masher – blow your enemies to smithereens with this powerful grenade!
  • Beretta Model 38A – break through enemy lines with this rare submachine gun.
  • Omertà – use this stealthy Loot item to make a turf anonymous for 24 hours! Using Omertà on a turf will hide it on your public turf lists, its Influence won’t count towards capos, and its color on the map will change to a neutral gray. Only attacking an Omertà turf will reveal its true owner!
• Vendetta Improvements:
  • Messages posted to a Vendetta’s wall will show up in all members’ (public will show up in targets’ too) News Feed and via Push Notifications!
  • Vendetta expiration/disbanding events will show up in all members’ and targets’ News Feeds and via Push Notifications!
  • General interface improvements and bug fixes to make creating Vendettas easier.
  • Expired Vendettas are automatically deleted.
  • Improved details when your active Vendetta is not used in a fight.
• 5 New Airports!
  • LCY – East London, UK
  • HND – Tokyo, Japan
  • SAT – San Antonio, Texas, US
  • PHX – Phoenix, Arizona, US
  • PVG – Pudong, Shanghai, China

All items, vendetta changes, and airports are now LIVE. If you have any feedback or bugs to report, feel free to contact us via the Feedback button on the home screen!

2/8/2012 Version 2.22 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.22 of Turf Wars! This version makes a few targeted bug fixes:

• Fixed issue with multiple windows opening when connection is interrupted by your network provider.
• Fixed a possible crash when selecting turf on map.
• Bug fixes & stability improvements.

1/23/2012 Version 2.21 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.21 of Turf Wars! This version make several fixes and improvements:

• Improved handling of public WiFi connections – sometimes network providers’ login pages would cause blank Turf Wars screens, then get “stuck” there, requiring a reinstall. This version provides a better workaround for this issue.
• Fixed issues caused by misconfigured network providers, which sometimes led to out-of-date stats on some screens.
• More bug & crash fixes.

12/25/2011 Winter Update Released!

The Winter Update is now LIVE! Celebrate the holidays with this grab-bag of goodies:

• Double Loot Week runs now through Saturday, December 24 at 10:00PM, your local time (Dec 31 22:00 GMT)!
• 4 New Items
• 2 New Missions with crate-busting odds for Loot – Double Loot Week only:
  • Warehouse Heist (level 20) – chance of Uncommon & Rare Loot
  • Hijack a Cargo Ship (level 50) – chance of Rare & Priceless Loot
• 4 New Airports now live!

Merry Christmas, and a Happy Hanukkah, Festivus, and Holidays from the Turf Wars team!

12/16/2011 Winter Update!

We’re excited to announce the upcoming Winter Update! Celebrate the holidays with this grab-bag of goodies:

• The 2nd annual Double Loot Week – runs Saturday, December 24 at 10:00PM through Saturday, December 31 at 10:00PM, GMT!
• 4 New items, including a secret Loot item which is lootable only during Double Loot Week!
  • Meat Cleaver – divide your opposition with this razor-sharp tool!
  • Lupara – Perforate your opponents with this hefty shotgun!
  • Slugger – take an opponent out of the game with this bruiser.
  • Secret Weapon – a powerful, limited-release new weapon – get it during Double Loot Week only!
• 2 New Missions with crate-busting odds for Loot – Double Loot Week only!
• 4 New Airports from around the world!
  • PDX – Portland, Oregon, US
  • CDG – Paris, France
  • FRA – Frankfurt, Germany
  • PER – Perth, Australia

The extra Loot, Missions, and Airports all go LIVE on Saturday, December 24 at 10:00PM GMT.

11/11/2011 Version 2.16 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.16 of Turf Wars! This version make several fixes and improvements:

• Push Notifications don’t vibrate device on each action (applies to iPhone only) – only on the first of each player/action (similar to message vs badge when offline).
• Fixed caching issue that caused buttons to stop working or the app to look “broken” – if you are affected by this, please uninstall Turf Wars before updating (your account data will be unaffected).
• Minor bug fixes to the Invite Friends feature.
• More bug & crash fixes.

10/13/2011 New Feature – Respect Point Rewards!

We’re pleased to announce an exciting new feature – Respect Point Rewards!

Starting Friday, October 14 you will be able to earn 5 FREE Respect Points each day by visiting The Don and watching a promotional video for an app, or for installing another app via a recommendation (depending on availability).

Now casual players will be able to earn Respect Points, with no out-of-pocket spending required!

In addition, players who registered after Midnight (US Eastern time) October 12 may also see an app recommendation when they check in. This is part of a brand new program that will bring greater exposure and many more new players to the Turf Wars community! Players registered prior to this date will not see these.

Questions? Comments? Let us know via Feedback!

10/6/2011 New Airports are LIVE!

We’re pleased to announce the activation of 6 new airports! Starting immediately, these new airports are open for business:

• LAS – Las Vegas, Nevada, US
• SNA – Orange County, California, US
• HNL – Honolulu, Hawaii, US
• AMS – Amsterdam, Holland, The Netherlands
• BMA – Stockholm, Sweden
• FZO – Bristol, Somerset, UK

For more info on airports, check out Plane Tickets in the Help.

See you on the jetway!

10/5/2011 Version 2.15 is Live!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.15 of Turf Wars! This version make several fixes and improvements:

• Fixed crash that affected several players.
• The map (new Map only) now refreshes your turf after you upgrade it or add Police Maps to it.
• More bug & crash fixes

9/30/2011 Turf Wars 2nd Anniversary Weekend!

Join us in celebrating 2 years of global Turf Wars! A lot has changed since the original GPS Crime Game launched, and we'd like to thank our awesome community of players with some exciting bonuses!

• Double Loot Weekend – starting at midnight October 1st through the weekend! All Loot from missions & The Don is doubled; use a Toolbox to get even more Loot!
• 3 new Loot items, available midnight October 1st!
  • Consiglieri – free Global Police Protection for a week!
  • Bazooka – A powerful new weapon you can use to batter turf defenses!
  • Smuggling Tunnel – get a leg up on the competition with this new turf upgrade!
  
  
• 6 new airports, including Las Vegas, Orange County California, Honolulu, Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Bristol UK – opening Friday, October 7th!

Celebrate the weekend with Double Loot!

9/10/2011 Version 2.14 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.14 of Turf Wars! This version makes several important fixes:

• Prevent GPS location from disappearing (i.e. after starting app from background)
• Fixed the blank profile page issue that was introduced in version 2.13.
• Improved ease of turf selection on map.
• General application stability improvements.

8/26/2011 Version 2.13 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.13 of Turf Wars! This version fixes several crashes, especially related to the Map:

• Map crash fixes, including when tapping the [+] button to create a turf and tapping to view an existing turf (new map only).
• General map performance improvements (new map only).
• Double-tap to zoom now works when in turf creation mode (new map only).
• General application stability improvements.

8/12/2011 2011 Summer Updates and Version 2.12 RELEASED!

The 2011 Summer Updates have been let loose as of now!

• 50 new Levels have been added – levels 101 through 150 will now be titled “Godfather” with a Roman numeral after them
• The Melee combat class has been released! Three new Loot items have been introduced, and some of the existing melee weapons’ stats have been adjusted:
  • NEW Garrote (uncommon) – Attack 3, Defense 1.
  • NEW Steel-Toed Shoes (common) – Attack 5, Defense 4.
  • NEW Machete (rare) – Attack 12, Defense 4.
  • German Stiletto Knife (rare) – Attack increased from 3 to 7, Defense increased from 2 to 3.
  • Brass Knuckles (common) – Attack increased from 1 to 3, Defense unchanged. Changed from Uncommon to Common.
  • Chainsaw (uncommon) – Attack increased from 5 to 10, Defense decreased from 6 to 5.
• The 10% Influence Rule, which determined whether you could capture another player’s turf based the ratio between your & their Influence, has been adjusted. Now the protection level fades, starting at level 25, reaching zero (i.e. no protection) at level 50. We will be monitoring the combat situation and will make future adjustments if needed.

Also, version 2.12 has been released on the App Store! This release includes some enhancements and fixes, including:

• See city/state in the “Valid location message”
• Improved GPS locating
• Crash fixes

We hope you enjoy the new updates! As always, if you have any questions or feedback, contact us via the Feedback button on the Home screen.

8/3/2011 2011 Summer Updates!

We’re pleased to announce several updates to Turf Wars! Breeze through the dog days of summer with these exciting new features:

• 50 new Levels!
• New melee combat item class – now your knives, clubs, and other implements will be used alongside your guns & armor!
• New high-level Loot mission!
• More loot!
• 7 new airports – get your boarding pass ready for Edmonton, Kansas City, Columbus, Minneapolis, Hamburg, Brisbane, and Melbourne!
• Some combat balance fixes, including an adjustment to the current 10% Influence Rule.

Changes will go out Thursday August 11th, just before Midnight EDT (0400 GMT) – there will be a very brief (5-10 minute) downtime while this upgrade is applied.

– Turf Wars Dev Team

8/1/2011 Version 2.11 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.11 of Turf Wars! This version offers some additional improvements, and fixes some common bugs experienced with version 2.10:

• Check if a location is valid for creating turf on the Turf Map, even if outside your creation zone
• Improved tap detection when creating turf
• Easier to see low Influence turfs on map
• Improved GPS fetching

Even more upgrades are in the pipeline – stay tuned for an announcement on this later this week.

6/9/2011 Version 2.10 Released!

We’re pleased to announce the release of version 2.10 of Turf Wars! This version makes several changes to improve the interface of Turf Wars, including:

• Better Map performance and stability and improved turf creation mode (iOS 4.0+ users only) – now you can see the airport turf zones as well as turf exclusion zones!
• Map over ocean issue fully fixed (all iOS versions)
• Updated GPS system to refresh properly when traveling – hit the ⟳ button on the Map Screen to refresh your location!
• Improved Store interface & reliability
• Option to disable Game Center
• Many bug fixes

iOS 4.0 & 4.1 users – this version has an issue that prevents Emoji from being properly shown on turfs on the map. A fix is pending for version 2.11 – if you’d like to upgrade but want to use the old map, go to your device’s Settings app, select Turf Wars, and set Use Old Map to ON. Thank you for your patience.

5/24/2011 New Airports Coming June 4th!

First off, a big THANK YOU to everyone for your great responses to the new airport feature! We’ve been bombarded with requests for new airports and are pleased to announce the release of 12 more airports in popular cities:

• BFS (Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)
• BOS (Boston, Massachusetts, US)
• DEN (Denver, Colorado, US)
• DFW (Dallas, Texas, US)
• EDI (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
• IAD (Washington DC, US)
• MAN (Manchester, England, UK)
• MCO (Orlando, Florida, US)
• PHL (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US)
• SAN (San Diego, California, US)
• YMX (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
• YYC (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

These airports will be usable for travel, starting June 4th at 12:00pm US Pacific Time (1900 GMT) – in the meantime any turf you build in these airports’ vicinity will give you access to their connecting airports on the release date.

See you on the jetway!

5/1/2011 Airports & Plane Tickets are Live!

We’re excited to release one of the most major upgrades to Turf Wars since its release — Plane Tickets! Starting with Version 2.0, you’ll be able to use real-world airports to hop between major world airports.

There are a few updates since our last announcement:

• The plane ticket grant time has been changed to 2 weeks instead of 1 week. This may be further adjusted in the future.
• Turf built in cities more than 149mi from your existing turf will be harder to defend for a limited period of time. See the Plane Ticket Help for details.

4/10/2011 Announcing Airports!

We’re pleased to announce a major new feature for Turf Wars: Airports — coming Sunday, May 1st!

Airports will allow you to “Turf Hop” between distant cities, giving you the chance to interact with players from around the world. Here’s how it will work:

• All players over level 15 will be granted a plane ticket by The Don, once a week. At launch time there won’t be a way to hurry this, though as time goes on we may add this.
• Players whom have turf at a supported airport can use their plane ticket to build a turf at connecting airports. For example if you have turf at JFK airport, you’ll be able to build turf at airports in Chicago, London, L.A., and any other city that JFK connects to!
• Plane tickets can only be used to hop between connecting airports – no where else.
• Just like in real life, airports only connect to other airports within a certain distance. For example, you’ll be able to directly connect from New York to London, but not to Singapore. The initial airports will be able to fly to any airport within 10,000 km (6,000mi) of their location; future airports may have a different range.
• There will be a time-limited combat penalty for faraway newly-built turf.

We are launching with a select group of airports in the world’s largest cities: LAX (Los Angeles), LHR (London), JFK (New York), SFO (San Francisco), ORD (Chicago), HKG (Hong Kong), PEK (Beijing), YYZ (Toronto), SEA (Seattle), SIN (Singapore), SYD (Sydney), TXL (Berlin), IAH (Houston), ATL (Atlanta), and YVR (Vancouver).

Launch Timeline

• Version 1.7 (released 4/11) will give you a preview of airports on the map, and which of your turf can access them.
• Version 2.0 will be released on May 1st, 2011. This release will fully enable airports, letting players use them for building turf at their connecting airports.
• During May we’ll be expanding the airports to more cities, based on popular demand and other considerations.

See you on the jetway!