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How an iOS Update Broke Chinese Text in War Robots (And How We Fixed It)

In September 2024, War Robots support received a surge of complaints from Chinese iOS players: after updating to iOS 18, in-game text was displaying incorrectly for some users. The issue manifested differently across devices: some players noticed missing characters, while others reported wrong or unfamiliar glyph styles. To make matters worse, we were unable to reproduce the bug on our local test devices.

My name is Sergey Madekin, Senior Developer on War Robots. In this article, I will share how we ultimately resolved the missing Chinese characters issue.

Investigating the Root Cause

Upon investigation, we discovered that our Chinese text rendering relied directly on system fonts. The game uses standard Unity UI (Text) components configured with dynamic fonts. Unity first searches for required glyphs within the designated font asset, then moves through the Font Names list, and finally falls back to the engine's built-in list of fallback system fonts for...

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Android lets you ‘bubble’ apps for easy access now – how it works

ZDNET’s key takeaways * Android 17 has introduced app bubbles. * You can isolate an app so its icon is always on top. * It’s a Pixel exclusive for now, but is coming to other phones. Several years ago, Android introduced the ability to “bubble” a text conversation, or move that

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The first broken iPhone Duos are here

Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. The iPhone Duo is officially going on sale today, but a few units already have broken screens. Based on posts about the affected units on Reddit, the

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Remember the headphones with a built-in valve amp? There's a new version with improved active noise cancellation and better protection from interference

* Écoute unveil improved TH2 headphones * Use valve pre-amps for analog sound * They're not cheap! British audio brand Écoute — no, not French, despite the name — wowed us in January 2025 by sticking valve amps into headphones for a classy hi-fi appeal. And now it's done it again,

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How to watch The Celebrity Traitors season 2 episode 8 – Stream free from anywhere

The Celebrity Traitors season 2 episode 8 is out tonight, and we're desperate to see it. We're all dying to know what's in store for the celebs in The Traitors' castle. After being paranoid about it since the beginning, Ross Kemp was murdered

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Android lets you ‘bubble’ apps for easy access now – how it works

The first broken iPhone Duos are here

Remember the headphones with a built-in valve amp? There's a new version with improved active noise cancellation and better protection from interference

How to watch The Celebrity Traitors season 2 episode 8 – Stream free from anywhere