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It was a busy week for App Store news and releases so let's jump right in... Hearthstone fans can get a sneak peek of the new "Goblins vs. Gnomes" expansion by logging in to Arena mode this weekend. Players will then be able to buy packs of the new cards on Monday, December 8 using real world money or in-game gold.

The creators of the popular Freemium title Clash of Clans have soft launched a new title called Spooky Pop in Canada. The game looks to be a match-three puzzler with a Ghostbusters-like theme. You can check out two screenshots below. A U.S. release date is unknown, but you can download the game now if you have a Canada App Store account.

We previously mentioned that the real-time strategy game Chain Chronicle is coming to the U.S. on December 8th, but the trailer for the game was mysteriously pulled from YouTube. A new trailer has been release and you can see it below in the Trailers / Previews section.

Nitrome announced two new titles: Platform Panic and Roller Polar. You can watch the trailers for both games below.

Rumors of Nintendo porting their most famous titles to iOS have been floating around since the first iPhone was launched in 2007. As it turns out, the App Store is not the place to find Super Mario Brothers or Zelda. Nintendo watchers are at it again after the publication of a patent filed by Nintendo titled "Hand-held Video Game Platform Emulation".

The focus of the patent is on emulating Nintendo game platforms such as the Game Boy Advance on various modern devices. iPhones and iPads could be included in the broad definition, as well as built-in screens in airplane and train seats. The patent explains that software emulation would model "a native platform liquid crystal display controller using a sequential state machine" and provide high quality graphics and sound.

Depending on where you live prepared food delivery can be limited to cuisine such as Chinese or pizza, but with the new Caviar app for iOS devices you can now get dishes from your favorite local restaurants delivered right to your door. The app allows users to browse photos from a wide variety of local restaurants like your neighborhood greasy spoon or upscale establishments. Users can then place orders for food delivery from places that normally wouldn't offer such services and track their order to their door.

The app is free to download, but Caviar charges a $4.99 delivery fee, according to its website. You will also be charged 18 percent for gratuity and have to agree to the TOS which uses cookies to collect information.

Just a few days after its initial release in Chinese, the TaiG jailbreak tool has been translated to English. iOS fans looking to jailbreak iOS 8.0-8.1.1 will also find the official TaiG website has launched an English version. The news comes after noted jailbreak developer @MuscleNerd gave his seal of approval to TaiG team's work.

While TaiG claims to have an iOS 8.2 jailbreak ready to go, it's not clear whether Apple will patch the update and render TaiG useless. The iOS 8.2 beta has been seeded to developers, and is not expected to drop for months. Anyone interested in jailbreaking iOS 8 should strike while the iron is hot. Click here for full instructions on jailbreaking iOS 8.0-8.1.1 with TaiG. TaiG team also started an official Twitter account, @taig_jailbreak to keep fans up to date.

Downgrade to iOS 8.1 (or upgrade, for that matter) is no longer possible. Two weeks after the release of iOS 8.1.1, Apple has stopped signing the previous version. The move comes as no surprise, as the company has been known to stop signing IPSW files just days after a new release.

Those seeking to install or restore iOS 8.1 will have to use iOS 8.1.1 instead. The news comes hot on the heels of an iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak solution released by TaiG team. Despite the 8.1 signing window closing, users looking to jailbreak their iOS devices can use the TaiG jailbreak tool to jailbreak iOS 8.1.1.