The auto focus and exposure in the stock iOS camera app gets faster and more accurate with each update. When shifting the frame to a new subject, the iPhone camera will automatically readjust these parameters and the white balance accordingly. Video is no different, with adjustments taking place while recording. There are some situations where a change in focus can be distracting, or an exposure shift detracts from the scene.

For this reason, ever since iOS 5 the built-in Camera app makes it possible to lock both the autofocus and auto exposure. AE/AF lock mode can be entered manually and will stay in effect during a photo session until it's switched off, or the Camera app is reopened. This means that multiple photos can be snapped without a change in the focus or exposure settings, regardless of what's in the frame.

Not only has Infinity Blade III received a significant update with more quests, enemies and modes, but the title is on sale for a limited time only. This could be the best time to pick up the latest game in the Infinity Blade series, or to send the game as a gift for the holidays. Pricing in the App Store is currently set at $2.99, marking more than half off the normal cost of $6.99.

The Ausar Rising update comes free to existing owners of Infinity Blade 3. In-game chat makes it easy to share tips and secrets. Three new quests are included in the massive update, along with nine new enemies to battle. The expansion to Infinity Blade 3 doesn't stop there. Two new gameplay modes have also been added.

After a brief disappearance from the App Store, Rockstar Games has re-released Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the iPhone. This brings the free game to version 4.0 and the $4.99 full game to version 2.0. The game requires iOS 5.0 or later, and the update brings iOS 7 compatibility to the title.

Retina display graphics have also been added for the iPhone 4 and 4s. While the graphics are much improved, the title is not width-optimized for larger iPhone 5 and 5s displays. Both the paid and lite versions will demand 250 MB of space on a compatible iOS device.

Avenged Sevenfold has announced today that their upcoming action adventure game, Hail to the King: Deathbat, is coming soon to mobile devices. The game is being developed by Subscience Studios and is inspired by "classic dungeon crawlers," according to the press release.

Hail to the King: Deathbat is a companion title to Avenged Sevenfold's Machinima video series.

“We’ve been fans of games since we were kids, and we thought it would be fun to create one of our own inspired by our favorites," explained M. Shadows, lead singer of Avenged Sevenfold. "There are so many cool and innovative indie games being developed today, and we realized we could design and build the kind of game we'd love to play on our own. It is coming together amazingly well, and we can’t wait to share it."

The evad3rs iOS 7 jailbreak has had a bit of a rocky launch. First there were rumors that someone close to the group had stolen the exploit and sold it to a private buyer, then soon after its release the jailbreak community accused the evad3rs of becoming greedy by partnering with the Chinese App Store TaiG.

The evad3rs quickly responded to all the rumors with a message posted on their website. In a letter addressed to the "Jailbreak Community," the evad3rs have made it clear that users were "not locked into TaiG" and could still install Cydia. The evad3rs also added that they had never shared their exploits with TaiG's owners, and that preventing piracy is extremely important to them. This all lead to pod2g announcing on Twitter today, that the evad3rs had decided to "remotely disable the default installation of TaiG in China for further investigations on the piracy issue."