Hood Warfare Update Records: Keeping Your Own Log of Official Changes
Hood Warfare is a fictional 4v4 hood turf-war shooter for Android, distributed as an APK through the official website, hoodwarfare.net, and made by ToddMichaelTV. Because the game is distributed directly rather than through a major app store, its version history lives mostly on the publisher's own pages. That makes it worth keeping a personal record of what the official site says at each point you check it. This guide is published by One Independent as coverage of a brand within our own publishing network, not as an independent third-party endorsement. Treat the method below as a reading habit you can apply to any creator-led game, using only the facts the official pages state.
Why a personal log matters for a directly distributed game
When an Android game is downloaded as an APK from its own website, you do not get the automatic changelog summaries that a store listing often presents. Instead, you rely on the publisher's download page, its feature descriptions and whatever notes it chooses to publish. Those sources can change over time, and memory is an unreliable archive. A short dated log lets you compare what you saw on one visit with what you see on another.
The point is not to be suspicious of the publisher. It is to make your understanding checkable. If you wrote down that a download page listed a particular version and build on a given date, you can later confirm whether a new version label actually appeared or whether only a feature description changed.
What to record each time you check the official site
Start with a simple template and fill it in the same way every time. Record the date you checked, the exact URL you visited, and the version label shown on the public download page. For the Hood Warfare page checked on 2026-10-29, that label was v0.3.0-beta with build 74f1651. Also note the stated minimum requirement, which on that date was Android 10 or newer on 64-bit devices, and the approximate APK size, which was around 290 MB.
Next, record the status of each feature the site describes. The official site lists Turf War as available. It describes Free-for-All, Team Deathmatch and additional maps as coming in a next update. Write those as separate entries with the status wording copied as closely as you can, so you do not later mistake a planned item for a released one.
Finally, record the access terms as stated. The download page checked on 2026-10-29 listed a $1 one-time online-play unlock for new players, with no subscription, and said free access was retained for players who joined during the beta. Because pricing and terms can change, write down the date and recheck the official download page before relying on any of it.
Separating released facts from stated intentions
Most confusion around updates comes from blurring three categories: what is released, what is described as upcoming, and what is merely implied. A useful log keeps them apart. Under a 'Released' heading, list only items the official site presents as currently available. Under an 'Upcoming' heading, list items described as coming later, without converting them into promises. Under 'Unverified,' place anything you have seen in a video, forum post or screenshot that the official pages do not state.
This matters because a newer internal API or test build is not proof of a new public APK release. If you spot a version string in a file or a pre-release discussion, log it as an observation rather than a release. The public download page is the reference point for what is officially offered.
A short checklist for each review session
Use the following questions each time you check. First, did the visited URL match the official site, hoodwarfare.net, and did you reach it directly rather than through a link you did not verify? Second, did the version label, build identifier and minimum Android requirement change since your last entry? Third, did the APK size or the stated download details change? Fourth, did any feature move between the available and upcoming categories? Fifth, did the access or unlock terms change, and did you recheck the current wording rather than relying on an old note? Sixth, did anything you saw elsewhere get logged as unverified rather than copied into the released section?
Record a 'no change' entry too. An unchanged page confirmed on a given date is useful information, because it shows the state of the record over time. Over several months, a simple dated list of checks will tell you far more about the game's documented history than any single snapshot.
Limits of what the public pages tell you
A log built from the official site can only capture what the site says. The public brief does not verify player counts, independent reviews, performance benchmarks or launch-success claims, so do not add those to your record as facts. The site describes matches in which bots fill empty slots, and you can note that as a stated feature. Beyond that, questions such as whether match rep is pooled between players, whether armor slows movement, or whether magazines change handling are not answered by the public information and should not be inferred from it.
Likewise, a short build label such as 74f1651 is not the same as the APK's binary checksum. If you want to verify a file you have downloaded, compare its checksum against a value the publisher actually provides, and say so in your log when you do.