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Halo 4, Borderlands 2, and Resident Evil 6 are three of the most anticipated games this year. Here is a look at what gamers have to look forward to.
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Despite Google's acquisition of Motorola, the company is not rolling out Jelly Bean to Motorola devices unveiled this week. Neither Google nor Motorola offered any explanation of why Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is not on the new devices. Hardware is seemingly not limiting the update. The phones have 4.7-inch screens, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, LTC connectivity, and strong battery life.
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Nokia announced the Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 smartphone on Wednesday, marking the first mobile device for Windows Phone 8 when the operating system launches. While reaction among the media is generally positive, analysts are cautious over the device's prospects; Nokia's share price plummeted upon the announcement of the product.
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343 Industries confirmed that Halo 4's Capture the Flag mode will be fundamentally changed from previous games. Players will no longer be able to drop the flag to gain speed, a technique known as "flag juggling," and players simply walk over the flag to pick it up. This is a big change for one of Halo's longest-running multiplayer modes and may cause controversy among existing fans.
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Wii U Daily reported on Wednesday that The Legend of Zelda for Wii U will be released in 2014 and will be Nintendo's most expensive game ever. The art style will be in the vein f2011's The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, though with a new engine. One dungeon is reportedly as large as the Ocarina of Time overworld.
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Borderlands 2 is a loot-based first-person shooter, requiring players to shoot well to collect dropped loot from fallen enemies. Developer Gearbox aims to make Borderlands 2 more accessible to less-skilled players by introducing the Mechromancer, a robot-summoning class that assists in aiming.
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Google announced on its blog that a second update for Google Chrome, the company's popular browser, is availble for iOS and mainly focuses on bug fixes.
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In August, Diablo 3 developer Blizzard revealed the Paragon leveling system, part of the attempt to add end-game content to the online dungeon crawler. Despite leveling through the system for just a week, one gamer, Alkaizer, has already reached Paragon level 97.
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On Wednesday, Nokia unveiled the much-anticipated Lumia 920, its flagship device for Windows Phone 8. While its price and launch date remain unknown, here are five of the features Mobilenapps.com likes.
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UK mobile carrier O2 revealed on Monday that it will not allow Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates for Sony's Xperia Arc, Ray, and Neo devices, despite Sony making the latest version of Android available to to consumers. O2 claims that its reason for rejecting the update is due to its "negative implications" for speed and performance, reported TechRadar.
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A leaked Video Game Product Distribution (VPD) listing for Wii U suggests that Nintendo's next-generation consoles will arrive in three price points, starting at $249. The VPD is the company that provides retailers, including Amazon and Blockbuster, with products.
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Hacker group Anonymous claims that it recently obtained and released several Apple IDs, the unique string of numbers to identify iOS devices, which it allegedly found stored on an FBI laptop.
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A Russian Android developer who claimed that its SMS app granted access to games for free after installing the software, has been slapped with a a fine of £50,000 after it was found that the app charged users before directing them to the game portal.
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