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Lego Minifigures Online Trailer

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Move over World of Warcraft, It’s LEGO time!

Well almost, the MMORPG style LEGO Minifigure game, which was initially announced last year, now has a trailer that shows off some of what’s to come and I have to say that I’m pretty excited about how things are shaping up.

LEGO Minifigures Online will allow you to do much of what you would expect from an online game including gaining experience, leveling up, customizing your characters, going on adventures and exploring new worlds, but all inside the LEGO world.

The game does not currently have a release date but it is scheduled to be available sometime in 2014 for Android, iOS and PC. You can view screenshots and get the latest details about this game by heading directly to LEGO’s website.

Nintendo Announces 2DS

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In what initially seems like one of the weirdest moves, Nintendo has just announced the Nintendo 2DS portable gaming system. No, that’s not a typo, it really says 2DS.

The Nintendo 2DS does not fold in half like the other DS systems and as the name would suggest, it lacks 3D capability. The 2DS is a complete redesign which at first glance seems odd but after looking at it for a while, it kind of grows on you.

All of these changes were put in place to put the 2DS at a $129.99 price tag, which for a device with as many capabilities as it has and not to mention an outstanding game library, is definitely more affordable. The 2DS will play the entire library of games for the 3DS, both downloadable and packaged, along with backwards compatibility with many DS titles.

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The new handheld will be available on October 12th. You can get the full rundown on the system from Nintendo’s 2DS page.

What do you think? Love it or hate it?

 

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Wii U Limited Edition Bundle & Collectible Figure

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Nintendo has announced a release date for a limited edition The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Wii U bundle. You will be able to play the downloaded version with the release of this console on 9/20/13 and will also be available for digital download in the Nintendo eShop. Also announced is a limited edition version of The Wind Waker HD that comes with a Ganondorf collectible figure, release date: 10/4/13 . In addition to these, Nintendo is dropping the price of their Wii U, it will now be $299. You can pre-order both of these at GameStop.

Wii U ZeldaWii U console bundle includes:

Black Wii U Console (32GB)

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Wii U GamePad

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD full game digital download

The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia digital download

Samsung Confirms Smartwatch

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Samsung Smart watch Pantent Drawing ( Source: Korean Intellectual Property Office)

Samsung confirmed that it will be getting into the wearable technology game when Samsung’s executive vice president of mobile business, Lee Younghee, had an exclusive interview with The Korea Times and discussed a few details about the upcoming smartwatch. Lee said that the concept name for the device is called Galaxy Gear.

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According to Lee, the purpose of Galaxy Gear will be to enhance their current mobile experience and that  “Gear will add meaningful momentum to the mobile industry”.  In response to questions about a possible flexible display Lee mentions that it will not be flexible but that Samsung does hold various patents for a flexible display which would most definitely be using in future products.

There has been no shortage of speculation surrounding the possibility of an Apple iWatch to come in the near future and Samsung seems to be trying to beat them to the market. Apple has hired some notable people from the fashion industry which hints towards their intentions to get into wearable tech as well. Many people expected Apple to discuss it’s plans for an iWatch product earlier this year at the 2013 WWDC, but it seems that we may have our best chance to hear something this fall.

 

White Xbox One for Employees

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Rumored Employee Only White Xbox One (Click for Larger Image)

There has been some buzz going around the internet about an all white Xbox One console that will be exclusively for Microsoft employees. We haven’t seen any pictures of the mythical white Xbox until now. The picture we stumbled upon was sourced back to Reddit and as near as we can tell, it looks to be legit. It’s also rumored that on the disc drive of the console “I Made This” is engraved on it.

Of course there’s no real way to know until the console comes out or if Microsoft confirms it but I sure hope that this becomes an option that the rest of us can purchase at a later date. This is by far the best version of the next-gen console I’ve seen, at least in my opinion.