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Secrets have been hard to keep in the camera world lately, and now Olympus has undergone its second leak in as many days, but this time with a couple of higher-profile actors — the E-PL5 and E-PM2 mirrorless cameras. Both will use the Olympus E-M5 sensor with TruePic VI image engine and touchscreen, and are reported to be priced at €399 ($520) for the E-PM2 with a 14-42mm kit lens (in silver, below the break) and €599 ($780) for the E-PL5 with the same lens, shown above. That follows earlier leaks from Sony, Fujifilm and others, along with two upcoming lenses from Olympus that were also outed ahead of time. Hopefully, there’ll still be a couple of surprises left when Photokina rolls around next week.

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We’re sure that many Windows Phone users were disappointed and possibly angry to learn that their current Windows Phone devices will not be updated to Windows Phone 8, ultimately forcing them to upgrade (we’re hoping this will not be a trend with future Windows Phone iterations). However Micrsoft did “compromise” by offering current-gen Windows Phone devices to be upgraded to Windows Phone 7.8, which basically introduces the update home screen with smaller tiles and a couple of other Windows Phone 8 features to current-gen devices.

Well if you’re wondering how that might look like, it seems that a Nokia Lumia 800 was spotted (via WindowsMania.pl) running on a leaked version of the Windows Phone 7.8 ROM. It looks pretty good and hopefully it will be enough to appease those who do not wish to upgrade their devices yet. This leak isn’t too surprising given that word on street has it that Windows Phone 7.8 will be arriving on Lumia devices “soon”. In the meantime this comparison chart (not official) should give you an idea of the differences between Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8.

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It seems that if you wanted to get your hands on Google’s Nexus 7 tablet in an official capacity in China, you might be in for a wait. According to reports (via Digitimes), it seems that China has yet to approve the tablet for import. Based on what their industry sources from Taiwan told them, the reason China has yet to approve the import of the tablet and why they might be giving Google such a hard is because, “The China government’s negative attitude is interpreted as a response to Google’s announcement of withdrawing from the China market in March 2010, the sources pointed out. It is difficult for the Nexus 7 to enter the China market, even though sale of Asustek’s marketing network there, the sources indicated.”

At the same time, the delay is boosting local manufacturers as they are able to churn out tablets just as cheap, if not cheaper, and offer them to China’s massive population. When asked to comment on the issue, Google declined. No word on when we might see the Nexus 7 tablet in China, but for those living in China you might have to result in alternative methods of importing the device, such as through Taobao.

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THQ confirmed this week that its action-adventure title Darksiders II will be released for the Wii U game console. That fact came as no surprise since Nintendo had already confirmed, back in June, that the game would be a launch title for the console. However, what we didn’t know at the time was that THQ would be packing the Wii U version with tons of extra content.

THQ has announced that the Wii U edition of the game will feature additional bonus content not included with other formats. The disc will feature the first DLC expansion pack Argul’s Tomb along with all pre-order bonuses from the other editions of the game. Altogether, the bonus content included for Wii U players will add an additional five hours of playable content.

The extra content also adds new legendary weapons and armor. THQ notes that the game will take advantage of the unique Wii U GamePad utilizing the touch screen to display map and objectives. The special touchscreen controller will also be used to give quick access to abilities and Death’s inventory.

The game will also use the Wii U Gyro functionality to allow players to evade enemy attacks, manipulate objects in the game, and steer their character during swimming and riding sequences using motion. This game has proven to be incredibly popular selling 247,000 copies back in August making it the top game for the month in the US according to NPD.

Darksiders II for the Nintendo Wii U to feature special content is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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