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Half-Life 3 is probably one of the FPS games that many gamers are looking forward to, but when will it be released, and more importantly, what will it be like? While there has not been any official information regarding the game, French website journaldugamer reported that thanks to one of their sources, they have managed to get some information about the game. For starters, their source revealed that Valve is already working on Half-Life 3, so development is most definitely well under way but stated that there still remains a lot of work left to done.

Interestingly though, their source also revealed that Half-Life 3 has been inspired by the Elder Scrolls series of RPGs and will feature many RPG elements, such as being open-world complete with NPCs and quests. It certainly does not sound like the Half-Life that we remember but who knows, it could work out in Valve’s favor. So now that we know what the game could be like, when will it be released? Apparently not until after 2013 which means that if the rumor if right on point, we have a long way to go before we will see it, but good things come to those who wait, right? Anyway we suggest you take this with a grain of salt for now, but let us know in the comments below on what you think of the rumor anyway!

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In the verdict handed down by a Californian court recently, Apple was awarded $1 billion in damages against Samsung. The jury ruled that Samsung had indeed infringed on Apple’s patents. It was speculated that Apple may push the jury further to have a number of Samsung products banned and increase the amount of fine.

Now, The Korea Times has reported that Apple indeed has plans of seeking damages to the tune of $3 billion, effectively tripling the sum that it has already been awarded by the jury. The publication says that it has been informed of this decision through ‘multiple legal sources.’ (more…)

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The Galaxy S4 exists, the Galaxy S4 does not exist, the Galaxy S4 exists…and so the merry-go-round continues. Although Samsung did come up with an official denial of the existence of the Samsung Galaxy S4 being announced at MWC 2013, there are whispers that this could be very well a cover up, as those who want to believe claim that the benchmark above is proof that the Galaxy S4 exists.

After all, it does seem to depict a new Cortex A15 processor that runs on the Samsung TE4 as spotted by Rightware. The TE4 is said to be a future-forward Android-powered smartphone which will come with a 1280 x 752 resolution display, a dual-core 1.7GHz Cortex A15 processor as well as a Mali T604 GPU, which in all probability, is the Exynos 5 SoC which Samsung announced earlier this year. Of course, all of the above could very well be just a rumor with no basis at all, so we will just have to wait until MWC happens next year which frankly, is not that far off actually.

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So it seems that LG’s Optimus G will be making its way into the US market come November, but will it be as the Optimus G or will it be as Google’s next Nexus handset? A few days ago, the Samsung GT-i9260 was spotted in a User Agent Profile which gave rise to the speculation that this could be the next Nexus device. However this wasn’t not a guarantee as Google has not officially announced it yet, but according to the folks at Android and Me, they have heard that LG is expected to produce a Nexus handset this year and given that the Optimus G will be their greatest smartphone to date, it has been speculated that perhaps the Optimus G could be the next Nexus phone.

Interestingly this does not rule Samsung out as according to earlier rumors, it has been suggested that there could be multiple Nexus handsets this year from LG, Samsung and Sony, so having both LG and Samsung make Nexus devices isn’t too ludicrous, unless of course the earlier rumors were wrong. Either way we’ll be taking this with a grain of salt for now and suggest you do the same, but what do you guys think? If true, do you think LG should make the Optimus G their Nexus handset, or do you think it would be better for them to release two separate devices instead?

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Steve Ballmer has already suggested that Microsoft’s Surface won’t be trying to compete on price, but rumors suggest that Asus’s tablets likely won’t come cheap either. ZDNet is reporting that the devices will start at $600. More »