Last month Zynga announced that it had partnered with Google to bring Zynga Poker to Google+, today they have announced the addition of their new CityVille+ game to the Google+ social network service.

With Google+ user base estimated at over 43 million is will be interesting to see how CityVille+ is accept by Google+ users. Even though Rovio’s Angry Birds, hasn’t yet launched on Facebook, is currently claiming to be the most popular game on Google+.

Zynga explains:

"CityVille grew to become our largest game on Facebook, so naturally we wanted to "build” a presence for it on Google+. Ultimately, we want to make our games accessible to everyone, everywhere – no matter where they play or what platform they play on.”

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It looks like we have our second HD smartphone announcement for today, earlier we heard about the new Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE, and now KDDI in Japan is getting a new HD smartphone, the Arrows Z.

The Arrows Z is the work of Toshiba and Fujitsu, who have teamed up to produce smartphones together and it comes with a range of impressive specifications which include a 4.3 inch HD LCD multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.

The Arrows Z comes with WiMax, plus Google’s Android Gingerbread 2.3.5 and a 13 megapixel camera on the back for photos and video which can record full HD video in 1080p.

There is also a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera, and it features a dual core 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 processor plus 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage and a microSD card slot, there is also Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and a digital TV tuner.

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A couple of weeks ago Sony updated its terms of service of its PSN service to stop its users being able to file lawsuits against Sony if anything were to go wrong again. As it did when Sony’s network was hacked and left 70 million Sony users personal information exposed. Now EA has also followed suit and amended their terms of service for their online Origin digital download service to bock similar action by its users if anything should go wrong.

In signing up with Origin you agree to "waive the right to trial by jury” as well as "foregoing the right to sue in court,” and that you will only bring a claim against EA as an individual "not as a plaintiff or class member.”

"YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY THIS PROVISION, YOU AND EA ARE FOREGOING THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL.”

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f you are looking forward to the release of Batman: Arkham City in October you can feast your eyes on another trailer launched to whet your appetite in the run up to the games official launch.

This trailer shows Joker looking a little worse for ware after his encounters with Batman in the first Arkham Asylum game. Providing a little insight in to the evil plan he has set in the sequel together with a few boss mobs that Batman will have to tackle.

Batman Arkham City has a mass of evils villains to dispatch with the likes of Penguin, Solomon Grundy, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, The Riddler and Two Face naming just a few. Batman: Arkham City will release on October 18 in North America, October 19 in Australia, and October 21 in Europe for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.

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ast week we saw some leaked photos of the new LG Optimus EX, and now LG has officially announced the Optimus EX, which comes with a dual core 1.2GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and Android Gingerbread 2.3.

The LG Optimus EX also features a 4 inch WVGA IPS display, plus a 5 megapixel camera which can record HD video in 1080p, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of built in storage which can be expanded via the microSD card slot.

Other specifications on the LG Optimus EX include HDMI, Wi-Fi Direct, and it will be available in Korea through SK Telecom, we still don’t know if it will be available outside of Korea.

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Kyocera has announced a new Android smartphone which will be available in Japan, the Kyocera Digno, and it will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and it offers support for WiMax and also 3G.

The Kyocer Digno features a 3.6 inch multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and it is powered by a 1.4GHz processor and also features an 8 megapixel camera with an LED flash plus a front facing 0.3 megapixel camera.

The Dingo comes with a 2GB microSD card, this can be upgraded to 32GB microSD card, and it is designed to be water resistant, there are no details on pricing or availability as yet.

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ZTE has announced the launch of a new Windows Phone smartphone, the ZTE Tania and it will come with Windows 7.5 Mango and features a 4.3 inch WVGA multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.

The ZTE Tania is powered by a single core 1GHz processor and it comes with 512mb of RAM, there is also 4GB of built in storage and it comes with a 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus.

The ZTE Tania also features WiFi and A-GPS, there are no details as yet on when the ZTE Tania will be available.

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We are expecting HTC to officially announced the new HTC Runnymede or HTC Bass at their new mobile event in London next week on the 6th of October, and now a video has appeared online which shows the HTC Runnymede in action.

We are expecting HTC to officially announced the new HTC Runnymede or HTC Bass at their new mobile event in London next week on the 6th of October, and now a video has appeared online which shows the HTC Runnymede in action.

We have heard previously that the HTC Runnymede will come with Beats Audio and it is expected to feature a 4.7 inch multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display.

Other rumored specifications include a 1.5GHz processor and Android Gingerbread, have a look at the video of it in action below.

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Snowblind Studios have released a new trailer for their highly anticipated new game The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, which will be launching on November 1st 2011.

The game breaks new ground as the first The Lord of the Rings video game to embrace the gritty and brutal reality of Middle-earth providing an intense action RPG video game based on the novel and films of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Players advance through the game using innovative online, interdependent co-op play for up to three players who form their own Fellowship. Watch the video after the jump to see what you can expect from the game , once its officially launched.

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North will be available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

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Samsung has announced their latest Windows Phone 7 smartphone, The Samsung Omnia W, and it will be Samsung’s first device to come with the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.

The Samsung Omnia W features a 3.7 inch Super AMOLED display plus a single core 1.4GHz processor and 512MB of RAM, the display features a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.

Other specifications on the Samsung Omnia W include a 5 megapixel camera with an LED flash and auto-focus, plus a front facing VGA camera, DLNA, Bluetooth and WiFi.

The Samsung Omnia W is expected to go on sale some time in October, there are no details on pricing as yet.

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We have been hearing rumors that Samsung are working on a HD smartphone for a while now, its official Samsung has announced the new Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE, which will be available in South Korea.

The Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE features a 4.65 HD Super AMOLED Display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, and it features a dual core 1.5GHz processor and will come with Android Gingerbread.

Other specifications on the Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE include an 8 megapixel camera with an LED flash for photos and video, plus a front facing 2 megapixel camera, an 1850 mAh battery and 16GB of built in storage plus a microSD card slot.

The Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE also come with 802.11 b/g/n WiFi plus Bluetooth 3.0, and Samsung also announced another version of the Galaxy S II for South Korea, the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE.

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We have already seen a couple of photos of the new LG Optimus LGE (LU6200), but now some new ones have appeared online which give us a much better look at the new LG Optimus LTE.

The LG Optimus LTE is expected to come with Android Gingerbread 2.3 and also feature a 4.5 inch HD display

with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, plus a dual core 1.5GHz processor.

Other rumored specifications on the LG Optimus LTE include 1GB of RAM, an 8 megapixel camera

with auto-focus and an LED flash, a 1830 mAh battery and 16GB of built in storage plus a microSD card slot.

We still don’t have any details on when the LG Optimus LTE will be available as soon as we get some more

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It looks like Motorola may be getting ready to launch another new Android smartphone, The Motorola Spyder, which is an LTE smartphone and it features a 4.3 inch qHD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels.

The Motorola Spyder is reported to come with a dual core 1.2GHz processor, plus 1GB of RAM, and an 8 megapixel camera which is capable of recording full HD video in 1080p.

It is also rumored to feature a HD front facing camera, and it could possibly be headed to Verizon Wireless as the Droiud RAZR, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.

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So instead of hacking to compromise security, the next best way is call the cops. This new modus is being used to wreak havoc on the lives of XBox Live ‘enforcers’. They’re basically the men and women (Microsoft employees) who make sure cheaters on the XBox Live network are punished. Now the cheaters are fighting back with prank messages to local authorities who answer the distress calls by sending over SWAT to a designated house.

The most publicized hoax so far involved Eric Neustadter, whose house was surrounded by SWAT at four in the morning. They were responding to a text message that claimed armed Russians had staged a home invasion and hurt Neustadter’s son.

Fortunately nothing serious happened and the whole brouhaha subsided when police were able to get in touch with Neustadter himself.

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Huawei Honor Android Smartphone Announced

Huawei has added a new Android smartphone to their range with the launch of the Huawei Honor, and it features a 4 inch FWVGA multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display and is powered by a single core 1.4 GHz processor.

The Huawei Honor comes with Android Gingerbread 2.3.5 and it features an 8 megapixel camera on the back with auto-focus and HDR, there is also a front facing 2 megapixel camera for video chat.

Other specifications on the Huawei Honor, include 802.11 b/g/n WiFo and Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, it comes with 512MB of RAM and a microSD card with a 4GB card installed which can be expanded to a 32GB card.

The Huawei Honor also features A-GPS, an FM radio, dual microphones, a compass, gyroscope, G-sensor and a 1900 mAh battery plus DLNA, it will go on sale in quarter 4 in China, Russia and the Mid ... Read more »