Square Enix outs free-to-play ‘Mobius Final Fantasy’ for your smartphone

The new Mobius Final Fantasy game is one of the few times Square Enix outs a free-to-play game, especially one that’s geared towards your Android and/or iOS devices. This “custom-tailored for mobile platforms” game is made by the likes of producer Yoshinori Kitase and writer Kazushige Nojima, who’ve penned both Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X.

Mobius Final Fantasy is an RPG that offers in-depth character customization options with a “job system” that will let you specialize in a specific area, which you can combine with different classes and help you in the turn-based battle system within the game. There will be upcoming releases within the game and it’ll be released in chapters to offer things like new in-game events, avatar items, and playable content. The in-app purchase option available for the game is for Magicite, which is the game’s version of in-world currency. It’ll let you use real-world currency to help replenish your money within the game.

Source: MacRumors + TechnoBuffalo

LG’s Android Nougat-based V20 to be unveiled on Sept. 6th in San Francisco

We recently got word that one of the first, if not the first, non-Nexus phone to get Android Nougat would be the LG V20. Now, the successor to the V10 gets a launch date: September 6^th in San Francisco and September 7^th in Seoul, South Korea. It might be a simultaneous launch when you consider time differences or it could be one after the other.

As expected, specs and information are scant at this point and we can only rely on rumours about the device at the moment but Android Community hypothesizes that the V20 might be modular as well with the tagline “Play more” attached to the invite. The modular phone, the G5, when it was launched had the phrase “Life is good if you play more” phrase attached to it. Right now, rumoured specs of the V20 include a possible lower resolution display than the V10, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 or 821 chipset, 32GB or 64GB versions with microSD expansion of up to 256GB, 3GB or 4GB of RAM, and a new 20-megapixel rear camera and 8-megapixel front-facing camera.

Microsoft discounts Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL devices, bundles Display Dock

Microsoft is having another sale for its unnapreciated Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL Windows Phones. This time, they're bundling the display dock which enables the Continuum feature that lets you use your smartphone as a desktop PC. This is likely in anticipation of the release of HP's Elite X3, which is an enterprise-focused smartphone that takes the Continuum ideal to another level with desktop and notebook accessories that run entirely on the phone's processor.

In Canada, the Lumia 950 is now $599.00 and the larger, more powerful Lumia 950 XL is $649.00, both come with the Display Dock. The phone version of the Anniversary Update has still to be released to Windows Phone but overall, these are solid devices. I've been enjoying the camera capabilities of my Lumia 950 with its 20 MP sensor and Zeiss optics as well as the great software inherited from Nokia.

Source: Microsoft

Pokémon Go now officially available in 15 more countries

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Pokémon Go's master plan for world domination continues as the game is now available in 15 more countries. The addictive game, which is available on iOS and Android devices has come to Asia and Oceania, specifically Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.

What's next for Pokémon Go? The three largest potential markets of China, India and Korea. Expansion to Korea is a bit of a pipe dream at this point since the game relies on Google Maps information and that country has enforced strict rules about having Google map out locations.