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Nintendo Switch Online Will Launch Next Week Along With A Bonus of Classic NES Games For Subscribers

Nintendo Switch Online, the paid service on which the company has been working since before the console even reached the stores, is now around the corner as it will roll out next week. According to Nintendo America, the new Nintendo Switch Online service will launch on September 18th. The new service’s launch is expected to be announced today at a new Nintendo Direct event.

According to the information disclosed by the company, the Nintendo Switch Online would come out with a free trial period of seven days, after which it will be necessary to pay for a subscription plan to keep on using the service.

Nintendo Switch Online would offer three subscription plans as follows:

  • 1 month – $3.99;
  • 3 months – $7.99;
  • 1 year – $19.99;

Besides, there will also be a family subscription plan with a limit of 8 different Nintendo accounts and a price of $34.99 per year.

Nintendo Switch Online will come out next week with cloud backup and a welcome pack of classic NES games

“The vast majority of Nintendo Switch games will support cloud backup. However, in certain games, this function would allow, for example, to recover objects that had been exchanged with other players, or to recover an online classification that had been lost. To ensure fair play, cloud backup should not be activated in such games. To ensure that cloud backups cannot be used to unfairly affect online multiplayer classifications, the feature will not be enabled in Splatoon 2,” explained Nintendo.

Besides Splatoon 2, however, titles like Dark Souls Remastered, Dead Cells, FIFA 19 or NBA 2K19, wouldn’t support cloud backup, either.

Nintendo is also preparing a welcome pack of classic NES games, the main novelty of which is that they will have online features. These include Soccer, Tennis, Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., Balloon Fight, Ice Climber, Dr. Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros.

However, Nintendo announced its intentions to release new titles occasionally, as these games will be available free of charge but only for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.

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Electronic Arts Could Be Criminally Prosecuted For Loot Boxes In FIFA 18 And FIFA 19 In Belgium

The Belgian Attorney General is currently conducting a criminal investigation into Electronic Arts (EA). The video game publisher continues to offer the so-called “loot boxes” in its FIFA 18 and FIFA 19 video games even though they’re illegal in this European country.

Loot boxes are one of the strategies used by video game developers and publishers to make their games more profitable. These virtual rewards sometimes reward a player for his efforts or playing time for free, but they are more often sold for money.

Loot boxes generally contain randomly selected “cosmetics” elements that do not influence the game and that players can use to disguise their character or change the appearance of the game’s interface. In some cases, however, they also offer some in-game advantages, a controversial phenomenon among gamers, called “pay to win.”

These in-game rewards are viewed as a form of “gambling” that is illegal in the eyes of the Belgian Gaming Commission, since the players who buy them do not know their content in advance.

Electronic Arts is now a subject of criminal investigation in Belgium for selling loot boxes

Both Belgium and the Netherlands have concluded that these gambling elements are illegal in video games. On the other hand, the United Kingdom, France, and New Zealand have determined the opposite. In the United States and Australia, the debate is ongoing, while in Canada, however, the provincial gaming authorities in Ontario and Quebec have indicated that loot boxes offered in video games are not under their jurisdiction.

Earlier this year, the Belgian Gaming Commission called on video game publishers to stop offering these loot boxes. Otherwise, they would be fined €800,000 (about $1.2 million).

Major companies including Blizzard Entertainment, devs of Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm, Valve (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive), and 2K Games no longer sell loot boxes across Belgium, although some of them still offer these rewards for free to reward loyal gamers.

However, Electronic Arts keeps on selling their loot boxes in two of its most popular games, FIFA 18 and the new FIFA 19. The company’s CEO, Andrew Wilson, believes that disclosing the number of rewards in each gift is enough to ensure that it is not gambling. If the Belgian Gaming Commission finds any illegalities, Electronic Arts could be criminally prosecuted for selling loot boxes.

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Surface Pro 4 and Surface Pro 3 New Firmware Leaks

The new firmware Microsoft pushed for the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Pro 3 will offer these tablets some major improvements.

What happens to the Surface Pro 3 after being updated:

The Surface – Firmware – 3.11.2550.0 – Surface UEFI – Firmware = 3.11.2550.0 improves stability for devices which are not being used and battery as well.

The Surface – Firmware – 38.14.80.0 – Surface Embedded Controller Firmware – Firmware = 38.14.80.0 offers the same improvement as 3.11.2550.0 offering more battery stability for the devices which are not being used.

Surface – System – 2.0.1350.0 – Surface Integration – System devices = The 2.0.1350.0 offers the same advantage as 38.14.80.0 and 3.11.2550.0 offering more battery stability for the devices which are not being used.

When it comes to the Surface Pro 4, many aspects have been changed for better, and the difference feels while using the tablet.

Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. – Bluetooth – 15.68.9125.57 – Marvell AVASTAR Bluetooth Radio Adapter – Bluetooth = The system security is improved significantly by 15.68.9125.57.

Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. – Net – 15.68.9125.57 – Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller – Network adapters = The system security is improved significantly by 15.68.9125.57.

Surface – Firmware – 108.2318.769.0 – Surface UEFI – Firmware = 108.2318.769.0 helps with improving battery stability for devices which are not being used.

Surface – Firmware – 103.2241.256.0 – Surface Embedded Controller Firmware – Firmware – 103.2241.256.0 helps with improving battery stability for devices which are not being used.

Surface – System – 1.0.176.0 – Surface Integration – System devices = 1.0.176.0 helps with improving battery stability for devices which are not being used.

In case the firmware will not be automatically rolled out via Automatic Update than you can go download them yourself.

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Best Clash of Clans TH9 War Bases 2018

1. Best of ALL TH9 War Base – Triton – Anti-3 Star

This is the best TH9 war base that can defeat even the worst enemy that can attack you and has the best strategy.

This base combines smart locations of Double Giant Bombs and the strengths difficult to lure clan troops. Besides that, the base is so unsymmetrically designed that it will be difficult for the enemy to choose where to go. Hog riders and go handle are this Town Hall 9 war base’s spring traps.

2. Best #2 Stunning Town Hall 9 War Base – Anti-3-Star

The second on the list is one amazing and powerful Town Hall 9 war base that does not forgive any attack. You can best benefit from its hardcore kill zone which can’t be more appealing than it already is. It features Hidden Teslas which will burn down anything that approaches it. What is additional is the small bombs and the skeleton traps.

3. Excellent Anti 3-Stars War Base for Town Hall 9 and 9.5

If you have a 3-star base and want to secure it, this is the best Town Hall 9 wat base you can choose from our list. As the clan castle is centralized, the clan troops will be hard to lure so it will be so hard to predict the traps and bombs that the enemies might even give up.

In this war, the Double Giant Bomb’s location is between two defensive building offering this Town Hall 9 war base’s user a great feature. Regarding the Archer Queen, she can be found inside with high HP storage shields.

Air Skeleton traps, Air bombs and Wizard Towers are the best air defenses in this TH 9 war base.

Now you can choose one of these war bases or try them all and enjoy your game.

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Share iOS 12 Update Problems And Win A Dr. Fone iOS Toolkit To Help You

During the updating process from an older version to the latest iOS 12 release, many issues might pop up which can make your Apple device misbehave or even crash. Luckily, there are many solutions to these iOS 12 update problems, and the Dr. Fone iOS toolkit could be the perfect asset you can use to upgrade your Apple operating system safely.

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iOS 12 problems that might occur during the update process

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Dr. Fone’s giveaway for its iOS toolkit to keep you safe from iOS 12 update problems

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