Apple Announces iPhone Upgrade Program

Apple has revealed the iPhone Upgrade Program coming to United States' Apple stores. The new initiative allows users to upgrade their devices yearly.

Starting at a $32 monthly fee, you'll be able to get an unlocked iPhone from any carrier once per year. Additionally, you get Apple Care+.

With this announcement and the reveal of the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, Apple is also reducing the prices of older models. On a two-year contract, the iPhone 5S will be free; iPhone 6 starts at $99 and the 6 Plus at $199. Apple also revealed the date and price of the iPhone 6 and 6S today.

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Apple Announces iPhone 6S

Apple has revealed its newest phones, the iPhone 6S, and the larger iPhone 6S Plus. The iPhone 6S features a 4.7-inch retina display and starts at $199, while the 6S Plus features a 5.5-inch retina display and starts at $299. They'll be out on September 25th, with pre-orders starting on September 12th.

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Both models come in four metal finishes, including silver, gold, space grey, and rose gold. They are powered by Apple's 3rd generation 64-bit A9 chip with an M9 motion coprocessor built in. A 2nd generation Touch ID sensor allows up to 2x faster fingerprint identification than older iPhone models.

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Rock Band Dev Announces Beat Sports for Apple TV

Harmonix has announced a new game made specifically for Apple TV called Beat Sports. In typical fashion, it's a music-themed game, with a collection of mini-games designed around the new Apple TV remote.

Beat Sports launches on day one only for Apple TV.

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Harmonix describes it as "a collection of music-infused mini-games based on familiar sports like tennis, volleyball, and golf. Monsters from a musical dimension have a new obsession: sports! Desperate to play, they recruit Lil, an athletic earthling, who will show them how it’s done in a variety of rhythm based games inspired by real Earth sports."

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Fallout 4 Getting ‘Regular Free Updates’, DLC and Season Pass

Bethesda has announced Fallout 4 will be getting a Season Pass, with DLC following early next year.

A new blog post from the company dives into what the company plans to do following the launch of the upcoming game, and also touches on regular updates and confirms mods will be coming to PS4 after PC and Xbox One.

First up, the game will be getting regular free updates that "come with not just fixes, but new features." The post cites examples like Skyrim's mounted combat, legendary mode, kill cams, visual enhancements and more, with fan input playing a key role in deciding what's created.

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Matt Damon’s Ready to Fight in New Bourne Photo

The first day of principal photography on the new Bourne movie is complete, and the first picture of Matt Damon on set has been released.

The image below comes via executive producer Frank Marshall on Twitter, and it shows Jason Bourne looking like he's ready for a fight.

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Just Cause Movie Will Take Cues from Just Cause 3

A Just Cause movie is in development, and according to its producer Adrian Askarieh, it will be inspired specifically by the events of Just Cause 3.

Speaking to IGN (and you can see the interview up above), Askarieh said: "Just Cause 3 has a terrific story. It has Rico going back to Medici, the place of his birth and then subsequent displacement, and the murder of his family. And he goes back there to do what he does best which is to discombobulate regimes.

"That to me is a cool story and the whole concept of a guy who is sent in to discombobulate from within and to create chaos from within. And in terms of action, I think Just Cause has just as much right to be called an action movie as The Fast and Furious. They're both outlandish. You have a car going through 400 skyscrapers – well not 400, two. That's kind of a Just Cause action.

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Hitman Producer Dreams of a Square Enix Movie Universe

Hitman: Agent 47 producer Adrian Askarieh has spoken to IGN about his dream of a Square Enix shared universe on film.

When asked if his future adaptation of the Just Cause series could possibly tie in with the recently-released Hitman: Agent 47, Askarieh said, "It could, possibly. It all depends on how successful Hitman is. If Hitman is successful enough, and we can plug other characters into that universe, great. But if – god forbid – it's not, Just Cause will be separate."

He went on to say: "If everything was entirely up to me, it would be Just Cause, Hitman, and Lara Croft in the same universe, and Deus Ex would be the future of that universe and Thief would be the past. Unfortunately, I don't have Lara Croft, and Hitman needs to be a big hit for that to happen. But I think Just Cause can be in the Hitman Universe or it can be on its own."

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Massive Destiny 2.0 Update is Officially Live

Bungie has released Destiny update 2.0, ushering in the second year of its shared-world shooter.

Available now, the 2.0 update will require 18GB of hard drive space on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and 10GB on Xbox 360. PlayStation 3 users will require 20GB, and only 10GB once the update is installed.

Though the changes are extensive, some of the ones you'll likely want to take note of include the removal of Peter Dinklage as the voice of Ghost and changes to PvP currencies

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