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9to5Toys Last Call: Infinity Blade 3 free, Beats Studio Wireless $264, MFi Lightning cable $5, more

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Today’s can’t miss deals:

Last Call Updates:

Media: Friday Night Lights Complete Series $36 (Reg. $68), $6 Blu-rays, more

• Fitbit Flex Wireless Activity + Sleep Wristband $60 shipped (Orig. $100), Fitbit Surge $200 shipped (Reg. $250)
• The new Gamevice MFi game controllers will fit your iPad Air and iPhone 6s just right
• Pokémon Go brings the game to real life on iOS and Android with new wearable device
• A new Star Wars merchandise subscription service launches while Amazon discounts Force Awaken toys
• Camera+ launches its first free version w/ in-app upgrades for advanced shooting features
• Home: Kryptonite Kryptolok Bike U-Lock $29 (Reg. $42), KitchenAid hand blender $20 (Reg. $30+), more

Infinity Blade III goes free for the very first time (Reg. $7)

Bluetooth Headphones: Beats Studio Over-Ear $264 (Reg. $300+), Sport In-Ear $16 (Reg. $24), more

Mpow 3.3-ft MFi Apple-certified Lightning cable: $5 Prime shipped (Reg. $8)

More new gear from today:

Lumsing 8000mAh Power Bank $11 (Reg. $15), Dual-port wall charger and MFi Lightning cable $9 Prime shipped

Games/Apps: Madden NFL 16 (all platforms) $40, Star Walk HD $1, iOS freebies, more

• Increase your productivity with the Logitech Performance MX Wireless Mouse for $45 shipped (Reg. $60+)
• Daily Deals: Ninja 3-in-1 Kitchen System Pro $99, Westinghouse 48-inch 1080p HDTV $300, more
• Disney is giving out copies of Monsters Inc. to users of its free digital movie locker service
• DJI Phantom 3 Standard Quadcopter Drone w/ 2.7K Video Camera: $699 shipped (Reg. $799)
• M-Audio BX8 D2 8-inch Active Studio Monitors (pair) $349 shipped (Reg. $499)

More deals still alive:

 

Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro w/ Retina display (newest version) 2.2GHz/16GB/256GB: $1,700 (Reg. $1,999)

iPad Air 2 is still Apple’s latest 9.7-inch tablet, get the 128GB Wi-Fi model for $590 shipped (Reg. $699)

13.3″ MacBook Air (early 2014) 1.7GHz/8GB/512GB: $1,249 shipped (Orig. $1,849)

Anker iPhone 6 3100mAh MFi Apple-Certified Battery Case: $27 Prime shipped (Reg. $70)

• Radiation Island for iOS goes free for the first time as IGN’s Game of the Month ($3 value)
• Kingdom Rush goes free for iPhone and iPad (Reg. up to $3)
• Charge a 12″ MacBook w/ this RAVPower 26800mAh Battery: $53 shipped (Reg. $80), more
• Canon Pixma MG6620 AirPrint Wireless All-in-One InkJet: $55 shipped (Reg. $65+)
• Garmin Vívofit Fitness Band (refurb) w/ one-year warranty: $40 shipped (Orig. $130)
• OontZ Bluetooth Speakers: Angle3 $30 (Reg. $50), Angle Plus $25 (Reg. $35)
• Two months of Audiobooks Free from Audible for new subscribers
• Scrivener, The Award-Winning Writing App: $20 (Orig. $40)
• Download The Very Best of Britney Spears 14-track compilation album for Free ($18 value)
• 49-inch 4K Smart Ultra HDTVs: Vizio 120Hz $600, LG 60Hz $550, more
• Cambond 10-ft MFi Apple-Certified Lightning Cable: $11 Prime shipped (Reg. $14)
• App Store Free App of the Week: Flick Kick Football ($2 value)
• Apple Productivity App Sale: PDF Expert 5 $5, Fantastical 2, Printer Pro & Workflow $3 ea, more
• PlayStation 20th anniversary sale up to 80% off: Final Fantasy Realm Reborn from $10, more
• 2K iOS Strategy Bundle: Civ Rev 2, XCOM Enemy Within & Sid Meier’s Starships for $20 ($35 value)
• 1Password secure password manager for Mac: $35 or $28 w/ .edu (Reg. $50)
• Motorola Nexus 6 Unlocked 32GB in Cloud White/Midnight Blue: $350 shipped (Orig. $650)
• TwelveSouth BassJump 2 for MacBook w/ El Capitan software update: $50 shipped (Orig. $70)
• Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ mic & CAD Acousti-Shield $149 shipped ($244 value)
• You can score Nest’s 2nd generation Learning Thermostat for $199 if you move quickly

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Jawbone reformulates its UP2 fitness tracker with a new fashion-forward design

Review: JBL’s new Flip 3 Bluetooth speaker slims down for an ultra-portable form factor

• The Raspberry Pi touchscreen display we’ve been waiting for is now available
• V-MODA goes wireless with its premium-grade leather and steel headphones
• Minecraft: Story Mode gets a release date as pre-orders ramp up
• Amazon now offers money back to Prime members after their first Dash button purchase
• Parrot’s new Zik 3 Wireless Headphones look like a crocodile with inductive charging
• JBL and Sennheiser show off their latest generation headphone line-ups at IFA 2015
• Kitchen Tech: Does the Homping Grill deliver on its promise of healthy, smokeless + portable BBQ?
• Philips’ latest Hue lightstrips put out white light and are extendable
• Review: Tucker and Bloom’s East to West XL Messenger Bag goes big to handle all your gear
• Sphero brought the BB-8 Droid from Star Wars to life and we all want it
• Bang & Olufsen’s new wool covered AirPlay speaker stuns with its look and price
• Philips undercuts the market on price with its new whole home audio system
• Polaroid’s latest pocket-sized Snap cam instantly prints photos with no ink
• Hulu puts pressure on Netflix with new commercial-free subscription plan
• Sony’s new high-resolution headphones have a cringe-worthy name

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ChAIR employee’s LinkedIn profile hints at possible Infinity Blade 3

First spotted by Kotaku, it appears that Epic Games, developer of the Gears of War series for Xbox 360 and the Unreal Engine used to power many console and mobile games, may be working on an additional Infinity Blade sequel appropriately titled “Infinity Blade 3 for iPhone.” According to a Senior QA Tester’s LinkedIn profile, Epic’s iOS publishing arm, ChAIR, looks to be in the midst of either development or beta testing for a new Infinity Blade title to follow the studio’s last release, Infinity Blade II.

A prequel to the popular series entitled Infinity Blade: Dungeons was demonstrated by Epic Games at Apple’s iPad (3) with Retina Display announcement earlier last year, but the title still has yet to see the light of day. Infinity Blades: Dungeons was expected to launch sometime in the later half of 2012, but the company pushed back development of the title and then officially canceled the project earlier this year, squashing little remaining hope for the action-RPG’s eventual release.

Kotaku reports that major changes have been afoot at Epic Games since Chinese internet giant Tencent acquired a 40 percent stake in June 2012. Such a change in Epic’s management may have pushed back development of certain titles and may have even been responsible for Impossible Games (the studio responsible for Infinity Blade: Dungeons development) closure earlier this year. Tencent is often associated with an assortment of freemium titles, so many have wondered if Epic couldn’t find a way to bring such a model to Infinity Blade: Dungeons or if it may show up in a future release in the series. A freemium model would put the pay-to-play series in the same position as Real Racing 3, which was originally a pay-to-play title but then turned to a freemium model when the series’ developer Firemint was acquired by EA.

ChAIR has been unusually quiet since the release of the final content pack for Infinity Blade II last August, but Kotaku believes that the development of Infinity Blade 3 may be more of a reality than rumor due to nods from the company’s newly appointed Community Manager, Hilary Goldstein. In his first blog post as Community Manager, Goldstein hinted that fans may see a new tile in the coming months. If that’s true, we may actually see Infinity Blade 3 demoed alongside Apple’s latest hardware come this fall as with previous installments in the series. It’s also interesting to note that iOS7 will officially support third-party game controllers, and although the Infinity Blade is known for its touch-and-slash gameplay, we could see suport for more traditional controls as well.