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LG Launching gaming portal for Cinema 3D line 

LG wis launching a new games portal offering 2D and 3D games for its Cinema 3D Smart TVs.

ZoomLG Electronics announced the upcoming launch of Game World, a new entertainment portal for its portfolio of Cinema 3D Smart TVs. The portal provides a user-friendly way to search, purchase, and play game apps – in both 2D and 3D – through an easy-to-navigate interface. Many of the games can even be played with LG’s Magic Remote or with any third-party game pad, the company said.

"Game World is a wonderful source of games – especially 3D games – which are suitable for everyone," said Havis Kwon, President and CEO of LG Home Entertainment Company. "Many popular titles will be available along with games developed exclusively for LG Cinema 3D Smart TVs. By making the most of the capabilities of LG 3D TVs, Game World will allow us to push the boundaries of 3D gaming and expand the market."

The Game World interface will feature a menu bar draped along the top sporting four categories: Featured, Top Chart, New and Genre. The Featured portion will showcase some of the more popular apps including those picked by the LG staff. Top Chart will list the most popular paid and freeware games whereas the New list will offer the latest games added to LG's library. The Genre section breaks the games down by the following categories: action, adventure, arcade, puzzle, RPG, shooter, simulation, sports, and strategy.

"The main menu of Game World also provides a tutorial, with manuals and instructions for playing with a Magic Remote or a game pad," the company said on Monday. "The My Games section links users to all previously purchased games and displays a list of the most frequently played games, making it easy to find the next big hit. The titles available on Game World will consist mainly of family-friendly titles, with most titles being compatible with LG Magic Remote’s gestures and movement capabilities and many also playable in 3D."

According to a screenshot sent along with the press release, some of the titles include Air Penguin 3D, Cut The Rope, Plants Vs. Zombies, Shadowgun, Frisbee Forever and more. That said, LG will seemingly have more than just a casual flavor of titles given the shoot-em-up nature of Madfinger's console-style 3rd-person shooter. Will we see Shadowgun in lovely 3D? We hope so, yes indeedy.

So far app prices are unknown, but we expect some to be a bit pricier than their Android and iOS counterparts due to support for 3D. The portal itself doesn't launch until the second half of 2012, so go find a new Cinema 3D Smart TV now.