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Rovio’s Angry Birds is embarking on another brand crossover, this time with Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog. Characters from Angry Birds Epic including Red Knight, Chuck Mage, and Bomb Pirate will for three weeks be appearing in Sonic Dash which, incidentally, hit 100m downloads earlier this week. We were thrilled with …

Latest point release is the biggest yet, plus the launch of marketplace plugins

A barely publicised feature of Apple’s upcoming iOS 9 could spell great news for owners of 16GB iPhone or iPads. The increasing size of not only iOS itself but also apps has left owners of Apple’s entry-level devices with little room to play with, forcing many to pick and choose …

It seems that Pac-Man is celebrating his birthday in style. 2015 marks the 35th anniversary of Bandai Namco’s spherical superstar, and the publisher has kicked off the year by rocketing to the top of the UK charts. Nearly a quarter of all boxed games sold in May were Bandai Namco …

Intel Developer Blog: Get a host of development tools at no cost

Company behind Bloodstained ports will share with all devs authorised for those platforms

VR firm could show off final version of the Rift headset

The ongoing PlayStation Now streaming games beta in the UK has entered paid beta modes, revealing some possible early pricing for the service. Eurogamer reports that titles seem to fall into two tiers. The first tier prices two day rentals at 4.99 and 30 days at 9.99. The second, cheaper …

Cambridge studio working with psychiatrist and Professor of Health and Neuroscience on Wellcome Trust-backed project

PC hardware and peripheral firm could purchase firm but talks are "still in flux"