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Sonic the Hedgehog and Pac-Man are as close to royalty as the gaming world gets, and now the two legends are crossing over for a limited time. For one month, you’ll be able to play as Pac-Man and Ms Pac-Man in Sonic Dash and as Sonic in Pac-Man for iOS and Android.

Sonic Dash’s fifth anniversary will see the game host four one-week-long special events, each allowing you to play as the Pac-Man couple to defeat Bash the Ghost. Dr Eggman, meanwhile, has invaded a special Pac-Man world that looks like Green Hill Zone, so Sonic must chase after him to save his friends.

Sega and Bandai Namco say fans who play any of the six Sonic stages in Pac-Man before March 20 will unlock those mazes forever. It’s also possible to keep Pac-Man and Ms Pac-Man in Sonic Dash, provided you collect enough fruits, bells, and keys.

In other Sonic news, the blue hedgehog’s upcoming movie has been given a release date. The Sonic Movie is coming to theaters on November 15, 2019, which represents a delay since Sega originally said the film was due in 2018. The last we heard, the untitled movie is expected to mix animation and live-action, though details about the plot and cast are being kept under wraps for now.

Writer-director Alex Garland’s Annihilation is at times unconventional, pretentious, intelligent, and indulgent. It’s far less accessible than his 2015 film Ex Machina — Annihilation’s esoteric last act alone will almost certainly prove divisive — but it’s also a daring, unique sci-fi experience in an age of branded IP juggernauts and safe rehashes.

Natalie Portman carries the film with a cerebral steeliness as Lena, a biologist and former soldier who joins a covert government mission to explore The Shimmer, a mysterious phenomenon whose expansion threatens our very existence. Portman, who is in almost every scene of the film, wisely underplays Lena with a reserve and nuance befitting such a secretive person. But as strong and central as Portman is to the film, Annihilation is an ensemble piece featuring several strong supporting turns.

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Before Warcraft, before Source Code, before Moon, director Duncan Jones was working on a script for a film called Mute. Jones has had his story of a near-future Berlin, and the troubles of a voiceless, Amish bartender in his head for 15 years – and it’s finally coming out.

I was lucky enough to visit the movie’s chilly Berlin set, and talk to the director himself – here’s what I learned along the way.

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Sony has launched a browser-based version of PSN and it’s live now.

The news was announced on the Japanese PlayStation blog and picked up by users on ResetEra.

The site is live now and isn’t restricted to accounts in Japan. You can access it through your browser, smart phone, and tablet, and can search for friends, or send friend requests and messages, just like the app.

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Players were, to put it politely, confused by a store listing for the newly-announced Burnout Paradise Remastered that included a mention of microtransactions – but EA’s now clarified that it was an error.

EA’s Ben Walke took to Twitter to clarify that this was a mistake, not an added feature:

Just a heads up, but the store listing for #BurnoutParadise that mentions “In-game purchases optional” is an error. There is no MTX or any additional paid for content. Pitch forks down please. pic.twitter.com/hPX8gLKiAG

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Burnout Paradise Remastered will not, it seems, include microtransactions. After the PS4, Xbox One, and PC remaster was announced yesterday, some fans spotted that the game’s PlayStation Store listing stated it would include optional “in-game purchases.” The message is still present on the store listing, but EA says the note is a mistake.

“The store listing for Burnout Paradise that mentions ‘in-game purchases optional’ is an error,” said EA’s community engagement manager, Ben Walke. “There is no MTX or any additional paid for content. Pitchforks down please.”

EA has received criticism from fans for its handling of microtransactions, primarily with regards to Star Wars Battlefront II. The company says the game was a “learning opportunity,” however microtransactions are coming back to Battlefront II, having previously been temporarily removed.

The original Burnout Paradise received a number of DLC packs, and the eight main ones that launched during the Year of Paradise are included in the remaster. They are Big Surf Island, the Party Pack, Burnout Bikes, Boost Special, Legendary Cars, Cagney Update, Toys, and the Cops & Robbers Pack. All that will set you back US $40 / £35 / AU $48 on PS4 and Xbox One.

The remaster’s release date has been set for March 16, with a PC version coming “later this year.” The current-gen edition includes “high resolution textures” and 4K / 60 FPS support for PS4 Pro and Xbox One X.

Disney’s live-action Pinocchio film has reportedly found a new director in Paddington’s Paul King.

King directed both of the recent Paddington movies, and has replaced Bond movie director Sam Mendes, who left the project last year, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film will hopefully replace all memories of the last live-action adaptation of the story – the nightmarish offering from Roberto Benigni in 2002.

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