Sonic And Angry Birds Are Crossing Over In Multiple Games

Sonic And Angry Birds Are Crossing Over In Multiple Games

In 2023, Sega Sammy Holdings acquired Rovio, subsequently making the famed Angry Birds developer a subsidiary of Sega Europe. While Sega’s Japanese social media account shared a photo of a Red statue standing alongside Sega’s other mascots (see below), we haven’t seen the acquisition impact the games to this point. That changed today, as Sega and Rovio announced a multi-game crossover event between Sonic and Angry Birds on mobile devices.

The crossover event even comes with its own storyline, which includes a plot to steal the Angry Birds’ eggs that accidentally creates a portal between the world of Angry Birds and Sonic’s world. Sonic, Red, and their friend groups must work together across five mobile titles to stop Dr. Eggman. The event will include new playable characters, cross-brand collectibles, and exclusive rewards.

In Sonic Forces, Sonic and Red team up to collect rings and power-ups to score points and defeat Dr. Eggman. If you collect character cards, you can unlock Red and Chuck as playable characters. Red and Chuck also join the other active Sonic mobile game, Sonic Dash, where they are playable characters that can join your roster through both free and premium methods. Sonic Dash is also adding Angry Birds-themed collectibles.

On the Angry Birds front, Angry Birds 2 is adding Sonic Friends Hats that you can equip to your Angry Birds to grant power boosts. Angry Birds 2 players can also play through a “You’re Too Slow” adventure that is only available to birds wearing the correct hats. Hats are acquired through the in-game Tower of Fortune. In Angry Birds Dream Blast, players can enjoy Sonic’s Flash Race event, which adds 10 saga levels to race through with “dreamy” rewards. Finally, Angry Birds Friends receives 30 Sonic-themed levels based on locales and characters from the Sonic franchise. 

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The Sonic x Angry Birds multi-game crossover event runs from today, March 14, to March 21. All five of the games – Sonic Forces, Sonic Dash, Angry Birds 2, Angry Birds Dream Blast, and Angry Birds Friends – are available for iOS and Android through the App Store and Google Play, respectively. 

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RuneScape Creators Reveal Brighter Shores, A New Point-And-Click Fantasy Adventure MMORPG

RuneScape Creators Reveal Brighter Shores, A New Point-And-Click Fantasy Adventure MMORPG

The creators of RuneScape, Andrew and Paul Gower, have revealed Brighter Shores, a new point-and-click fantasy adventure MMORPG. And if you’re a fan of RuneScape, Brightet Shores looks like a game you’ll want to keep an eye on. 

After starting Jagex in 1999, the Gower brothers focused their efforts on the studio’s first big release: RuneScape. The rest is history. RuneScape is still a very popular game today, both in its modern form and as Old School RuneScape. The Gowers left Jagex in 2010 and little was known about what they were up to until now. It turns out Andrew Gower was working as the lead designer on their new game, while Paul Gower was working as the narrative designer for it. 

Check out the Brighter Shores reveal trailer for yourself below: 

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“Brighter Shores is an all-new adventure from award-winning MMORPG designer Andrew Gower,” the Brighter Shores Steam page description reads. “It is an enchanting point-and-click style RPG with hundreds of hours of gameplay, set in a land of magic and mysteries, with a huge number of professions to try, and something new to find around every corner.” 

In retrospect, we can learn more about Brighter Shores through some of Andrew Gower’s tweets. He wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the team is planning to launch “our big game with 4 episodes to start with,” and that “the first 3 episodes are very playable now and just need a bit more testing/tuning,” back in November. 

In Brighter Shores, players will be the newest recruit in the Hopeport town guard, looking to make a name for themselves. However, this turns out to be more challenging than anciticpated as a strange storm rages over the harbor while local goblins go into a frenzy. 

“You will discover powerful magic sources and become one of the legendary classes of old: Cryoknight, Guardian, or Hammermage,” the game’s description reads. “Which is fortunate, because something is corrupting the deepest reaches of the nearby Hopefrost, and only through the strength of your newfound powers will you be able to deal with it.” 

In-game professions include Fisher, Forager, Chef, Woodcutter, Miner, Alchemist, Stonemason, Merchant, and Blacksmith, but the team promises “many more.” 

Developer Fen Research Ltd, with the Gower brothers at the lead, say, “The game will be constantly expanding, with new content being released in an episodic format,” noting that “each episode features its own unique side quests, professions and lands, as well as advancing the central story.” 

There will be a free version of Brighter Shores to play, and a Premium Pass version. In the free version, players will only have access to Hopeport and Hopeforest. However, in the Premium Pass version, players will gain access to Hopeport, Hopeforest, Mine of Mantuban, and Crenopolis, as well as features like a unique character name, exclusive armor dyes, the ability to change names, and player-to-player trading. 

As far as PC requirements and specifications, it seems this game won’t require too much power, similar to RuneScape. Check out the Steam page for more details on that. 

Are you excited for Brighter Shores? Let us know in the comments below!