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Bandi Namco has teamed up with Sony Pictures Entertainment to release a mobile game based on the upcoming movie Pixels. The game will be a tower defense title where players need to defend Earth from an alien invasion.

Pixels the movie stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Peter Dinklage as the Arcaders -- a group of heroes who must stop Earth from being destroyed by retro video games characters brought to life. Pixels the game promises to offer an "innovative twist on traditional tower defense game mechanics." In the game, players take on the role of the Arcaders to stop the aliens before they destroy the world. Pixels will mark the first time PAC-MAN, Q*bert, Frogger and other classic arcade characters will be featured in the same video game at the same time.

Widget Weather has been updated with Apple Watch support. The third-party weather service, which allows users to check forecasts from the Today panel of their iPhone, now features normal and Glance view options for Apple's wearable device. Apple Watch users with the widget installed on their iPhone can get 3-hour weather updates from the normal view, or see the current weather and 6-day forecast by glancing at their wrist.

The Widget Weather iPhone app only provides settings for the actual widget. From the app users can choose different fonts, weather icons and languages, and customize their weather forecast using simple on/off switches. The widget uses GPS and data from openweathermap.org and met.no to deliver accurate weather information based on your location.

Eyes Wide Games today revealed that its new title, Watch This Homerun, will join Robot 5 Studios' Football Twos, as one of the first two sports games released for the Apple Watch. The goal of the game is to hit as many home runs as possible in a short amount of time.

In the game, players will be able to blast fastballs, curveballs and changeups out of the park by using simple one-touch controls. Players will also be able to complete full games in 10-15 seconds, and keep track of their achievements and personal stats via the official iPhone companion app. Watch This Homerun will be available later this month when the Apple Watch is officially released.

As promised, Blizzard Entertainment has updated Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft with an "all-new intuitive interface" for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game has also received a few minor bug fixes and an indicator to alert you if you're losing your connection.

Hearthstone is a collectible card game like Magic the Gathering. The game is free to play and promises to be easy for beginners to learn. Players can build their own collection of cards by participating in 1-on-1 battles and single player adventures. The game also features a pay-to-play Arena mode and the option to buy additional cards as in-app purchases, but spending real money is not necessary.

Apple has scheduled its annual Worldwide Developers Conference for June 8 through June 12 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. The 26th annual event will feature more than 100 technical sessions so developers can "learn about the future of iOS and OS X," according to the press release. This year will also include the most live streamed events in the history of the conference.

“The App Store ignited an app ecosystem that is simply amazing, forever changing the lives of customers and creating millions of jobs worldwide,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “We’ve got incredible new technologies for iOS and OS X to share with developers at WWDC and around the world, and can’t wait to see the next generation of apps they create.”