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Legendary metal bands and mobile games, oh my. Photo: Roadshow Interactive

Legendary metal bands and mobile games, oh my. Photo: Roadshow Interactive

Are you willing to die with your boots on? Do you know the number of the beast? If so, you’ll want to keep an eye on this upcoming mobile game from heavy metal band extraordinaire, Iron Maiden.

In conjunction with Roadhouse Interactive and 50cc Games, the legends of metal are putting together a free-to-play role-playing game, due out this summer, on iOS and Android. It’s called Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast (naturally), and will apparently include characters from the long history of Iron Maiden album art, as well as a soundtrack that has previously unheard live recordings from the monsters of rock.

Group video on your smartphone - hoorah! Photo: Skype

Group video on your smartphone – hoorah! Photo: Skype

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of its free video calls, Skype is giving everyone a present: group video calls on mobile devices.

It was only six years ago that Skype video calling premiered on mobile phones, setting one-to-one video calls free from the laptop or desktop.

Now, you’ll be able to group video chat via Skype on Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows 10 Mobile. Here’s a cute video Skype created to celebrate.

Four colors, two LCD screens: what more do you need? Photo: Casio

Four colors, two LCD screens: what more do you need? Photo: Casio

Cult of Mac CES 2016 full coverageCasio has been making watches since the 1970s, so it comes as no surprise that their new product, revealed on stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, is a smart watch.

The new not-so-cleverly-named WSD-F10 runs Android Wear for it’s OS, is water resistant up to 50 meters, and has a cool dual-layer LCD face, one monochrome and energy saving, the other full color and gorgeous. This new smartwatch for the outdoorsy should arrive in stores this coming April.

“We’re about lifestyle – everything we manufacture, we put lifestyle first,” said Vice President of Casio America, David Johnson.

Newer versions of Marshmallow are seeing this tiny bug. Photo: Nicolás Fischman

Newer versions of Marshmallow are seeing this tiny bug. Photo: Nicolás Fischman

It looks as if suers who’ve upgraded to the latest version of Android, Marshmallow 6.0.1 have noticed that the option to toggle Do Not Disturb “until next alarm” has gone missing.

If the option has gone missing on your own Android handset, there’s a handy workaround posted by the Android Police that will have it back onto your smartphone quickly, letting you use it until Google figures out a fix. Here’s how.

The King of All Cosmos is back, telling the Prince what to roll up. Photo: Bandai Namco

The King of All Cosmos is back, telling the Prince what to roll up. Photo: Bandai Namco

Describing the funky weirdness of Katamari Damacy has always been somewhat of a challenge. You play a pill-headed little person who must roll a big sticky ball around various environments, picking up weird stuff like rice candy, cows, and pencils, while taking your quests from some odd king-looking dude who speaks in an odd, english as a second language-flavored patois.

It’s bizarre, but super fun, and its coming to a mobile phone near you as Tap My Katamari on iOS and Android. Check out the teaser trailer below.

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