Facebook ‘Reactions’ Add Emoji Options to the ‘Like’ Button
Facebook developers have heard the demands of users and are preparing to roll out a new feature to provide more context to the "Like" button.
Called Reactions, this feature adds several emojis to Facebook's iconic thumbs-up symbol that can be used in place of a binary "Like." With six total, these Reactions feature love, laughter, excitement, surprise, sadness, and anger. Any of these six can be used in place of the "Like," expressing different emotions that may be more suited for a particular post than a simple thumbs-up.
Tech Crunch reports Reactions will begin testing in Spain and Ireland, two countries selected as the best forms of a closed test group due to their generally dedicated national base and numbers showing fewer international friends.
Disney Retires Nearly 100 Mobile Games
Disney has announced that it is retiring nearly a hundred of its games and apps across mobile and PC.
Affected games include Star Wars: Tiny Death Star and Star Wars: Assault Team, whose retirement was discovered this week, as well as other notable titles such as Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: Le Chuck's Revenge for iOS and a number of Marvel titles.
"Although the decision was difficult to make, this will allow us to focus on building new and more engaging games," Disney says on a help page on its website. Many of the retired games are based on older Disney films, so it's likely that Disney may want to shift its focus to more recent properties.
Jessica Jones Teaser Introduces Purple Man
A new trailer for Marvel's Jessica Jones has just launched, providing a sneak peek at David Tennant as Purple Man.
Give it a look below.
Jessica Jones joins Marvel's Daredevil as the second of four live-action comic book adaptations coming exclusively to Netflix. Two other series are in the works, including one centered around Luke Cage and another on Iron Fist.
Marvel's Jessica Jones: Season 1 will hit Netflix on November 20, and stars Krysten Ritter, who plays a former superhero who's traded in her costume to work as a private investigator. For more on the upcoming series, be sure to check out this additional teaser, where Jessica Jones uses her powers to get to work.
Worlds: League of Legends’ Group Stage Opens With Chaos
The first week of the League of Legends World Championships have finished up, and hoo-boy were we not prepared for the chaos that ensued. The group stage’s first week was chock-full of upsets, teams playing well beyond their strength, and a slew of moments that left the audience in Paris in shock and awe.
Let’s break down everything that went down.
Coming into the World Championship tournament, Counter Logic Gaming fans were hopeful their team would finally live up to its long-held potential. After the first week of play, it seems that faith wasn’t entirely unfounded. Finishing 2-1, CLG brought down Taiwan’s Flash Wolves and Brazil’s paiN Gaming in intelligently played, controled games. After their first two games of the week, CLG looked like a strong contender for a deep run into the tournament.
Neverwinter: Strongholds Coming to Xbox One Later This Year
MMO Neverwinter's Strongholds expansion is coming to Xbox One on November 3, 2015.
The seventh expansion of the free-to-play action MMORPG introduces guild housing, large-scale PvP and the Dragonflight co-op event.
“As in the simulation style of Dungeons & Dragons, Strongholds gives players the chance to grow with their guild and gives members a new home to forge their legend following the Tyranny of Dragons and Elemental Evil,” said Rob Overmeyer, executive producer.
“Strongholds gives our Neverwinter players the ability to take their guild’s story and make it legend while providing an all-new competitive mode where they defend their guild hall from invading threats. Strongholds gives us a great foundation upon which we can tell more Dungeons & Dragons stories in the future.”
Marvel Announces Ant-Man Sequel for 2018
Minor spoilers for Ant-Man follow if you still haven't seen it.
Marvel has added another film to Phase 3: Ant-Man and The Wasp will be released on July 6, 2018.
Ant-Man made his debut this year in a film which brought Marvel's Phase 2 to a conclusion. The film introduced Scott Lang, who took over the mantle of Ant-Man from Hank Pym. The film also introduced Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, the daughter of Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne, the original Wasp.
One of the scenes that plays during the end credits of Ant-Man sets up Hope as the new Wasp, with Pym revealing a new prototype costume he was working on with his late wife. The sequel marks the first Marvel Studios film named after its heroine. Ant-Man will next be seen in Captain America: Civil War coming out on May 6, 2016.
Game of Thrones Adds New Red Priestess for Season 6
Melanie Liburd has been cast as a Red Priestess for Season 6 of Game of Thrones.
This news comes from Deadline. Melanie Liburd is a British actress who has previously appeared in the likes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Stalker, Dracula, and The Grinder.
Melanie Liburd's Twitter profile picture
Melisandre (Carice van Houten) has been the Red Priestess who's had the most screen time on Game of Thrones, but we did briefly meet another Red Priestess in Season 5, played by Rila Fukushima.
NYCC 2015: LexCorp to Provide Free Wi-Fi to Attendees
If you're attending New York Comic Con this weekend, your free Wi-Fi will be provided by LexCorp Industries.
In the About section of the NYCC website, it says "Free WiFi throughout the Javits Center will be provided by LexCorp Industries. LexCorp unites humanity through technology. We believe in technology as a means of communication, unification and a source of inspiration."
The statement continues: "To access the WiFi on-site at the Javits Center, connect to the "LexCorp" network from the list of available networks. You will automatically be redirected to the LexCorp WiFi login page where you can enter your email address and click "CONNECT" to gain access to the network. LexCorp -- together, we can build a better world."
Fallout 4 Install Size and Recommended Specs Revealed
Bethesda has revealed a host of details about Fallout 4, including how much space it'll take up on your hard drive, what the minimum PC specifications are, and when the game will actually be unlocked and made available for play.
The developer has revealed you'll need between 28GB and 35GB on console depending on where you live and what languages you want the game to support.
Additionally, it's been announced Fallout 4 will digitally unlock on November 10, 2015, at 12:00am (local time) in all territories (In North America, the unlock time will be 12:01am EST), except Asia (available at 12am on Tuesday, November 11) and Japan (available at 12am on Thursday, December 17).
Tatiana Maslany May Pass on Star Wars: Episode 8
Tatiana Maslany is in early negotiations to star in Stronger, which may take her out of the running to act in Star Wars: Episode VIII.
Stronger is a film about the Boston Marathon bombing that stars Jake Gyllenhaal as survivor Jeff Bauman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Orphan Black lead is currently in the mix for Star Wars: Episode VIII, but she may star opposite Gyllenhaal in Stronger instead.
Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black.