'Fortnite' brings 'Resident Evil' characters Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine into the game

The newest Capcom characters to make their way to Fortnite seems apt for the spooky season. Epic Game adds legendary Resident Evil characters Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine to the game. Chris and Jill get alternate costumes that pay tribute to their appearances in Village and Nemesis. Back Bling has three shades of Resident Evil's life-sustaining herbs. There are also themed pickaxes and a "brolly stroll" emote. You can buy the outfits and equipment in separate S.T.A.R.S. Team and S.T.A.R.S. Team Gear bundles.

Source: Engadget

Billboard and Twitter partner to debut Hot Trending Songs music chart

Over the weekend, Billboard debuted a new ranking on Twitter that shows the most discussed tracks globally. The Billboard Hot Trending Songs Powered by Twitter offers a real-time ranking of the most discussed songs on the social network. It captures conversations over the past 24 hours and the past seven days.

The weekly version, covering activity from Friday through Thursday, will appear alongside Billboard's other weekly charts on its site and the @Billboard and @BillboardCharts Twitter handles every Tuesday.

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Discord can now show more detailed info on the EA games you're playing

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EA is making full use of Discord's Rich Presence, allowing you to link your Discord account with the EA app. Rich Presence is an API that developers can use to connect their games to Discord and make it easy to jump into them from the chat app. EA's doing this at a launcher level. You can connect your accounts by heading to the settings menu in the EA app. Click on "My Account" and then "Connected Accounts" to link them.

Your Discord contacts won't just see the game you're playing on the EA app when you link the two accounts together. It'll also show how long you've been playing and the specific game mode you're in at the moment. They'll also see if you're ready to group up to play something different. That last option might help you convince a friend to play a game with you that they haven't planned.

Source: Engadget

Disney+ show 'Ahsoka' tipped to have Hayden Christensen, too

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Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the prequels, is already set to reprise his role in next year's Obi-Wan Kenobi show with Ewan McGregor. But aside from that, there are rumours that he will also be reprising his role in the upcoming Disney+ series Ahsoka. It won't be much of a surprise to see him there, given that Ahsoka Tano was Anakin Skywalker's padawan. What isn't clear is how he'll fit into the story.

Ahsoka takes place five years after the events in Return of the Jedi, but Vader dies in that film, so we're wondering how he'll fit into the story. Perhaps as a flashback or a Force ghost? Rosario Dawson will be reprising her role as Ahsoka, which she played in The Mandalorian. Dave Filoni will write the story and serve as an executive producer alongside Jon Favreau. The series will kick off production in 2022.

Source: Engadget