‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is the longest movie Marvel will release

Marvel Studios is making sure it packs in all it pack into Avengers: Infinity War. It is set to be the longest movie Marvel has released clocking in at two hours and 36 minutes, at least according to AMC Theatres’ website. This doesn’t come as a surprise with the film becoming the culmination of every MCU movie for the past decade. It tops Captain America: Civil War, which clocked in at two hours and 27 minutes, and is even five minutes longer than Batman v Superman.

Source: BGR

Google Maps goes for gamification with the help of Mario in driving mode

Google has collaborated with the team at Nintendo to let Mario accompany users on all of your driving adventures on Google Maps this week.

To get started, you’ll need to first update your app from Google Play or the App Store. Next,  simply click on the yellow “?” icon found on the bottom right of your Google Maps app on Android or iOS. You’ll then see a prompt to enable Mario Time! Find out more here.

Snapchat borrows from Instagram this time, tests mention tagging to Stories

This time around, Snapchat is taking cues from Instagram and is letting users tag their friends in their Stories. When someone is tagged on the social network, it works similar to how Instagram implements this. Viewers can tap on the link and a new menu shows up that links to that user’s information and you can be given the option to add said user. The difference though is there is no autofill, so you’ll need to remember your friend’s Snapchat username and they won’t be alerted if they get tagged. Snapchat confirms they are trying out this feature and there is no official word yet about when it’s going to be available for all users.

Source: The Verge

‘Fortnite Battle Royale’ makes its way to mobile

Epic Games has just announced it’s bringing its free-to-play multiplayer game to both iOS and Android devices, with the former having its beta test starting soon. The port will be available for both phones and tablets and you’re promised the “same 100-player game you know from the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac” with all the same gameplay content, weekly updates, and maps the PC and console versions get. Those who are interested to try out can sign up for the iOS beta starting March 12^th and invites will roll out soon afterwards with players getting invitations with several invites that can be sent out to friends.

There will be cross-play and cross-progression between the PS4, PC, Mac, iOS, and later on when the Android version comes out (which is said to be in a few months). This means if you have friends playing on other platforms, you would be able to team up with them. There won’t be any cross-play with Xbox One it seems but as the game’s developer says, they did this in partnership with Sony so that explains the lack of support for Microsoft’s console. Sony has previously turned down cross-platform gameplay with Microsoft’s Xbox One.

Source: The Verge