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An update to Disco Elysium adding a hardcore mode and ultrawide support is now available, bringing a lot more challenge and a few more pixels to the groundbreaking RPG. Disco Elysium’s incredible art style and the way it allowed for even failure to be interesting make these additions enticing upgrades for newcomers and repeat players alike. Disco Elysium was one of the surprise hits of 2019. While it garnered a lot of attention in previews, the game stayed relatively under the radar until its release, when suddenly everyone was talking about it....

The Disney and Fox deal is expected to be officially finalized by Thursday. The whole process has not been a walk in the park for both camps. On top of the legalities that need to be taken care of, Disney has also faced competition, with both Sony and Comcast joining the bidding war to acquire 21 Century Fox’s TV and movie division (which is worth $60 billion). In the end, the House of Mouse emerged as the clear winner, after Comcast backed out of the race on Monday....

Though Disney has created many animated hits throughout its existence, no decade was quite as strong as the ’90s. With the Disney Renaissance in full bloom, Pixar turning the dream of CGI films into a reality, and Tim Burton partnering with Disney for a set of now-iconic stop-motion animations, this era was definitely a high point for the company. Because of this, we thought we’d look back at the critic’s picks of the decade....

From 9to5Toys.com: As we ramp up for Star Wars: The Force Awakens to hit theaters in December, we are getting Storm Trooper Bluetooth speakers, a new mobile RPG and a SW themed playset for the upcoming Disney 3.0. But it looks like it won’t stop there as Disney has just launched an official new mobile app. Simply named “Star Wars”, this is not a game, but rather a new hub app for “breaking news, rich media, social updates, special events, interactive features” and more:...

A developer who won two Apple TV 4 development kits on both developer accounts is ebaying one of them, claiming in the ad that a loophole allows them to do so despite Apple’s no-resale clause. The auction has a starting bid of $300, well above the $149/199 retail price when it goes on official sale next month. Apple made the kits available to developers by lottery, with winners notified a week ago....

It might seem strange that an entire television show could be based around a serial killer, but Dexter proves that following along with someone evil can be incredibly entertaining, with the double-life of him also working for the police being a very fun concept. Following along from the novel series, Dexter became an instant hit for Showtime and found a second life on Netflix, becoming incredibly popular amongst critics and fans....

The long-rumored Diablo animated series that is supposedly being produced for Netflix may have finally been proven to exist by a recent trademark registration that hints that the series is still in development. The rumors of a Diablo series started circulating in September 2018 when screenwriter Andrew Cosby posted on Twitter that he was in final talks to be the showrunner and writer of an upcoming Diablo animated show that was being made in collaboration with Activision and Netflix....

Diggle’s tenure as the Green Arrow will end in tragedy as a connection between him and new villain Richard Dragon is revealed on Arrow. Since season 1 of Arrow, John Diggle has remained a moral compass for Oliver Queen. In the early days, Dig was the only one pushing back against the Hood’s more brutal tendencies and that’s rarely changed. Still, Diggle has had lapses of his own and his current path looks destined to end badly....

Netflix renewed Matt Groening’s Disenchantment for season 2, while confirming the second half of season 1 will premiere in 2019. Starring Abbi Jacobson (Broad City), the medieval, animated series follows Bean, the foul-mouthed, hard-drinking Princess of Dreamland, who’s more interested in living in the moment than happily ever after. The show has received acclaim for Groening’s trademark blend of sardonic humor and social commentary, as well as its voice work by comedy champions, like Eric Andre and Nat Faxon, and Futurama veterans, Billy West, John DiMaggio, and Tress MacNeille....

Developers wishing to sell apps to business in volume for discounted rates now will be able to according to an email just sent to developers. Apple upgraded its Paid Applications Agreement today which allows for a new type of pricing. For instance, a hospital could buy a medical app for its 2000 employees in one big swoop rather than hitting the buy button 2000 times. WWDC 2011: 200M iOS devices, 14B app downloads and other milestones (9to5mac....

What is Call by Value method? Call by value method copies the value of an argument into the formal parameter of that function. Therefore, changes made to the parameter of the main function do not affect the argument. In this parameter passing method, values of actual parameters are copied to function’s formal parameters, and the parameters are stored in different memory locations. So any changes made inside functions are not reflected in actual parameters of the caller....

Here’s a who’s who guide to the cast and characters of 2016 comedy Dirty Grandpa. Directed by Dan Mazer – best known for co-writing Sacha Baron Cohen films Borat and Bruno – Dirty Grandpa tells the tale of a recently widowed man who convinces his estranged grandson to join him on a road trip to Florida. That might sound like the start of a heartwarming family drama, but while Dirty Grandpa counts acting great Robert De Niro among its cast, it’s actually a raunchy comedy full of gross-out humor....

Disable Desktop Alerts Outlook 2010 Launch Outlook 2010 then click Files » Options. The Outlook Option window comes up. Select Mail then scroll down to Message Arrival and uncheck Display a Desktop Alert. If you’re sick of hearing the alert noise, go ahead and uncheck Play a Sound too. Disable Desktop Alerts Outlook 2007 & 2003 Launch Outlook 2007 and click Tools » Options. The options window opens. In the Email section click the Email Options button....

The Disney+ launch film Noelle provides family-friendly holiday entertainment, and it’s also designed to keep viewers thinking about Apple iPads. The product placement is so absurd throughout the movie that even innocent children are used to help sell the Apple brand. And that’s not the only weird thing in the movie. Noelle stars Anna Kendrick as the title character who tries to find her missing brother Nick (Bill Hader), the new Santa....

[Update: Why Disney Infinity was really cancelled.] [Update 2: What Disney Infinity 4.0 was going to include…] The current “toys to life” gaming trend started in 2011 with Activision’s Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, and its success led to the creation of similar franchises from different manufacturers and the Amiibo craze at Nintendo. Of the various toys-to-life options on the market, the most popular heading into 2016 was Disney’s Disney Infinity, which not only boasted a line-up of classic Disney animated characters, but also the rosters of film franchises owned by the Mouse House; namely, Marvel and Star Wars....

It seems Disney is still developing Pirates of the Caribbean 6 and plans to bring Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales co-director Joachim Rønning back to helm the sequel. The latter is currently filming Maleficent II for the Mouse House, so production on Pirates 6 might not start until after that live-action fairy tale hits theaters in 2020. Starting with The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003, the Pirates of the Caribbean theme park ride-turned swashbuckling adventure series has grossed over $4....

The official Avengers: Endgame Oscar campaign does not include a push for Robert Downey, Jr. in the Best Actor category. Downey, of course, has been the poster boy of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for more than a decade, perfectly embodying the character of Tony Stark over the course of several appearances. Even after Tony died in Endgame, he continues to have a presence in the franchise. Spider-Man: Far From Home examined the effects Tony’s death had on Peter Parker, and it’s been reported Downey will feature in the upcoming Black Widow movie....

Disney has removed a release date competing with Sony’s 2021 Spider-Man Marvel movie. In the wake of Sony and Marvel Studios striking a new deal to share the rights to Spider-Man, the former has been working harder to connect its upcoming Marvel films to the MCU. The trailer for Morbius not only references Spider-Man being on the run after having his identity outed in Far From Home, it even concludes with a brief appearance by Michael Keaton’s Vulture from Homecoming....

Probably not. The “hacks” require the attacker to have physical access to your device (whether it be Android or iOS). That could be a speaker dock, a charging station, or a friend’s computer, but it still requires you to plug the iPhone into something compromised or give up physical access to it. The issue, as Gareth Wright first discovered, is that Facebook stores saved account information in a plaintext file that can be transferred to another phone and used to log into your Facebook account without signing in....