Microsoft has backtracked on changes to Xbox that would have removed the option to share captures directly to Twitter.

Earlier this month, reports hinted that an Insider build on Xbox consoles had removed the feature, meaning users would have had to upload screens to the Xbox app before sharing to Twitter from there. Fortunately, Microsoft has reversed course after fans objected, and the latest Xbox Insider update preview restores the option.

2/2 Part 2 Flight Plans - Planning on taking a new 2204 build to the Beta Ring later today with details to come - Thanks for your feedback on the Twitter share feature change we flighted in 2204 - that change is being reverted to the previous behavior from today in this new build

— Brad Rossetti (@WorkWombatman) March 30, 2022

Brad Rossetti, the Xbox Insider Program Lead, confirmed the restoration of the feature in the latest beta update on Twitter yesterday.

Sharing your gameplay natively to Twitter through your console helps avoid using your smartphone as a middle man to post captures. Nevertheless, if you want to get a tweet that is more than a few words out, typing that message out on a controller might not always be ideal, so using your smartphone is not always a bad idea.

Sony and Nintendo also allow you to post to Twitter directly on PS5 and Switch. However, Sony has now started rolling out an option for people to auto-upload their PS5 captures on their phones via the PlayStation app.

Nintendo also allows for an option just to send the captures and footage to your smartphone if you do not want to post natively – though it requires additional legwork as you need to use your phone to scan a QR code that appears on the console, and the process itself is a bit awkward. A third-party app called SwitchBuddy helps alleviate that issue if you want to use your smartphone.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Microsoft has backtracked on changes to Xbox that would have removed the option to share captures directly to Twitter.

Earlier this month, reports hinted that an Insider build on Xbox consoles had removed the feature, meaning users would have had to upload screens to the Xbox app before sharing to Twitter from there. Fortunately, Microsoft has reversed course after fans objected, and the latest Xbox Insider update preview restores the option.

2/2 Part 2 Flight Plans - Planning on taking a new 2204 build to the Beta Ring later today with details to come - Thanks for your feedback on the Twitter share feature change we flighted in 2204 - that change is being reverted to the previous behavior from today in this new build

— Brad Rossetti (@WorkWombatman) March 30, 2022

Brad Rossetti, the Xbox Insider Program Lead, confirmed the restoration of the feature in the latest beta update on Twitter yesterday.

Sharing your gameplay natively to Twitter through your console helps avoid using your smartphone as a middle man to post captures. Nevertheless, if you want to get a tweet that is more than a few words out, typing that message out on a controller might not always be ideal, so using your smartphone is not always a bad idea.

Sony and Nintendo also allow you to post to Twitter directly on PS5 and Switch. However, Sony has now started rolling out an option for people to auto-upload their PS5 captures on their phones via the PlayStation app.

Nintendo also allows for an option just to send the captures and footage to your smartphone if you do not want to post natively – though it requires additional legwork as you need to use your phone to scan a QR code that appears on the console, and the process itself is a bit awkward. A third-party app called SwitchBuddy helps alleviate that issue if you want to use your smartphone.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

NASA's Hubble telescope has smashed records by observing the farthest individual star ever seen, having detected light from a star that took 12.9 billion years to reach Earth.

Nicknamed "Earendel," this newly detected star emitted its light during the first billion years of our universe when the universe was only 7 percent of its current age, at redshift 6.2, per NASA. Astronomers use redshifts to measure how the universe is expanding and to determine how far away an object is from Earth by looking at the "shift" in wavelengths.

Earendel, which means "morning star" in Old English, has become the most distant individual star to ever be seen by quite a significant margin as the previous single-star record holder, detected by Hubble in 2018, existed when the universe was about 4 billion years old, or 30 percent of its current age, at redshift 1.5, with its light taking 9 billion years to reach Earth.

NASA shared an annotated view of Earendel's position along "a ripple in space-time (dotted line) that magnifies it and makes it possible for the star to be detected over such a great distance." There was a huge galaxy cluster sitting between the star and Earth, which created a powerful natural magnifying glass for the celestial objects behind it.

Having examined the star, the research team estimated that Earendel is at least 50 times the mass of our sun and millions of times as bright, rivalling the most massive stars known. For comparison purposes, it's worth noting that the mass of the sun is 1.989 x 1030 kilograms, which Space.com estimates to be about 333,000 times the mass of the Earth.

"Normally at these distances, entire galaxies look like small smudges, with the light from millions of stars blending together," said Brian Welch, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University and lead author of the paper. "The galaxy hosting this star has been magnified and distorted by gravitational lensing into a long crescent that we named the Sunrise Arc."

The discovery was made by observing data collected during Hubble's RELICS (Reionization Lensing Cluster Survey) program, led by co-author Dan Coe. It is understood that follow-up observations will now take place, using NASA's new infrared James Webb Space Telescope to investigate Earendel's brightness, temperature, and composition.

"Studying Earendel will be a window into an era of the universe that we are unfamiliar with, but that led to everything we do know," Welch added, speaking of the extraordinary new benchmark that has been set. "It's like we've been reading a really interesting book, but we started with the second chapter, and now we will have a chance to see how it all got started."

Welch noted that Earendel may not have had all of the same raw materials as the stars around us today and that if it's found to be made up of primordial hydrogen and helium, then it would offer the first evidence of the Population III stars — which are "hypothesized to be the very first stars born after the big bang," though he admits the probability of that is low.

NASA recently celebrated another cosmic milestone, having added 65 more planets to the space agency's Exoplanet Archive, bringing the total number of confirmed, detectable planets beyond our solar system to over 5,000, with many of those planets having been detected by using powerful telescopes, both in space and on the ground.

Astronomers previously discovered 139 new "minor planets" in the far reaches of our solar system, just beyond Neptune's orbit. The vast expanse of the galaxy also plays host to a free-floating world without a host star, a "hell planet" that is strangely similar to Darth Vader's lava homeworld of Mustafar, and a Super-Earth that's nearly as old as the universe itself.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Thumbnail image credit: Space Telescope Science Institut/NASA, ESA, B. Welch (JHU) and D.

NASA's Hubble telescope has smashed records by observing the farthest individual star ever seen, having detected light from a star that took 12.9 billion years to reach Earth.

Nicknamed "Earendel," this newly detected star emitted its light during the first billion years of our universe when the universe was only 7 percent of its current age, at redshift 6.2, per NASA. Astronomers use redshifts to measure how the universe is expanding and to determine how far away an object is from Earth by looking at the "shift" in wavelengths.

Earendel, which means "morning star" in Old English, has become the most distant individual star to ever be seen by quite a significant margin as the previous single-star record holder, detected by Hubble in 2018, existed when the universe was about 4 billion years old, or 30 percent of its current age, at redshift 1.5, with its light taking 9 billion years to reach Earth.

NASA shared an annotated view of Earendel's position along "a ripple in space-time (dotted line) that magnifies it and makes it possible for the star to be detected over such a great distance." There was a huge galaxy cluster sitting between the star and Earth, which created a powerful natural magnifying glass for the celestial objects behind it.

Having examined the star, the research team estimated that Earendel is at least 50 times the mass of our sun and millions of times as bright, rivalling the most massive stars known. For comparison purposes, it's worth noting that the mass of the sun is 1.989 x 1030 kilograms, which Space.com estimates to be about 333,000 times the mass of the Earth.

"Normally at these distances, entire galaxies look like small smudges, with the light from millions of stars blending together," said Brian Welch, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University and lead author of the paper. "The galaxy hosting this star has been magnified and distorted by gravitational lensing into a long crescent that we named the Sunrise Arc."

The discovery was made by observing data collected during Hubble's RELICS (Reionization Lensing Cluster Survey) program, led by co-author Dan Coe. It is understood that follow-up observations will now take place, using NASA's new infrared James Webb Space Telescope to investigate Earendel's brightness, temperature, and composition.

"Studying Earendel will be a window into an era of the universe that we are unfamiliar with, but that led to everything we do know," Welch added, speaking of the extraordinary new benchmark that has been set. "It's like we've been reading a really interesting book, but we started with the second chapter, and now we will have a chance to see how it all got started."

Welch noted that Earendel may not have had all of the same raw materials as the stars around us today and that if it's found to be made up of primordial hydrogen and helium, then it would offer the first evidence of the Population III stars — which are "hypothesized to be the very first stars born after the big bang," though he admits the probability of that is low.

NASA recently celebrated another cosmic milestone, having added 65 more planets to the space agency's Exoplanet Archive, bringing the total number of confirmed, detectable planets beyond our solar system to over 5,000, with many of those planets having been detected by using powerful telescopes, both in space and on the ground.

Astronomers previously discovered 139 new "minor planets" in the far reaches of our solar system, just beyond Neptune's orbit. The vast expanse of the galaxy also plays host to a free-floating world without a host star, a "hell planet" that is strangely similar to Darth Vader's lava homeworld of Mustafar, and a Super-Earth that's nearly as old as the universe itself.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Thumbnail image credit: Space Telescope Science Institut/NASA, ESA, B. Welch (JHU) and D.

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 1 has been delayed by two days – but we'll now get two episodes to watch when the show launches on Disney+.

Announced in a message from star Ewan McGregor, Episodes 1 and 2 will now be released on Friday, May 27, rather than the original May 25 date.

While the show will debut on a Friday, all subsequent episodes will be added on Wednesdays.

The show will now premiere during Star Wars Celebration – so you can imagine the fan conference will feature a live screening event. Celebration will take place from May 26 to 29 this year.

Set 10 years after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi will see Ewan McGregor return to the title role (alongside Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader) for the first time in 17 years. McGregor has said the series is arriving amid a new wave of positivity for the Star Wars prequels, which were maligned at release.

The teaser trailer for the show, released earlier this month, gave us a glimpse at what's to come in the limited series, and our trailer breakdown shows how it solves a very old Star Wars mystery.

The main cast was revealed last year, and includes the likes of Joel Edgerton, Kumail Nanjiani, Moses Ingram and many more set to join or rejoin the Star Wars universe.

For more from the many worlds of Star Wars, check out how Obi-Wan is set to be a "standalone season", and why Liam Neeson hasn't been asked to play Qui-Gon Jinn. Check out Obi-Wan's greatest moments too. And if you want a sneak peek at what Uncle Owen could be like in the show, watch our (definitely not silly) video of him reading a Star Wars script written by IGN.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 1 has been delayed by two days – but we'll now get two episodes to watch when the show launches on Disney+.

Announced in a message from star Ewan McGregor, Episodes 1 and 2 will now be released on Friday, May 27, rather than the original May 25 date.

While the show will debut on a Friday, all subsequent episodes will be added on Wednesdays.

The show will now premiere during Star Wars Celebration – so you can imagine the fan conference will feature a live screening event. Celebration will take place from May 26 to 29 this year.

Set 10 years after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi will see Ewan McGregor return to the title role (alongside Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader) for the first time in 17 years. McGregor has said the series is arriving amid a new wave of positivity for the Star Wars prequels, which were maligned at release.

The teaser trailer for the show, released earlier this month, gave us a glimpse at what's to come in the limited series, and our trailer breakdown shows how it solves a very old Star Wars mystery.

The main cast was revealed last year, and includes the likes of Joel Edgerton, Kumail Nanjiani, Moses Ingram and many more set to join or rejoin the Star Wars universe.

For more from the many worlds of Star Wars, check out how Obi-Wan is set to be a "standalone season", and why Liam Neeson hasn't been asked to play Qui-Gon Jinn. Check out Obi-Wan's greatest moments too. And if you want a sneak peek at what Uncle Owen could be like in the show, watch our (definitely not silly) video of him reading a Star Wars script written by IGN.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

A new mod for Tekken 7 has added Elden Ring fan favorites to the roster, but Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada has mixed feelings about it.

Created by Ultraboy, the Elden Ring Modpack replaces several standard Tekken fighters with a variety of Elden Ring characters – including Melina, Ranni, and our favorite Pot Boy, Alexander.

A video of the impressive mod has already gone viral, showcasing just how detailed the characters appear in the game.

Elden Ring,But it's actually Tekken pic.twitter.com/3m1ll8RN0Y

— Ultraboy (@uwais_alqarani) March 30, 2022

Honestly, it’s impressive stuff. But Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada isn’t quite so impressed.

“Um... Sure, Elden is a Bandai Namco-funded title, and I was the production general manager in charge of Elden, so it's not irrelevant ... it's ridiculously well-made mod but plz stop it lol,” he said via Twitter.

When asked if he meant to stop the mod or stop telling him about it, he replied that a lot of people are assuming the mod is official.

“U probably don't know, but there r surprisingly many ppl who think this is official one or make various misunderstandings & contact us,” he said. “I DON'T say anything for ur personal enjoyment, but I want u to know that there r ppl in ur community who make noise based on misunderstandings.”

So, if you do happen to be playing this wildly-unofficial Tekken mod, just don’t tell Katsuhiro Harada about it.

The mod itself replaces Tekken characters for its Elden Ring counterparts. For example, Melina replaces Lidia, Malenia replaces Kunimitsu, and Ranni the Witch replaces Kazumi. Hilariously, a big old lobster replaces Heihachi, while Alexander the Iron Fist (or Pot Boy to his pals) replaces Gigas.

Elden Ring has already seen its fair share of mods itself, with modders adding a new easy mode for those of us who aren’t used to the relentless slog of a Souls-like.

Meanwhile, a hidden pause function has been found in the game which doesn’t require a mod. Want to read more about Elden Ring? Check out our beginner’s guide for all the basics as well as our hints, secrets, and tips to survive.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

A new mod for Tekken 7 has added Elden Ring fan favorites to the roster, but Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada has mixed feelings about it.

Created by Ultraboy, the Elden Ring Modpack replaces several standard Tekken fighters with a variety of Elden Ring characters – including Melina, Ranni, and our favorite Pot Boy, Alexander.

A video of the impressive mod has already gone viral, showcasing just how detailed the characters appear in the game.

Elden Ring,But it's actually Tekken pic.twitter.com/3m1ll8RN0Y

— Ultraboy (@uwais_alqarani) March 30, 2022

Honestly, it’s impressive stuff. But Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada isn’t quite so impressed.

“Um... Sure, Elden is a Bandai Namco-funded title, and I was the production general manager in charge of Elden, so it's not irrelevant ... it's ridiculously well-made mod but plz stop it lol,” he said via Twitter.

When asked if he meant to stop the mod or stop telling him about it, he replied that a lot of people are assuming the mod is official.

“U probably don't know, but there r surprisingly many ppl who think this is official one or make various misunderstandings & contact us,” he said. “I DON'T say anything for ur personal enjoyment, but I want u to know that there r ppl in ur community who make noise based on misunderstandings.”

So, if you do happen to be playing this wildly-unofficial Tekken mod, just don’t tell Katsuhiro Harada about it.

The mod itself replaces Tekken characters for its Elden Ring counterparts. For example, Melina replaces Lidia, Malenia replaces Kunimitsu, and Ranni the Witch replaces Kazumi. Hilariously, a big old lobster replaces Heihachi, while Alexander the Iron Fist (or Pot Boy to his pals) replaces Gigas.

Elden Ring has already seen its fair share of mods itself, with modders adding a new easy mode for those of us who aren’t used to the relentless slog of a Souls-like.

Meanwhile, a hidden pause function has been found in the game which doesn’t require a mod. Want to read more about Elden Ring? Check out our beginner’s guide for all the basics as well as our hints, secrets, and tips to survive.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Regardless of how it plays out in the end, Will Smith seems likely to face some disciplinary action after slapping Chris Rock on stage during the 2022 Academy Awards.

In a statement by the Academy of Motion Picture of Arts and Sciences, “The Board of Governors today initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Smith for violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct, including inappropriate physical contact, abusive or threatening behavior, and compromising the integrity of the Academy.”

The statement also clarified that Smith was indeed asked to leave the Awards after the slap, but given Smith remained to accept the award for Best Actor this request was seemingly not enforced.

Will Smith just punched Chris Rock and told him "keep my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth" pic.twitter.com/1f1ytdbMRv

— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) March 28, 2022

In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, the Academy said, “Things unfolded in a way we could not have anticipated. While we would like to clarify that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused, we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently.”

The Academy announced it would investigate the issue and appears to be going forward with a disciplinary action, which “may include suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted by the Bylaws and Standards of Conduct.” Mr. Smith will have 15 days' notice of a vote regarding his actions and he can make a written address to the Board.

At the 2022 Oscars, Chris Rock appeared on stage and reportedly told an ad-libbed joke about Will Smith’s wife, Jada-Pinkett Smith by saying he was excited for G.I. Jane 2. Moments later, Smith walked up on stage and slapped Chris Rock.

Following confusion over whether this was a scripted scene, it was later revealed to be a real situation. Smith referenced the incident briefly in his acceptance speech for Best Actor for the movie King Richard but issued a full-length apology to the Academy afterward.

The statement added that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television. Mr. Rock, we apologize to you for what you experienced on our stage and thank you for your resilience in that moment. We also apologize to our nominees, guests and viewers for what transpired during what should have been a celebratory event.”

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Netflix has announced the cast members of the upcoming Bridgerton spinoff limited series about Young Queen Charlotte, including the actors who will play the young queen, young King George, and young Agatha Danbury.

Netflix announced in a tweet that Bridgerton’s Golda Rosheuvel will reprise her role as Queen Charlotte, while Line of Duty India Amarteifio will play young Queen Charlotte in the prequel series.

Although the project is still underway, the cast had their first table read today. The series will focus on the rise of Queen Charlotte and her love life. It will also highlight Violet Bridgeton and Lady Danbury's life.

Bridgerton creator Shonda Rhimes will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer on the series, which "tells the story of how the young Queen’s marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Ton inherited by the characters in Bridgerton." Tom Verica will be the director and executive producer over the series alongside Betsey Beers as executive producer.

No word on the title of the series or when filming will be expected to start.

Season 2 of Bridgerton premiered on Netflix last week, scoring big on the streaming charts with 193 million hours viewed in its first three days of release.

Here's the full list of the cast:

• Golda Rosheuval will Queen Charlotte
• Adjoa Andoh will play Lady Agatha Danbury
• Ruth Gemmell will Lady Violet Bridgerton
• India Amarteifio will play young Queen Charlotte
• Corey Mylchreest will play young King George
• Arsema Thomas will play young Agatha Danbury
• Sam Clemmett will play young Brimsley
• Richard Cunningham will play Lord Bute
• Tunji Kasim will play Adolphus
• Rob Maloney will play the Royal Doctor
• Cyril Nri will play Lord Danbury
• Hugh Sachs will play Brimsley

Bridgerton premiered back in 2020 capturing the hearts of people around the world. Based on Julia Quinn's best-selling series of novels, Bridgerton takes place in the high society of London competing in a lavishing world in hopes to find that one true love. Since then there have been Bridgerton themed reality shows and parties showcasing their love for the show.

Check out IGN's review of season 2 here.

Kemberlie Spivey is a freelance writer at IGN.