Facebook to showcase new look for newsfeed March 7

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) will unveil a new look for its popular "newsfeed" next week, the latest move by the Web company to revamp key elements of its 1 billion member social network.

Facebook will showcase the newsfeed makeover at a media event on March 7 at its Menlo Park, California headquarters, the company said in an emailed invitation to reporters on Friday.

The event will be Facebook's second high-profile product event this year, following the rollout of its social search feature in January.

Facebook's newsfeed, which displays an ever-changing stream of the photos, videos and comments uploaded from a user's network of friends, is one of the three "pillars" of the service, along with search and user profiles, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has said.

Tomb Raider firm denies pressure to include more violence..

The makers of the new Tomb Raider computer game have insisted there was no outside pressure to include more violence after it became the first in the series to receive an 18 rating.

Ian Livingstone, the life president of Eidos, said Lara Croft's latest adventure – her first outing in three years – features combat play with "gritty realism" as she is left stranded on a mysterious island.

But Livingstone, who received a CBE in the New Year honours list, denied the success of shooter games such as Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto had influenced the game's developers to include more fighting scenes.

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