Monthly Archives: August 2018

MoviePass Says It’s Not Dead Yet

Though MoviePass saw some particularly trying times over the last week, it isn't down for the count.

MoviePass has pushed back against claims that it's dead or even dying, citing unprecedented growth and previous examples of market disruptors as evidence of its staying power.

It claims that MoviePass use made up nearly one-fourth of the box office receipts for the film Blindspotting through the first Tuesday following its release. It also says the film Tag had MoviePass to thank for 13 percent of its opening weekend domestic box office totals.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and 46 Other Movies That Made $1 Billion

Important note: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is still climbing up the box office rankings, so its position could change over the coming days.  [poilib element="accentDivider"] Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, making it the ninth film in 2019 to reach the milestone, alongside Avengers: Endgame, Joker, The Lion King, Captain Marvel, Frozen 2, Toy Story 4, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Aladdin. According to Box Office Mojo, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the 46th film to reach the billion dollar mark, not adjusted for inflation. In the slideshow below, you can see the 45 other movies that have already joined the box office billionaires club. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=46-movies-that-made-1-billion-at-the-box-office&captions=true"] In our review, we said "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is an entertaining but deeply flawed final chapter that ultimately plays it too safe." [poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

This Star Wars Game is Getting a Ludicrously Big Super Star Destroyer Figure

One of the largest ships in the Star Wars universe is going miniature… barely. During Fantasy Flight Games’ Gen Con 2018 preview night, the publisher revealed the almost comically-large Super Star Destroyer miniature for its epic space battles game, Star Wars: Armada.

Carrying out a replica of the daunting ship nearly as long as the presenter’s arm, Fantasy Flight explained that this was the largest model the publisher has ever produced.

Take a close-up look at this behemoth in the slideshow below:

For context, a regular ship in Armada is usually only about an inch big, with the larger ships being between six and ten inches long at the very most. The Super Star Destroyer looks to be maybe about two feet long.

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Walking Dead Story Builder Lets You Shape Clementine for the Final Season

Players have been making choices for Telltale's The Walking Dead's Clementine since the first season began more than six years ago. Now, with Clementine's story set to begin its conclusion on August 14, Telltale Games is giving new players a chance to shape — and returning players the ability to reshape — the character however they want.

The Walking Dead: The Final Season Story Builder is a website allowing users to make choices for the series' biggest story moments. Users will then be able to sign into their Telltale Games account before starting Episode 1 of The Final Season on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or PC to import their choices. The Story Builder will also be accessible from within The Walking Dead.

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Apple hits $1 trillion in market value

Apple's financial success continues to grow as it hit a $1 trillion market cap this morning.

As reported by CNBC, Apple's stock value rose almost 3 percent after an exceptionally strong third-quarter earnings report issued earlier this week. Apple stock rose past $207 per share briefly, but has since dropped into the $206 range. With an outstanding share count of 4,829,926,000 this brief price increase managed to push their value into the tredecuple digits.

Apple is the first publicly traded company in the U.S. to reach this record valuation, but Amazon is also on its way to hitting that magic $1 trillion number, as its shares surpassed $900,000,000,000 in value last month.

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BioWare Still Working on Mass Effect and Dragon Age Alongside Anthem

BioWare has confirmed that while the team is hard at work on the upcoming Anthem, there are still teams working on the beloved franchises of Mass Effect and Dragon Age.

In BioWare's Mid-Summer Update, general manager Casey Hudson stated, "we hear loud and clear the interest in BioWare doing more Dragon Age and Mass Effect, so rest assured that we have some teams hidden away working on some secret stuff that I think you'll really like - we're just not ready to talk about any of it for a little while."

This should lend some hope to fans of Mass Effect series, which last year was said to be put on hold following the launch of Mass Effect: Andromeda.

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Darksiders 3 Developers Holding Discord Chat Tomorrow

Darksiders 3 developer Gunfire Games has announced it is hosting their first-ever Discord chat on Friday, August 3 at 5pm Central Time (that's 3pm PT and 6pm ET).

Participating in the chat will be Gunfire Games Creative Director John Pearl, Gunfire Games Studio Head and Darksiders Creator David Adams, as well as THQ Nordic Executive Producer Reinhard Pollice. They'll be discussing all sorts of stuff about Gunfire's upcoming sequel, so if you've got a question about the game, that'll be the place to go and ask it! Here's the link!

ABOVE: See the Wrath boss fight in Darksiders 3.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – All 10 Specialists Detailed

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is kicking off a private beta starting tomorrow for PlayStation 4 users and slightly later for everyone else en route to its October 12 release date.

The good news is that in addition to the guns, gadgets, equipment, streaks, six maps and game modes you'll get your hands on, you'll also get the chance to play as all 10 Specialists in the multiplayer private beta.

If you're not familiar with the specialists going into the beta, we've got you covered. Below you'll find a brief introduction to every playable Specialist in Black Ops 4 (and the multiplayer private beta) and what makes each one unique. Take a look:

Learn the details for each of the 10 Specialists in Call of Duty: Blacks Ops 4

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Aquaman Movie Is Getting a Prequel Novel

DC's upcoming Aquaman solo film is getting a prequel novel.

Per Heroic Hollywood, DC and Harper Collins have teamed up to bring Aquaman: Undertow, which will center on a 13-year-old Arthur Curry.

The story follows Arthur, with the help from his friend Claudia, discovering the truth about the world of Atlantis and his mother Queen Atlanna, portrayed by Nicole Kidman in the film. Details about the novel's release date will be shared in the next few weeks.

Meanwhile, Aquaman opens in theaters on December 21 in the U.S. and UK, and December 26 in Australia.

For more on the film, be sure to read our breakdown of the villainous Ocean Master and the five things we learned about the new Aquaman trailer.

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Capcom Will ‘Explore’ More Remakes After Resident Evil 2

One of Capcom's biggest announcements at E3 2018 was that the Resident Evil 2 remake would release in January 2019. According to its latest financial report, Capcom is apparently feeling confident about how it will perform and may follow it up with other remakes and/or re-releases.

In response to an investor question about Resident Evil 2's expected sales and the potential for other remakes, Capcom said it anticipates Resident Evil 2 to be one of its major releases for this fiscal year and for it to be in the "million-seller" range. The publisher also opened the door for similar projects going forward.

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