We've all had the experience of forgetting a password, but one programmer named Stefan Thomas has lost his password to a hard drive containing $240 million worth of Bitcoin, and he only has two password attempts left before he is locked out forever. As reported by The New York Times (via BBC), Thomas was given 7,002 Bitcoins more than 10 years ago for making a video how cryptocurrency works. At the time, his collection of Bitcoin were worth only a few dollars each, and he decided to store them in an IronKey digital wallet on a hard drive. He wrote the password to that drive on a piece of paper that he ended up losing, and now his Bitcoin are worth $240 million and he can't remember what password he wrote down all those years ago. Thomas has already tried eight possible passwords, and he only has two left before the password will "encrypt itself, making the wallet impossible to access." [caption id="attachment_2460952" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Image Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images[/caption] There are those, like ex-Facebook security head Alex Stamos who have offered to help Thomas unlock the hard drive, but he is asking for a 10% cut. "Um, for $220M in locked-up Bitcoin, you don't make 10 password guesses but take it to professionals to buy 20 IronKeys and spend six months finding a side-channel or uncapping," Stamos said on Twitter. "I'll make it happen for 10%. Call me." Later, Stamos mentioned that he was joking when he said he would unlock it, but that it is "something that should be investigated." Thomas is not alone in being locked out from his Bitcoin fortune, as there is currently $140 billion worth of Bitcoin that is either lost or left in wallets that cannot be accessed, according to cyrptocurrency-data company Chainanalysis. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/01/17/bitcoin-101-everything-you-need-to-know"] The New York Times article even mentions a particular case where an entrepreneur lost about 800 Bitcoins when a colleague of his reformatted a laptop that happened to contain the private keys to his wallet. This whole situation has left Thomas wary of cryptocurrency in general. "The whole idea of being your own bank - let me put it this way, do you make your own shoes? The reason we have banks is that we don't want to deal with all those things that banks do," Thomas said. Image Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

We've all had the experience of forgetting a password, but one programmer named Stefan Thomas has lost his password to a hard drive containing $240 million worth of Bitcoin, and he only has two password attempts left before he is locked out forever. As reported by The New York Times (via BBC), Thomas was given 7,002 Bitcoins more than 10 years ago for making a video how cryptocurrency works. At the time, his collection of Bitcoin were worth only a few dollars each, and he decided to store them in an IronKey digital wallet on a hard drive. He wrote the password to that drive on a piece of paper that he ended up losing, and now his Bitcoin are worth $240 million and he can't remember what password he wrote down all those years ago. Thomas has already tried eight possible passwords, and he only has two left before the password will "encrypt itself, making the wallet impossible to access." [caption id="attachment_2460952" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Image Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images[/caption] There are those, like ex-Facebook security head Alex Stamos who have offered to help Thomas unlock the hard drive, but he is asking for a 10% cut. "Um, for $220M in locked-up Bitcoin, you don't make 10 password guesses but take it to professionals to buy 20 IronKeys and spend six months finding a side-channel or uncapping," Stamos said on Twitter. "I'll make it happen for 10%. Call me." Later, Stamos mentioned that he was joking when he said he would unlock it, but that it is "something that should be investigated." Thomas is not alone in being locked out from his Bitcoin fortune, as there is currently $140 billion worth of Bitcoin that is either lost or left in wallets that cannot be accessed, according to cyrptocurrency-data company Chainanalysis. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/01/17/bitcoin-101-everything-you-need-to-know"] The New York Times article even mentions a particular case where an entrepreneur lost about 800 Bitcoins when a colleague of his reformatted a laptop that happened to contain the private keys to his wallet. This whole situation has left Thomas wary of cryptocurrency in general. "The whole idea of being your own bank - let me put it this way, do you make your own shoes? The reason we have banks is that we don't want to deal with all those things that banks do," Thomas said. Image Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

MSI's Stealth 15M is the world's thinnest 15-inch gaming laptop and comes equipped with a brand-new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card. Revealed during CES 2021, the Stealth 15M also comes with the latest 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake H35 with Next Technology. As previously mentioned, it is also the thinnest 15-inch laptop at only 16mm and weighs 1.7kg (3.7lbs). The RTX 3060 graphics cards that are included in the Stealth 15M were also revealed during CES 2021 and bring next-gen level graphics of NVIDIA's Ampere architecture to a wider audience to provide ray tracing, DLSS, and much more. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=msi-stealth-15m&captions=true"] As for cooling, the Stealth 15M features the Cooler Boost 5 that is a dedicated thermal solution for both the CPU and GPU with 2 fans and up to 6 heat pipes. It also promises up to 9 hours of battery life, making it a good travel companion. Furthermore, it has MSI RGB lighting, USB-C, HDMI, and Thunderbolt 4 ports, a built-in webcam, Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201, and so much more. Its IPS display is also FHD (1920x1080) and has a refresh rate of 144Hz. The MSI Stealth 15M starts at $1,399 USD and comes in either Carbon Grey or White. Make sure to check out our roundup of the biggest announcements at CES 2021 for more breaking news. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

MSI's Stealth 15M is the world's thinnest 15-inch gaming laptop and comes equipped with a brand-new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card. Revealed during CES 2021, the Stealth 15M also comes with the latest 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake H35 with Next Technology. As previously mentioned, it is also the thinnest 15-inch laptop at only 16mm and weighs 1.7kg (3.7lbs). The RTX 3060 graphics cards that are included in the Stealth 15M were also revealed during CES 2021 and bring next-gen level graphics of NVIDIA's Ampere architecture to a wider audience to provide ray tracing, DLSS, and much more. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=msi-stealth-15m&captions=true"] As for cooling, the Stealth 15M features the Cooler Boost 5 that is a dedicated thermal solution for both the CPU and GPU with 2 fans and up to 6 heat pipes. It also promises up to 9 hours of battery life, making it a good travel companion. Furthermore, it has MSI RGB lighting, USB-C, HDMI, and Thunderbolt 4 ports, a built-in webcam, Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201, and so much more. Its IPS display is also FHD (1920x1080) and has a refresh rate of 144Hz. The MSI Stealth 15M starts at $1,399 USD and comes in either Carbon Grey or White. Make sure to check out our roundup of the biggest announcements at CES 2021 for more breaking news. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Today, Lucasfilm Games and Ubisoft Massive announced the two companies are working together on a new open-world, story-driven Star Wars game, and have started a "long-term collaboration". But what does this mean for EA’s multi-year licensing deal on Star Wars games? According to EA, the company will still work with Lucasfilm Games on Star Wars projects "for years to come".

EA released a statement about its future with the Star Wars brand following today’s news that Ubisoft will be working on a brand new Star Wars game with the newly formed Lucasfilm Games.

“We are proud of our long-standing collaboration with Lucasfilm Games, which will continue for years to come,” EA said in a statement. “Our talented teams have created some of the most successful games in the history of the Star Wars franchise, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars: Battlefront, Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Star Wars: Squadrons. We love Star Wars and look forward to creating more exciting experiences for players to enjoy.”

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Earlier today, Lucasfilm Games made clear that it would continue to work with EA, and said that there were "a number of projects underway with the talented teams at EA". One of those projects is presumably a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, after EA made clear that the first game was intended as the start of a new franchise.

In 2013, EA and Star Wars agreed to a multi-year deal which gave EA the exclusive rights to publish core Star Wars video games developed by its internal studios. No comment has been given on how or when that deal was altered.

Earlier this week, Disney announced the formation of Lucasfilm Games, which will house all Star Wars games under a single banner. It subsequently announced that MachineGames and Bethesda are working on an Indiana Jones game under the Lucasfilm Games brand, too.

With a new game in development at Ubisoft, it appears that Lucasfilm Games will now work with a variety of developers and publishers on creating new Star Wars games and more - seemingly closer in approach to the Marvel Games brand.

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The EA partnership led to several games including Star Wars: Battlefront 1 and 2 from DICE, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order from Respawn, and Star Wars: Squadrons from EA Motive. There were also cancelled projects that never materialized, including Amy Hennig’s Project Ragtag which was in development at the now shuttered Visceral Games.

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.

Today, Lucasfilm Games and Ubisoft Massive announced the two companies are working together on a new open-world, story-driven Star Wars game, and have started a "long-term collaboration". But what does this mean for EA’s multi-year licensing deal on Star Wars games? According to EA, the company will still work with Lucasfilm Games on Star Wars projects "for years to come".

EA released a statement about its future with the Star Wars brand following today’s news that Ubisoft will be working on a brand new Star Wars game with the newly formed Lucasfilm Games.

“We are proud of our long-standing collaboration with Lucasfilm Games, which will continue for years to come,” EA said in a statement. “Our talented teams have created some of the most successful games in the history of the Star Wars franchise, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars: Battlefront, Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Star Wars: Squadrons. We love Star Wars and look forward to creating more exciting experiences for players to enjoy.”

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Earlier today, Lucasfilm Games made clear that it would continue to work with EA, and said that there were "a number of projects underway with the talented teams at EA". One of those projects is presumably a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, after EA made clear that the first game was intended as the start of a new franchise.

In 2013, EA and Star Wars agreed to a multi-year deal which gave EA the exclusive rights to publish core Star Wars video games developed by its internal studios. No comment has been given on how or when that deal was altered.

Earlier this week, Disney announced the formation of Lucasfilm Games, which will house all Star Wars games under a single banner. It subsequently announced that MachineGames and Bethesda are working on an Indiana Jones game under the Lucasfilm Games brand, too.

With a new game in development at Ubisoft, it appears that Lucasfilm Games will now work with a variety of developers and publishers on creating new Star Wars games and more - seemingly closer in approach to the Marvel Games brand.

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The EA partnership led to several games including Star Wars: Battlefront 1 and 2 from DICE, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order from Respawn, and Star Wars: Squadrons from EA Motive. There were also cancelled projects that never materialized, including Amy Hennig’s Project Ragtag which was in development at the now shuttered Visceral Games.

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.

Lucasfilm Games has announced an open world Star Wars game from Ubisoft and an Indiana Jones game from Bethesda in the last two days – but it's not done yet, with more announcements to come this year, some of which will apparently be unexpected. On StarWars.com, Lucasfilm Games VP Douglas Reilly explains that the recent Lucasfilm Games rebrand, "Is really the culmination of years of preparing to come out and say, ‘We’re here, we’ve got a team of people, we’re going to make a lot of great games, and here’s some new things you weren’t expecting from us to do that we’re now starting to do.’ “And that’s going to continue throughout the next year or so, where we’re going to continue to announce projects that are more representative of the legacy of the old Lucasfilm Games that we’re now trying to live up to.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/01/12/indiana-jones-game-in-the-works-from-bethesda-and-lucasfilm-games-ign-news"] Those games will include Star Wars projects from EA, who previously held that license exclusively. "While we may not have a lot of details to share at the moment," says Reilly, "we’ve got a number of projects underway with the talented teams at EA.” And it's not just about a slate of games in development already – it's clear that Lucasfilm Games is now accepting pitches for games based on its licenses, too: "We’re looking to work with best-in-class teams that can make great games across all of our IP," Reilly continues. "We’ve got a team of professionals here at Lucasfilm Games who can work with the developers, shape the stories, shape the creative, shape the games, to make them really resonate with fans and deliver across a breadth of platforms, genres, and experiences so that all of our fans can enjoy the IPs that they know and love." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/01/11/all-star-wars-games-will-be-branded-under-new-lucasfilm-games-banner-ign-news-"] In the course of half a week, Star Wars games, and Lucasfilm games as a whole, feel like a far more open proposition, with the possibility of many different developers' take on the source material. What comes of this new approach is yet to be seen, but Reilly makes clear that it may not be too long until we see more, saying, “This is just the beginning of what I think is going to be a very exciting year for Lucasfilm Games.” As for what we already know, Lucasfilm Games is a new brand covering Star Wars games and beyond, created by multiple developers and publishers. So far, that includes an Indiana Jones game from MachineGames (Wolfenstein: The New Order), and a story-driven open world Star Wars game from Ubisoft Massive (The Division). [poilib element="accentDivider"] 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.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury has gotten a new overview trailer, which reveals a number of new details, including a Snapshot photo mode, and details on how Fury Bowser is a timed event in the new spin-off adventure. You can check out the trailer below, or read on for all the new details. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/super-mario-3d-world-bowsers-fury-overview-trailer"]

Super Mario 3D World Snapshot Mode

• Super Mario 3D World now includes a version of Super Mario Odyssey's Snapshot Mode, which allows you to freeze time, adjust the image, and change filters.
• Collectible stamps - previously used for the Wii U Miiverse - are now usable in Snapshot mode, and can be applied to walls in your shots.

Bowser's Fury: New Details

• Bowser's Fury, a full spin-off adventure, takes place in a kingdom of cats, Lake Lapcat, featuring cat-themed enemies, architecture and more.
• You're tasked with collecting Cat Shines spread across the kingdom.
• Bowser Jr. will appear for solo players, aiding the player, but can be controlled by a co-op partner. It's not clear if online co-op is supported.
• After 'a certain amount of time' playing in Lake Lapcat, the gigantic Fury Bowser will appear, dropping from the sky and changing the weather.
• Fury Bowser's appearance sees spikes falling from the sky and changing the terrain.
• Fury Bowser will attack players using powers that can destroy cover.
• After an unspecified amount of time, Fury Bowser will retreat, returning Lake Lapcat to normal for a time.
• Collecting enough Cat Shines will allow you to pick up the Giga Bell power-up, turning Mario into the kaiju-sized Cat Mario we saw in yesterday's trailer.

Amiibo

• In Super Mario 3D World, When used, the Cat Mario amiibo will summon an invincible White Cat Mario power-up.
• In Super Mario 3D World, the Cat Peach amiibo summons a random power-up.
• In Bowser's Fury, we know both the Bowser and Bowser Jr. amiibo will cause power-ups. It's not clear yet what they'll specifically do, but we've seen Mario transform into an invulnerable statue version of Cat Mario, also earning coins.

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=mario-3d-world-bowsers-fury-screenshots&captions=true"] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury will arrive for Switch on February 12, and you can preorder it right now. We awarded the Wii U version of Super Mario 3D World a 9.6/10 in our review, saying it's "marvelous, and its constant variety and fantastic light-hearted co-op play proves that Nintendo still knows exactly how to tweak the Mario formula in fun ways." [poilib element="accentDivider"] 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.

The Batman spin-off, Gotham PD, has reportedly found a new showrunner in Joe Barton after Terence Winter's departure from the series. According to Variety, Barton will take over as executive producer and showrunner on the HBO Max spin-off series after Winter exited the project due to creative differences last November. A report at the time claimed that Winter's vision for the series didn't match up with what Matt Reeves and several other producers on the project had in mind for the show. Barton previously created and wrote an eight-part crime-thriller called Giri/Haji for BBC Two and Netflix. His other credits include The Ritual and Invasion, an upcoming sci-fi thriller starring Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer. He is also set to serve as the showrunner on Netflix's Half Bad, which is based on Sally Green's fantasy novel trilogy of the same name. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/23/the-batman-trailer-dc-fandome-official-footage"] HBO Max will play host to the new series, which is reportedly being referred to as Gotham Central internally. This title is a likely nod to the Gotham PD-focused procedural comic book series created by Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker, and Michael Lark. It ran from 2002 to 2006 and focused on the city's police department and the struggles of working as a police officer in a city like Gotham. The upcoming police procedural will act as a prequel to 2022's The Batman, following events in Gotham City during presumably Robert Pattinson's Batman's first year as the caped crusader. This would place the series about a year before The Batman movie on Matt Reeves' Gotham timeline, as Patinson's take on the character is set during the Dark Knight's second year in Gotham. There's currently no release date for the series, whereas The Batman is scheduled for release on March 4, 2022. Originally it was intended to be a summer movie, but it was pushed back from its June 25, 2021 release date a number of times after production was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There's no guarantee the release won't slip further back, but we're hoping Reeves can meet the new timetable. For more on The Batman, take a look at everything we know about the DC movie reboot. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dc-extended-universe-every-upcoming-movie&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

The Uncharted movie and The Last of Us series are "just the beginning" of Sony's efforts to expand into new media, according to PlayStation boss Jim Ryan. Speaking at CES 2021, Ryan touched on Sony's plans to increase integration between all of its entertainment properties. He indicated that there could be more PlayStation adaptations on the horizon, as he referred to the upcoming Uncharted movie and HBO's The Last of Us show as "just the beginning of the expansion of our storytelling into new media and even wider audiences." In his brief presentation, Ryan said the company is "really thrilled to bring some of the best PlayStation IP to new media like film and television" because these types of projects align with the company's core focus and strategy. He noted that, ultimately, "Sony is a creative entertainment company, and entertainment has never been more important." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/14/tom-holland-says-uncharted-has-a-solution-to-the-video-game-movie-problem"] Towards the end of last year, Sony Pictures Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra revealed that his studio had been actively developing 10 video game adaptations, including seven TV shows and three movies based on PlayStation properties, though he didn't specify whether the Uncharted movie and The Last of Us TV series were included in that count. Uncharted is scheduled to release theatrically in the U.S. on July 16, 2021, after stars Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg (who is only signed on for one movie) finally wrapped production in October. While it remains to be seen if Uncharted sticks to its 2021 release date, at least we have actually seen Holland as Nathan Drake... and seemingly seen Wahlberg's Sully mustache as well. Meanwhile, The Last of Us HBO series producer Craig Mazin promised that the TV show adaptation will not "undo" the popular Naughty Dog PlayStation game, but rather "enhance" it by expanding the source material. HBO officially gave the green light to the project last November and it may end up airing in 2022, right against The Walking Dead's final season. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-video-game-movie-in-development-almost&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.