For the third time, a War Thunder player has leaked classified military intel on the game's forums in response to, in this case, ammo for Chinese tanks not being accurate enough.

As reported by UK Defense Journal (via PC Gamer), a user uploaded an image of the DTC10-125 tungsten penetrator and a technical doc containing its specifications because they were angry about some small inaccuracies.

The part in question is a "high-velocity, non-explosive 125mm sabot round fired by the Chinese Type 96 and Type 99 MBTs" and is considered "one of the [People's Liberation Army's] main tank killing rounds."

This leak, which very well could be considered treason, follows similar leaks on War Thunder's forums that revealed classified information on the British Challenger 2 and French Leclerc main battle tanks. What sets this apart, however, is that it appears to have been entirely unnecessary.

Nobleman Swerve on ResetERA said this crime was for naught as the assets used in-game of the round in question are not representative of the final product.

"The game recently closed a publicly accessible development server that previewed the upcoming content drop," they wrote. "The thing about these dev servers is that the values for things such as armor, penetration, or flight models are usually placeholders subject to change on final release.

"So what happens was the developer added this shell to the server, but copy/pasted the values of the previous version as a placeholder. This poster saw this, flipped out, and went ahead and posted treason to correct what are publicly communicated as placeholder values."

Either way, the post has been removed by War Thunder developer Gaijin Entertainment, and the team has once again pleaded to its community to not commit criminal acts on its forums.

"Our community managers immediately banned the user and deleted his post, as the information on this particular shell is still classified in China," the studio said in an email to PC Gamer. "Publishing classified information on any vehicle of any nation at War Thunder forums is clearly prohibited, and the game developers never use it in their work.

"While we understand that our players want the game to be as realistic as possible, we're kindly asking them not to do anything illegal and jeopardize their safety, as well as safety of our community team members. The developers of War Thunder do their best to research information on vehicles using legally available tools, and scandals like this are clearly not useful for our efforts."

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For the third time, a War Thunder player has leaked classified military intel on the game's forums in response to, in this case, ammo for Chinese tanks not being accurate enough.

As reported by UK Defense Journal (via PC Gamer), a user uploaded an image of the DTC10-125 tungsten penetrator and a technical doc containing its specifications because they were angry about some small inaccuracies.

The part in question is a "high-velocity, non-explosive 125mm sabot round fired by the Chinese Type 96 and Type 99 MBTs" and is considered "one of the [People's Liberation Army's] main tank killing rounds."

This leak, which very well could be considered treason, follows similar leaks on War Thunder's forums that revealed classified information on the British Challenger 2 and French Leclerc main battle tanks. What sets this apart, however, is that it appears to have been entirely unnecessary.

Nobleman Swerve on ResetERA said this crime was for naught as the assets used in-game of the round in question are not representative of the final product.

"The game recently closed a publicly accessible development server that previewed the upcoming content drop," they wrote. "The thing about these dev servers is that the values for things such as armor, penetration, or flight models are usually placeholders subject to change on final release.

"So what happens was the developer added this shell to the server, but copy/pasted the values of the previous version as a placeholder. This poster saw this, flipped out, and went ahead and posted treason to correct what are publicly communicated as placeholder values."

Either way, the post has been removed by War Thunder developer Gaijin Entertainment, and the team has once again pleaded to its community to not commit criminal acts on its forums.

"Our community managers immediately banned the user and deleted his post, as the information on this particular shell is still classified in China," the studio said in an email to PC Gamer. "Publishing classified information on any vehicle of any nation at War Thunder forums is clearly prohibited, and the game developers never use it in their work.

"While we understand that our players want the game to be as realistic as possible, we're kindly asking them not to do anything illegal and jeopardize their safety, as well as safety of our community team members. The developers of War Thunder do their best to research information on vehicles using legally available tools, and scandals like this are clearly not useful for our efforts."

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Top Gun: Maverick has earned its second domestic weekend box office victory by earning $86 million in ticket sales, which has ranked it in the top 10 highest-grossing second weekends in domestic box office history.

As reported by Variety, Top Gun: Maverick has now soared to $291 million in North America and has officially become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film ever at the domestic box office. Furthermore, the film only dropped 32% from its $160 million opening weekend and has now seen, according to Comscore, the "smallest second-weekend decline for a movie that opened to $100 million or more."

For comparison, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness declined 67% in their second weekends and The Batman dropped 50%.

Internationally, Top Gun: Maverick has crossed $257 million and has done its part to help the film reach $548 million globally.

Maverick had little in the way of competition, but David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future did have a limited release and it brought in $1.1 million from 773 theaters domestically. Maverick, on the other hand, was playing in 4,751 theaters.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness took second place with $9.3 million domestically, bringing its global tally to $909.4 million globally. The Bob's Burgers Movie placed third again with $4.5 million, The Bad Guys placed fourth with $3.3 million, and Downton Abbey: A New Era rounded out the top five with $3 million.

For more, be sure to check out our Top Gun: Maverick review and our explainer of the film's ending.

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Top Gun: Maverick has earned its second domestic weekend box office victory by earning $86 million in ticket sales, which has ranked it in the top 10 highest-grossing second weekends in domestic box office history.

As reported by Variety, Top Gun: Maverick has now soared to $291 million in North America and has officially become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film ever at the domestic box office. Furthermore, the film only dropped 32% from its $160 million opening weekend and has now seen, according to Comscore, the "smallest second-weekend decline for a movie that opened to $100 million or more."

For comparison, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness declined 67% in their second weekends and The Batman dropped 50%.

Internationally, Top Gun: Maverick has crossed $257 million and has done its part to help the film reach $548 million globally.

Maverick had little in the way of competition, but David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future did have a limited release and it brought in $1.1 million from 773 theaters domestically. Maverick, on the other hand, was playing in 4,751 theaters.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness took second place with $9.3 million domestically, bringing its global tally to $909.4 million globally. The Bob's Burgers Movie placed third again with $4.5 million, The Bad Guys placed fourth with $3.3 million, and Downton Abbey: A New Era rounded out the top five with $3 million.

For more, be sure to check out our Top Gun: Maverick review and our explainer of the film's ending.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Alongside revealing the first poster, Disney has confirmed that I Am Groot will officially be released on Disney+ on August 10, 2022.

I Am Groot is a series of original animated shorts that look to follow "Baby Groot's glory days growing up, and getting into trouble among the stars."

As for the poster, we get a look at Baby Groot "chilling out with his favorite tunes" and a delicious-looking beverage that comes complete with a mini umbrella. The poster also features two adorable little four-eyed aliens that look to be holding a palm tree air freshener of sorts.

I Am Groot was first announced at Disney's Investor Day 2020, and Vin Diesel will be returning to voice this leafiest member of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

These shorts will be the beginning of the big push towards Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which is set to be released in theaters on May 5, 2023. Before then, however, fans will also be treated to The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special sometime in 2022.

Oh, Groot and the Guardians will also have a big part to play in Thor: Love and Thunder, which will be released in theaters on July 8, 2022.

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Alongside revealing the first poster, Disney has confirmed that I Am Groot will officially be released on Disney+ on August 10, 2022.

I Am Groot is a series of original animated shorts that look to follow "Baby Groot's glory days growing up, and getting into trouble among the stars."

As for the poster, we get a look at Baby Groot "chilling out with his favorite tunes" and a delicious-looking beverage that comes complete with a mini umbrella. The poster also features two adorable little four-eyed aliens that look to be holding a palm tree air freshener of sorts.

I Am Groot was first announced at Disney's Investor Day 2020, and Vin Diesel will be returning to voice this leafiest member of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

These shorts will be the beginning of the big push towards Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which is set to be released in theaters on May 5, 2023. Before then, however, fans will also be treated to The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special sometime in 2022.

Oh, Groot and the Guardians will also have a big part to play in Thor: Love and Thunder, which will be released in theaters on July 8, 2022.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

While Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is trying to be the next big series that will captivate the world, it isn't trying to compete with Peter Jackson's trilogy or Game of Thrones.

Speaking to Empire Magazine, co-showrunner Patrick McKay acknowledged the impressive feat Jackson and his team accomplished with their adaptations of Tolkien's work alongside stating this new team is just "admirers from afar."

Empire Magazine also shared an exclusive image of a snow-troll from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

"Anyone approaching Lord Of The Rings on screen would be wrong not to think about how wonderfully right Jackson got so much of it,” McKay said. “But we’re admirers from afar, that’s it. The Rings Of Power doesn’t try to compete with him.”

Game of Thrones is another property this new series is not aiming to compete with, despite it taking the world by storm in the years since Jackson's The Return of the King premiered in theaters in 2003. Game of Thrones as an IP is an intriguing comparison as it not only shares similarities with The Lord of the Rings, but the series' prequel House of the Dragon debuts just a couple of weeks before Rings of Power.

According to McKay, however, they are staying true to the Tolkien mission and not getting caught up with what the "Joneses" are doing.

"You can psych yourself out in keeping up with the Joneses, but one of the mantras on this was ‘go back to the source material,'" McKay said. "What would Tolkien do? Some of these other competing properties – they play one octave really beautifully, but Tolkien was playing every note on the piano. He had that variety of tones.

"There’s the whimsy, friendship and humour that Harry Potter is so beloved for – but there’s sophistication, politics, history, mythology and depth, too. So for us, it was about going deeper into what we are, rather than worrying about what other folks are doing.”

For more on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power before its premiere on September 2, check out a look at the series' characters, why Gandalf probably isn't in the series, and our explainer of The Lord of the Rings' Second Age - the time in which the show takes place.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

While Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is trying to be the next big series that will captivate the world, it isn't trying to compete with Peter Jackson's trilogy or Game of Thrones.

Speaking to Empire Magazine, co-showrunner Patrick McKay acknowledged the impressive feat Jackson and his team accomplished with their adaptations of Tolkien's work alongside stating this new team is just "admirers from afar."

Empire Magazine also shared an exclusive image of a snow-troll from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

"Anyone approaching Lord Of The Rings on screen would be wrong not to think about how wonderfully right Jackson got so much of it,” McKay said. “But we’re admirers from afar, that’s it. The Rings Of Power doesn’t try to compete with him.”

Game of Thrones is another property this new series is not aiming to compete with, despite it taking the world by storm in the years since Jackson's The Return of the King premiered in theaters in 2003. Game of Thrones as an IP is an intriguing comparison as it not only shares similarities with The Lord of the Rings, but the series' prequel House of the Dragon debuts just a couple of weeks before Rings of Power.

According to McKay, however, they are staying true to the Tolkien mission and not getting caught up with what the "Joneses" are doing.

"You can psych yourself out in keeping up with the Joneses, but one of the mantras on this was ‘go back to the source material,'" McKay said. "What would Tolkien do? Some of these other competing properties – they play one octave really beautifully, but Tolkien was playing every note on the piano. He had that variety of tones.

"There’s the whimsy, friendship and humour that Harry Potter is so beloved for – but there’s sophistication, politics, history, mythology and depth, too. So for us, it was about going deeper into what we are, rather than worrying about what other folks are doing.”

For more on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power before its premiere on September 2, check out a look at the series' characters, why Gandalf probably isn't in the series, and our explainer of The Lord of the Rings' Second Age - the time in which the show takes place.

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.

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3: Vibin' has officially arrived and it brings with it a Battle Pass featuring Darth Vader and Indiana Jones, rideable wolves and boars, the return of Ballers, and much more.

Vibin' follows Chapter 3 Season 2's "Collision" event and has made Fortnite's Island "one giant party." This party also comes with some map changes, led by a new location called Reality Falls.

This new area is home to the Reality Tree and is filled with bouncy mushrooms, purple trees, waterfalls, caves filled with loot, and much more. The Reality Tree is also sending out Reality Seed Pods, and when players plant the seeds from those pods, a Reality Sapling will grow. This sapling will grow in the same place from match to match and will bear better and better loot each time you weed it until it provides Mythic loot.

The Baller - the hampster wheel-esque vehicle with a grappler on the front - is back in this new season and now has more health, can float on water, and is charged by a battery that will eventually run out. There will also be a Screwballer "high-flying amusement park ride" that will take the party to an even higher level.

If hampster wheels aren't your style, you can hop on a wolf or a bear to ride around the Island, and you don't even have to dismount in battle as you can shoot and throw weapons while riding.

The Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR), Hammer Assault Rifle, and Two-Shot Shotgun are some of the new weapons headed to Fortnite this season, and some favorites - including the Sidearm Pistol, Revolver, Stinger SMG, Heavy Sniper Rifle, Firefly Jar, Harpoon Gun, Cow Catcher, Repair Tool, and more - are returning.

As for the Battle Pass, Darth Vader will be unlockable at the start of the season and Indiana Jones will arrive later on. Darth Vader will be preceded in the Battle Pass by Evie (who is unlocked immediately upon purchase), Snap, Adira, Stormfarer, Malik, and Sabina.

Battle Pass players will also be able to assemble Snap - a living action figure that has swappable heads, arms, legs, and torsos.

All of these changes are in addition to a new Storm Sickness that will cause the impending Storm to cause damage quicker when you are in its grasp. Fortunately, you can cure yourself by exiting the Storm.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3: Vibin' has officially arrived and it brings with it a Battle Pass featuring Darth Vader and Indiana Jones, rideable wolves and boars, the return of Ballers, and much more.

Vibin' follows Chapter 3 Season 2's "Collision" event and has made Fortnite's Island "one giant party." This party also comes with some map changes, led by a new location called Reality Falls.

This new area is home to the Reality Tree and is filled with bouncy mushrooms, purple trees, waterfalls, caves filled with loot, and much more. The Reality Tree is also sending out Reality Seed Pods, and when players plant the seeds from those pods, a Reality Sapling will grow. This sapling will grow in the same place from match to match and will bear better and better loot each time you weed it until it provides Mythic loot.

The Baller - the hampster wheel-esque vehicle with a grappler on the front - is back in this new season and now has more health, can float on water, and is charged by a battery that will eventually run out. There will also be a Screwballer "high-flying amusement park ride" that will take the party to an even higher level.

If hampster wheels aren't your style, you can hop on a wolf or a bear to ride around the Island, and you don't even have to dismount in battle as you can shoot and throw weapons while riding.

The Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR), Hammer Assault Rifle, and Two-Shot Shotgun are some of the new weapons headed to Fortnite this season, and some favorites - including the Sidearm Pistol, Revolver, Stinger SMG, Heavy Sniper Rifle, Firefly Jar, Harpoon Gun, Cow Catcher, Repair Tool, and more - are returning.

As for the Battle Pass, Darth Vader will be unlockable at the start of the season and Indiana Jones will arrive later on. Darth Vader will be preceded in the Battle Pass by Evie (who is unlocked immediately upon purchase), Snap, Adira, Stormfarer, Malik, and Sabina.

Battle Pass players will also be able to assemble Snap - a living action figure that has swappable heads, arms, legs, and torsos.

All of these changes are in addition to a new Storm Sickness that will cause the impending Storm to cause damage quicker when you are in its grasp. Fortunately, you can cure yourself by exiting the Storm.

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.