Apex Legends: Respawn Working on Crashes and Cheating, But Not Reconnects
Respawn Entertainment has addressed some of the issues that are impacting Apex Legends and promises fixes are in the works for most problems, except for a requested reconnect feature.
Respawn took to Reddit to speak to its fans and let them know what was in the works behind-the-scenes for the battle royale title that has already passed 50 million players.
It began by discussing how it is dealing with cheaters and announced that they have banned "over 355K players on PC through Easy-Anti-Cheat."
Apex Legends: Respawn Working on Crashes and Cheating, But Not Reconnects
Respawn Entertainment has addressed some of the issues that are impacting Apex Legends and promises fixes are in the works for most problems, except for a requested reconnect feature.
Respawn took to Reddit to speak to its fans and let them know what was in the works behind-the-scenes for the battle royale title that has already passed 50 million players.
It began by discussing how it is dealing with cheaters and announced that they have banned "over 355K players on PC through Easy-Anti-Cheat."
How Much Did Captain Marvel Make Opening Weekend?
Captain Marvel launched with a massive debut at the domestic and international box office.
The film, starring Brie Larson in the titular role, earned an estimated $153 million domestically and an additional $302 million internationally for a worldwide total of $455 million, according to Box Office Mojo. This makes Captain Marvel the second-highest MCU solo film debut since Black Panther opened to $202 million domestically last year.
Captain Marvel's domestic opening weekend is the 18th highest of all time, just behind Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which debuted to $155 million in 2016. Worldwide, Captain Marvel now ranks as the sixth-highest opening weekend of all time and the second-highest ever for a Marvel movie, behind only Avengers: Infinity War's $640 million worldwide opening weekend.
Captain Marvel’s Massive Opening Weekend Is Second Highest MCU Solo Film Debut Behind Black Panther
Captain Marvel launched with a massive debut at the domestic and international box office.
The film, starring Brie Larson in the titular role, earned an estimated $153 million domestically and an additional $302 million internationally for a worldwide total of $455 million, according to Box Office Mojo. This makes Captain Marvel the second-highest MCU solo film debut since Black Panther opened to $202 million domestically last year.
Captain Marvel's domestic opening weekend is the 18th highest of all time, just behind Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which debuted to $155 million in 2016. Worldwide, Captain Marvel now ranks as the sixth-highest opening weekend of all time and the second-highest ever for a Marvel movie, behind only Avengers: Infinity War's $640 million worldwide opening weekend.
Know Your Captain Marvel from Your Captain Mar-Vell
With Captain Marvel now out, everyone is getting hyped for the post-Avengers: Endgame status quo of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, one that will include Brie Larson's Captain Marvel (presumably) as an Avenger. And then there's DC's Captain Marvel, who usually goes by the name Shazam these days. He's getting his own movie as well very soon. And that's just the beginning of the Captain Marvels...
These Captain Marvels have the same name but different logos, different symbols, and even different powers. But with two different movies based on these characters now a reality, now would seem to be a good time to take a look at the many people that have used the Captain Marvel moniker over the years. Confused yet? No? Let’s begin anyway!
Spoilers! Tracing THAT Captain Marvel Item’s Timeline
Full spoilers follow for Captain Marvel! And for more on how Captain Marvel fits into the MCU, make sure to watch IGN's Marvel movie timeline in chronological order, below.
So… Marvel just can’t get away from those darned Infinity Stones, can they? Captain Marvel is just the latest movie of many to feature one of the Stones -- in this case, the Tesseract -- even though it’s set about 20 years before the Great Decimation seen at the end of Avengers: Infinity War where Thanos used the stones to wipe out half of all life everywhere.
But before that universe-altering event, Carol Danvers had to contend with just one of the Stones -- the Space Stone. At that point in its history (the film is set in the 1990s), that particular cosmic power source was still contained within the cube known as the Tesseract. And not surprisingly, the appearance of the Tesseract in Captain Marvel has some fans confused.
Captain Marvel: How Many After Credits Scenes + What They Mean
Full spoilers follow for Captain Marvel!
Captain Marvel continues the long-running MCU tradition of end credits scenes. If you're wondering how many extra scenes there are in Captain Marvel, you're in luck with a quick answer: there are two worth waiting for after the latest Marvel movie ends, including one that sheds further light on what happened after the universe-altering events of Avengers: Infinity War. As for After Credits Scene 2, here's an explainer on Goose the cat and the Tesseract's confusing timeline.
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Why Rotten Tomatoes Removed Thousands of Captain Marvel Audience Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes blames "a bug" for tens of thousands of audience reviews for Captain Marvel showing up within the opening hours of the latest MCU film before the site deleted them.
Within hours of Captain Marvel hitting theaters, roughly 58,000 audience reviews had flooded the critical aggregator site, plummeting the Marvel movie's Audience Score down to 33%. Captain Marvel's Audience Score now sits, at the time this article was published, at 53% with over 35,000 user ratings, while the film's critical Tomatometer score is certified "fresh" at 79%.
58,000 audience reviews hitting within hours of the film's release, as The Hollywood Reporter points out, "is more than the total of audience score reviews for Avengers: Infinity War for its entire theatrical run."
Why Rotten Tomatoes Removed Thousands of Captain Marvel Audience Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes blames "a bug" for tens of thousands of audience reviews for Captain Marvel showing up within the opening hours of the latest MCU film before the site deleted them.
Within hours of Captain Marvel hitting theaters, roughly 58,000 audience reviews had flooded the critical aggregator site, plummeting the Marvel movie's Audience Score down to 33%. Captain Marvel's Audience Score now sits, at the time this article was published, at 53% with over 35,000 user ratings, while the film's critical Tomatometer score is certified "fresh" at 79%.
58,000 audience reviews hitting within hours of the film's release, as The Hollywood Reporter points out, "is more than the total of audience score reviews for Avengers: Infinity War for its entire theatrical run."