Kingdom Hearts 3 Has Shipped Over 5 Million Copies

Square Enix has reported that Kingdom Hearts 3 has officially shipped over 5 million units globally, making it the fastest selling game in the history of Kingdom Hearts.

The number includes both physical and digital copies across all platforms since its launch on January 29.

Kingdom Hearts 3 is the sequel to Kingdom Hearts 2 and focuses on the power of friendship and overcoming the darkness with light. Disney characters such as Donald Duck and Goofy join the wielder of the Keyblade, Sora, to stomp out the evil known as the Heartless.

The game features eight Disney-themed worlds, including environments from Frozen, Big Hero 6, Hercules, Pirates of the Caribbean, Winnie the Pooh, Tangled, Toy Story, and Monsters, Inc.

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Kingdom Hearts 3 Has Shipped Over 5 Million Copies

Square Enix has reported that Kingdom Hearts 3 has officially shipped over 5 million units globally, making it the fastest selling game in the history of Kingdom Hearts.

The number includes both physical and digital copies across all platforms since its launch on January 29.

Kingdom Hearts 3 is the sequel to Kingdom Hearts 2 and focuses on the power of friendship and overcoming the darkness with light. Disney characters such as Donald Duck and Goofy join the wielder of the Keyblade, Sora, to stomp out the evil known as the Heartless.

The game features eight Disney-themed worlds, including environments from Frozen, Big Hero 6, Hercules, Pirates of the Caribbean, Winnie the Pooh, Tangled, Toy Story, and Monsters, Inc.

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Update: Apex Legends Drew 10 Million Players in 3 Days

Update #2 February 7, 1:10 p.m.: Respawn Entertainment's Vince Zampella has announced yet another major milestone in playercount for Apex Legends.

Zampella announced on Twitter that 10 million players have tried out Apex Legends in just 72 hours. EA previously confirmed 2.5 million had played in the first day, meaning an additional 7.5 jumped in in the subsequent two days. Apex Legends also hit 1 million peak concurrent players in those three days.

"This has been a truly incredible journey. We tested and tweaked. We argued and agreed. We got to a point where we felt some magic. We knew it would be risky to take the franchise in this direction, to go free to play, and do a surprise launch. But we fell in love with Apex Legends and wanted, needed, other people to play it too," Zampella wrote in a blog post.

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Apex Legends Drew in 1 Million Players in Less Than 8 Hours

Respawn Entertainment's free-to-play battle royale game went live yesterday, and had over one million unique players within eight hours of launch.

The studio's CEO, Vince Zampella, tweeted the news early Tuesday morning, saying that he was "overwhelmed" and adding in, "Thank you so much for showing up and being part of this with @Respawn you are amazing!!"

Apex Legends reached a peak of almost 500,000 viewers on Twitch and is sitting at around 200,000 at the time of writing, according to GitHyp.

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LEGO Marvel Collection Announced

Warner Bros. announced Tuesday a LEGO Marvel Collection that will bundle together LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, and LEGO Marvel's Avengers for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Players will also get access to previously released DLC for all three titles, including Black Panther and Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War character and level packs for LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes and its sequel released in 2013 and 2017, respectively, with LEGO Marvel's Avengers launching in-between the two games in 2016.

LEGO Marvel's Avengers follows the plot of the movie and its sequel – Avengers: Age of Ultron. Over 200 characters can be unlocked, including the original six Avengers: Black Widow, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, and Hawkeye.

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LEGO Marvel Collection Announced

Warner Bros. announced Tuesday a LEGO Marvel Collection that will bundle together LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, and LEGO Marvel's Avengers for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Players will also get access to previously released DLC for all three titles, including Black Panther and Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War character and level packs for LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes and its sequel released in 2013 and 2017, respectively, with LEGO Marvel's Avengers launching in-between the two games in 2016.

LEGO Marvel's Avengers follows the plot of the movie and its sequel – Avengers: Age of Ultron. Over 200 characters can be unlocked, including the original six Avengers: Black Widow, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, and Hawkeye.

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7 Big Changes The Avengers Comic Is Making to the Marvel Universe

Marvel’s Avengers comic series relaunched in May 2018 and in a mere 13 issues (as of this writing) has made some massive changes to the Marvel Universe. These developments concern the new Avengers team but also characters from the depths of the ocean to the land of Wakanda, not to mention some rather terrifying villains. Writer Jason Aaron is building out quite the epic Avengers saga with artists like Ed McGuinness, David Marquez, and Sara Pichelli, and he appears to be setting up some important events to come, so here’s a list of the most significant happenings thus far.

Warning: full spoilers for The Avengers ahead!

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7 Big Changes The Avengers Comic Is Making to the Marvel Universe

Marvel’s Avengers comic series relaunched in May 2018 and in a mere 13 issues (as of this writing) has made some massive changes to the Marvel Universe. These developments concern the new Avengers team but also characters from the depths of the ocean to the land of Wakanda, not to mention some rather terrifying villains. Writer Jason Aaron is building out quite the epic Avengers saga with artists like Ed McGuinness, David Marquez, and Sara Pichelli, and he appears to be setting up some important events to come, so here’s a list of the most significant happenings thus far.

Warning: full spoilers for The Avengers ahead!

Image Credit: Marvel Comics Image Credit: Marvel Comics

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