The Division: Ask Ubisoft Massive Anything – IGN First

All month long we've been bringing you special coverage of our IGN First game of the month, Tom Clancy's The Division. To close out February, we're excited to host a community Q&A with Ubisoft Massive, the developer behind The Division. No question is off limits: Want to know what the team's favorite pizza is, or their inspiration for pandemic New York City? Now's your chance to ask.

Post your questions in the comments below, bookmark this page, and stay tuned for answers later this week!

Brandin Tyrrel is an Associate Editor at IGN. You can find him on Twitter at @BrandinTyrrel.

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Dark Knight 3’s Master Race Shows Batman Their Power

In today’s Dark Knight III: The Master Race #3 by Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello and Andy Kubert, Quar and his Kryptonian followers make a horrific show of destructive force, showing just what Batman and company are up against.

Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Dark Knight: The Master Race #3!

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Quar and his Kryptonian brethren issue a threat to the world, giving them three days to surrender and worship them as gods. To prove he means business, Quar gives a few of his followers a communion of special seeds that he says harness the fire that burned within Krypton. We then witness an act of horror as a follower kamikazes into Russia’s capital, resulting in a massive explosion not unlike an atomic bomb, completely destroying Moscow.

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Pamela Anderson Has Been Offered a Baywatch Cameo

Pamela Anderson was offered a role in the new Baywatch movie, but the actress is playing hard to get.

Anderson, who played C.J. Parker in the original television series, told ET Canada she turned down the studio's initial offer, but hasn't ruled out the role entirely. "I haven't turned it down completely yet," she said. "But I have turned down what they offered me. But we'll see what happens."

Pamela Anderson in Baywatch. Pamela Anderson in Baywatch.

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Key Lime Slime Twinkies Are the Next Ghostbusters Tie-in

Looks like we're not only getting Ecto-Cooler HI-C, but Ghostbusters Twinkies as well.

Hostess will release its Key Lime Slime Twinkies, presumably, around the time the movie hits theaters. An official release date is not known at this time. However, an image was recently shared on the ENM Sales Twitter account. The date on the box—which looks to be an expiration date—reads April 6, 2016. Perhaps they'll show up before then?

Overwatch Funko Pop! Vinyl Toys Revealed

Funko's brand new Pop! collection features some of Overwatch's coolest characters.

Four figures have been announced so far—Tracer, "the time-jumping test pilot;" Reaper, "the mysterious mercenary;" Widowmaker, "the ice-cold assassin;" and Winston, "super-intelligent, genetically enhanced gorilla."

The first three are regular-sized Funko Pop! figures, while Winston comes super-sized at six inches.

No word on their pricing, but Funko confirmed the collection will release in May. We've reached out to Funko to see what other characters will be added to the line-up, and will update when more information is released.

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NBA 2K16 Can’t Accurately Depict Stephen Curry

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry is so good, his NBA 2K16 counterpart can't keep up.

2K Games spent years perfecting its system, and when Golden State Warrors' star player came along, it had to forget its proven methods in regards to virtual Curry's play.

NBA 2K16 gameplay director Mike Wang told IGN "it's not as much about changing Curry himself, as it is changing the way to suceed while using him as a player." Curry's avatar is already a "very potent scorer" in the game—especially "in the hands of a skilled player." However, Curry abides by the same rules as every other player in the game. And those rules, Wang said, "keep the game balanced and fair."

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How to Make Rey’s Instant Bread From Force Awakens

There's now a proper recipe to make Rey's instantly-rising bread from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Courtesy of lifestyle and food writer Jenn Fujikawa, you can make the Jakku cuisine in under a minute with some pretty common household ingredients. Check out Fujikawa's instructions below:

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • 4 tablespoons cake flour
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon matcha powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 tablespoons whole milk
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Bond Producers Seeks Next Big, Scary Global Threat

EON Productions' Gregg Wilson -- son of Bond franchise producer Michael G. Wilson and an associate producer on SPECTRE -- recently attended an auction of 007 memorabilia at Christie's in London, during which time he chatted about the status of James Bond 25.

"We have just begun to talk about ideas for the next movie. Each script process begins when we ask ourselves the question: 'What is the world afraid right now?,'" said Wilson, according to FilmWeb.no (via MI6).

"In the case of SPECTRE the theme was global surveillance. So right now we are trying to find out what theme will be relevant in the coming years."

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Rocket League Getting a Physical Release

Rocket League is coming to retail, Psyonix’s vice president of marketing and communications, Jeremy Dunham, announced today. A release date and pricing details have not been announced at this time.

Those details, along with what's included in the physical package and who Psyonix is partnering with for the retail version, will be revealed "very soon," Dunham told Kinda Funny Games.

Dunham also revealed the vehicle sports game has generated over $70 million USD in revenue and has sold "almost 4 million copies" across all platforms -- not including copies downloaded by PlayStation Plus members last July.

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Snapchat Today: A Dog Plays Street Fighter

If you haven't checked out IGN's Snapchat Discover channel, you are missing out! We have been posting daily Snapchat exclusives like image galleries, cosplays of the day, behind-the-scenes videos of the IGN office, pop culture trivia, and much more.

On today’s Snapchat edition, we had our very own Vince Ingenito go head to head in Street Fighter 5 against... a dog! Want to see how it went?

Download Snapchat or swipe over to the Discover section to check it out! While you're at it, pick up the IGN app too: