Force Awakens Sets New Thursday Box Office Record
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has set a new U.S. box office record for Thursday-night showings.
Variety reports that the latest of the Star Wars franchise brought in $57 million on its opening night, far surpassing the previous Thursday record of $43.5 million set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
In addition, The Force Awakens brought in $72.7 million in its first two days on international markets. It also set a record for advance tickets, having sold more than $100 million in them by Tuesday. Altogether it's expected to bring in more than $200 million domestically for opening weekend. That gives it a chance to beat the current record holder, Jurassic World, which brought in $208.4 million in its first weekend.
Images of 2nd HTC Vive Headset and New Controllers Leaked
HTC's Vive VR headset was just delayed to 2016, but a pair of leaked images may have prematurely revealed new iterations of the hardware that people can now look forward to.
Some keen Reddit users found the two images of the 2nd Vive headset and new controllers last night, which were apparently posted to a page (now removed) on the HTC Vive developer site. We can see that the next headset will feature the same design as its predecessor, save for a smoother front and only a single camera. However, that's all we can make out, as the front-facing perspective doesn't show much of the rest of the headset.
Team Fortress 2 Offers More Contracts in the Tough Break Update
Team Fortress 2 is getting new cosmetics, community maps, and another contract campaign in today's Tough Break update.
The patch is similar to this year's Gun Mettle update, in that it brings new achievement-style activities to complete with new weapons and cases as rewards. These come in the so-called Tough Break Campaign, which will run you $6 and last for three months.
If you don't have the in-game equipment necessary to complete a specific challenge, you're in luck. Tough Break will include a new "Loaner Program," allowing players to rent specific weapons for the purpose of completing contracts. As developer Valve puts it "It's like a library, but for murder accessories!"
Twitter Hires Director of Gaming
In efforts to bring gamers to Twitter, the social media site has hired its first director of gaming. Rodrigo Velloso, YouTube's former director of gaming content, signed on as Twitter's director of gaming partnerships in September.
The video game industry is growing rapidly—it's projected to make $92 billion in 2015, and Twitter is ready to capitalize on that success. Part of Velloso's mission at Twitter is to create relationships with the entire gaming community, from developers and creators, to eSports athletes and Twitch streamers, along with partnerships with events like E3 and PAX.
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Iron Banner Returning to Destiny on December 29
The Iron Banner will return to Destiny on December 29, bringing with it new rewards.
Control will be the mode of choice this time around for the Iron Banner event, Bungie announced. Last month saw Clash being used for the first time. The event will last for a week and rewards will include a shotgun, auto rifle, as well as a helmet, pair of boots, and a class item for all three classes.
Here's how to the earn the rewards:
Available from Lord Saladin:
- Rank 3: Boots
Twin Peaks Return Teaser
Showtime's upcoming Twin Peaks revival has debuted its first teaser.
One would expect the mysterious series, once more guided by David Lynch and Mark Frost, to not spoil too much in its first reveal, and that's precisely the case here. What we get is some behind-the-scenes footage of actor Michael Horse ("Hawk") discussing returning to the series over imagery of the familiar Twin Peaks scenery... and a closing shot that, if part of the actual show, hints that things are still quite dangerous in the not so sleepy town, via a blurry look at a grey-haired figure. Could that simply by David Lynch behind-the-scenes, Lynch in-character as Gordon Cole, Ray Wise somehow back as Leland Palmer or someone else entirely?
The Man in the High Castle Renewed for Season 2
Amazon has given its dark, trippy Ridley Scott/Frank Spotnitz series, The Man in the High Castle, a second season.
Based on the award-winning Philip K. Dick novel, the series - starring Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, and Rufus Sewell - launched back on November 20th with ten Season 1 episodes.
Set in an alternate world in which the United States was on the losing end of World War II and is now controlled by Germany and Japan, with a “buffer zone” in the Rocky Mountains between the areas the two powers oversee, The Man in the High Castle offered up a nightmarish and compelling "What If?" look at history.
A premiere date for Season 2 hasn’t been set.
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New Captain America: Civil War Concept Art Revealed
New concept art for Captain America: Civil War has been unveiled.
The art, crafted by Andy Park and Ryan Meinerding, was featured in the latest issue of Total Film and includes a slew of Marvel's mightiest heroes facing off against one another. See it below (via Comic Book Movie).
While Tom Holland's Spider-Man is conspicuously absent from the new art, the young actor will indeed be making is MCU debut in Civil War, joining a whole host of justice-seeking heroes from Marvel's universe.
Vixen to Make Live-Action Debut on Arrow
Megalyn Echikunwoke, who voiced Vixen on The CW's animated mini-sodes of the same name, will bring the character to live-action TV on Arrow.
According to TVInsdier, Echikunwoke will be revisiting her role as Vixen (aka Mari McCabe) in a live-action portrayal of the hero on Arrow's upcoming 15th episode, which is set to air on February 24. Vixen already met both Arrow (Stephen Amell) and The Flash (Grant Gustin) on the animated series.
"We’re not only thrilled to be further expanding our DC television universe by bringing in the live-action incarnation of the CW Seed hit, Vixen, we’re immensely excited that Megalyn will be revisiting her role as Mari McCabe," producer Marc Guggenheim said.