Black Panther’s CinemaScore Revealed
Black Panther received an "A+" CinemaScore in audience exit polling its opening night.
CinemaScore is the letter grade domestic filmgoers assign to a movie in audience exit polling conducted opening night. It's been a barometer by which Hollywood has gauged how their movies will perform at the box office for roughly two decades now, but it has become, in the digital age, an even more talked about facet in how studios and the media respond to a movie's performance.
Given how highly critics have rated the franchise's latest installment (97% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and its record-smashing box office debut, it really shouldn't come as any surprise that audiences loved Marvel's latest film enough to give it such a stellar score.
Steam Puzzle Game Offers 1 Bitcoin to First Player to Beat It
A puzzle game coming out soon on Steam promises to offer a single Bitcoin to the first person who can beat it.
The developers of Montecrypto: The Bitcoin Enigma, Gem Rose Accent, will launch the $2 USD game on Steam on February 20. Players must traverse a maze in first-person and solve 24 different puzzles. The first player to finish all of the puzzles will receive one Bitcoin, which is currently worth a little over $9,800 USD.
You can work with others to solve these puzzles, leave hints and clues behind for other players, or lead them down dead ends if you so choose. Motherboard reports the developers of the game want to remain anonymous until a winner is crowned.
Black Panther Opening Smashes Box Office Records
Black Panther is breaking box office records left and right as weekend estimates in North America continue to climb for the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The film is estimated to make $192 million over its first three days at the domestic box office and somewhere between $218 million and $222 million over the four-day Presidents Day weekend. This puts the film well ahead of Deadpool's 2016 record of $152 million, setting a new for both Presidents Day weekend and the month of February.
On top of that, Black Panther has surpassed Beauty and the Beasts' $174 million record for the biggest pre-summer opening weekend of all time, as well as Iron Man 3's record as the highest grossing solo superhero movie in history. The Ryan Coogler-directed film also broke the record for the biggest debut for a film by a black director, soaring well past F. Gary Gray's The Fate of the Furious, which opened to $98.8 million last year.
Exclusive: Mattel Launches Tomb Raider Barbie
Before Lara Croft comes to theaters in March, her fans will be able to get their hands on a new collectible.
Mattel is releasing a new Barbie Tomb Raider doll, based on Alicia Vikander's upcoming portrayal of the iconic action hero, and IGN can exclusively reveal the new doll:
Tomb Raider Barbie
Mattel will be unveiling the doll at the Mattel Collector event during the New York Toy Fair later today. The presale begins tomorrow on Barbie.com, and collectors will be able to purchase the doll for $29.99.
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Dragon Ball FighterZ: First DLC Characters Revealed
The first two characters to join the Dragon Ball FighterZ roster as DLC are Broly and Bardock.
The announcement was spotted by Ryokutya2089 in the latest issue of V-Jump (via Gematsu). While a release date and price for the fighters have yet to be revealed, information about their Super Special Attacks was provided.
Bardock's Super Special Attack is called "Revenger Assault" and sees him transform into a Super Saiyan before charging forward into his opponent. Meanwhile, Broly's Super Special Attack, which consumes three bars of the energy gauge, is called "Gigantic Meteor" and fires a ball of energy.
Transformers Movie Franchise Will Reportedly Reset
IGN has confirmed the Transformers movie universe will likely be reset following the release of Bumblebee, which hits theaters on December 21.
A Hasbro representative provided IGN with the following statement:
We are working with the new Paramount leadership team to lay out the future of Transformers films and there will likely not be a movie in 2019. We’re very much looking forward to Bumblebee coming in December.
Hasbro will have more creative control over the film franchise moving forward. This confirms comments made at Toy Fair, reported by TFW2005, that there will be no new Transformers film in the near future. A new team at Paramount will reportedly reboot the live-action series.
Code Vein Multiplayer Support Confirmed
Bandai Namco's upcoming action RPG Code Vein will indeed feature multiplayer support.
The studio shared the news on Twitter, noting, "you can explore the world of Vein with other players and you can send a request in an area that you need help in." Accompanying the post are a few new screenshots, which you can check out in the gallery below:
Until now, Bandai Namco has remained tight-lipped as to whether or not the game would have multiplayer. When we asked the studio about the possibility of multiplayer as part of our IGN First Code Vein coverage last year, we were told details would come sometime in the future.
Why The Incredibles Remains One of Pixar’s Best
As The Incredibles 2 hits theaters, we thought it was the perfect time to take a look once again at why we love the original Pixar film so much!
Many of the best superhero movies aren’t really great because they're about beating up the bad guys and showing off cool powers. They’re great because of the human stories they tell through the super-powered set pieces and villainous plots.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is great because it’s a take on ‘70s paranoia spy thrillers wrapped up in the similar worries citizens have today of a nanny state. The Dark Knight is a masterstroke because of how it blurs the lines between right and wrong and the power of choices and their consequences. And The Incredibles is such an enduring Pixar classic — and incredible superhero film — for its very real look at the struggles of keeping a family together, parenthood, chasing our glory days, and what it means to truly be exceptional.