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Fall Guys clocked in 20 million players within 48 hours of going free-to-play on June 21, a major achievement for game developer Mediatonic. The platform battle royale game was also launched on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X on the same day, which helped it get wider patronage. The official Fall Guys Twitter page announced that it had reached the milestone with a post that read: "MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE STUMBLED We reached an incredible 20 million players in the first 48 hours of…

We’re coming up on one month of Top Gun: Maverick playing in theaters, and Tom Cruise’s return to the role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell continues to triumph a the box office. Going into this past weekend, the sequel crossed the $800 million mark to become Cruise’s highest-grossing movie of all time, overtaking 2018’s Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Just days later, Maverick has now crossed $900 million, making it just one of three movies to do so in the pandemic era.As shared by THR, Top Gun: Maverick’s worldwide total…

For the first time in its history, South Korea has successfully launched a satellite into orbit on a domestically built rocket. The Nuri rocket lifted off at 4PM local time today from the Naro Space Center in Goheung. The launch could help South Korea gain footing in the growing global space industry and potentially bolster the nation’s national defense arsenal with future spy satellites. Nuri’s payload today included a set of satellites that officials say have no military purposes. The rocket placed a 357-pound…

This time, Shiba Inu wins the Twitter round against DOGE The official Twitter account of meme cryptocurrency Shiba Inu has reached a new milestone of 3.4 million followers. For comparison, rival meme coin Dogecoin also has about 3.4 million Twitter followers. Shiba Inu has recorded growth in recent months, adding more than 700,000 followers since February. Also, Shiba Inu’s holder count continues to grow. The total number of SHIB holders has risen to 1,182,817, according to WhaleStats. An increase in the…

An artist’s rendering of the JPSS-2 satellite, which will be renamed NOAA-21 once in orbit. Credit: NOAAThe Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite, or JPSS-2, which will improve weather forecasts and increase our understanding of extreme weather and climate change, has cleared a critical testing milestone, bringing it a step closer to launch.Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s polar-orbiting satellite emerged from the chamber after completing its thermal vacuum testing. This test is meant to…

China launched its third aircraft carrier, the domestically designed and built Fujian, sending a statement of intent towards rival powers including the United States as it continues to modernise its military. Champagne, colourful ribbons, water cannons and smoke were used to celebrate the warship's launch and official naming at a ceremony at the Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai. Dozens of Chinese Navy personnel lined up in front of the ship and sang the national anthem at the ceremony, which was also attended by senior…

Top Gun: Maverick is in the middle of its third week in theaters, and it continues to be a commercial powerhouse. Sure, with the arrival of Jurassic World Dominion, it’s no longer at ranks at the top of the box office hierarchy, though that’s to be expected whenever a new, major blockbuster hits the scene. In any case, Maverick is still shining on that front in a different way, as the Tom Cruise-led sequel is now 2022’s highest-grossing domestic release yet.As of this writing, Top Gun: Maverick has made roughly $401.8…

It could be Morbin’ time yet again for Morbius, with the internet’s insatiable lust for a multibillion dollar company to lose more money increasing once again. Morbius, the most heavily memed movie of the year, and perhaps the biggest since 2019’s Cats, saw Sony being gaslit into a rerelease a few weeks prior to paltry results. But the internet is not finished there, and a petition for a third release of Jared Leto’s infamous superhero flick has gained further traction. While it sat at 10,000 signatures on June…

Ever ready for the next battle Bandai Namco’s foremost fighting title, Tekken 7, has smashed its way to an amazing nine million sales. The impressive number was revealed by Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada on Twitter this morning — the eve of the fifth anniversary of the face smasher’s home release. Originally launching in Japanese arcades way back in 2015, it took two long years for the latest King of Iron Fist Tournament to make its way to PC and console platforms — by which point it had already seen a revamp in the…

Atlas VPN: Safari now has an estimated 1B+ users, making it the second browser to pass the milestone, behind Chrome's 3.37B+, but ahead of Edge's 212M+ and Firefox's 179M+ — Browsers can connect you to any place on the internet. It retrieves and renders data to show it nicely on your screen. Atlas VPN: Safari now has an estimated 1B+ users, making it the second browser to pass the milestone, behind Chrome's 3.37B+, but ahead of Edge's 212M+ and Firefox's 179M+ — Browsers…