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[UPDATE 2] The numbers from Friday are in. According to Deadline, Rogue One banked $72 million on Friday, putting the film on track to make around $156 million for the Friday-Sunday period.

[UPDATE] Disney has now officially announced that Rogue One made $29 million in the US on Thursday night. That sets a new Thursday night record for 2016, passing Batman v Superman ($27.7 million) and Captain America: Civil War ($25 million).

The original story is below.

The newest Star Wars movie, Rogue One, officially opens today, December 16. The rollout began with midnight showings–and those were massively popular, it seems.

Deadline reports that the film’s Thursday night midnight showings in the US brought in around $30 million. That’s down 47 percent from the record-breaking $57 million that The Force Awakens made for its Thursday night premiere this month last year. Rogue One, a spinoff,was never expected to make as much as the mainline The Force Awakens, which stands as the third biggest movie in history.

As Deadline mentions, Rogue One‘s $30 million Thursday opening don’t come from Disney, but are instead estimates from exhibitors. We’ll update this post if Disney puts out official numbers today.

Keep checking back with GameSpot for more on Rogue One‘s box office performance. For the first weekend, it’s expected to make between $120 million and $150 million domestically.

Generally, early reviews for Rogue One have been very positive–check out our roundup here.

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According to screenshots from NeoGAF user Moradin, an upcoming update for Street Fighter V will introduce punishments for rage-quitting players, in the form of a profile badge and other restrictions.

The screenshot above clearly shows that a rage-quitting player (right) will receive a death’s head icon on their profile, while the player that never rage-quits (left) will get a shield icon.

According to the tutorial tooltip “Penalties will be incurred for disconnecting during a match, including LP (League Points) reduction, and temporary matchmaking restrictions.”

Another feature mentioned in the leak is the ability to choose your own music to coincide with different game events, such as versus matches, training, ranked matches, and casual matches.

In other Street Fighter V news, Akuma is the new character coming to Season 2, Rashid’s new stage will have you fighting on an airplane, and a crossover mod allows you to fight on the streets as Sombra.

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As part of its latest weekly blog post, Halo developer 343 Industries has published the full Achievement list for the soon-to-launch Halo Wars: Definitive Edition for Xbox One and PC.

There is 1,500 Gamerscore up for grabs. As you can see in the full list below, some achievements are from the original and others are completely new.

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition launches on December 20 for people who preorder the Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition. Codes are going out in waves, and it could take 7-10 days to get your code, Microsoft says.

Also in 343’s blog post, the developer teased what sounds like all-new Halo projects. “I can’t really say anything of substance but yesterday we had a studio-wide presentation by Tim Longo, Halo Creative Director, on some super interesting topics pertaining to super secret future stuff,” 343’s community manager said. “All I can say is that I left that meeting feeling very excited.”

343 has already basically confirmed Halo 6, so that could be one of the projects.

Additionally, 343 talked about a new “Olive” helmet that players can obtain in Halo 5. Everyone who makes a map or mode using Forge that is selected by 343 for Matchmaking will get the helmet. Halo 5’s recent Monitor’s Bounty update improved Forge substantially–get all the details here.

343 also teased that another “secret” helmet for Halo 5 will be discussed “soon.”

The blog post covers numerous other subjects, one of which is a delay for the recently released Voices of War Halo 5 multiplayer announcer pack. People in non-English regions have to wait longer.

“We are deeply sorry for this delay and the resulting inconvenience this brings to Halo 5 fans across the world,” 343 said. “We appreciate your support and enthusiasm for Voices of War and are working to release it worldwide as soon as possible. We’re unable to commit to a firm ETA at this time but expect it will take at least several more weeks to resolve.”

343 also clarified that the Voices of War DLC is not localized for non-English countries. “All three announcer voices will be in English, regardless of the language your console is set to,” it said.

Additionally, 343 said it’s heard the feedback about an uncapped frame rate option for Halo 5: Forge on PC–but it’s not coming, at least not officially.

“We’ve heard fan requests for this functionality loud and clear and the team has looked deeply into this issue,” 343 said. “Unfortunately, since all of the game code and logic for Halo 5–in both the client and dedicated servers–is fundamentally built around and assumes 60hz, it’s not going to be possible to implement this change.

“Currently there are some community “hacks” that allow players to go beyond 60hz but doing so really highlights the issues as physics start to break, particle effects misfire, water and surfaces behave incorrectly and so on. This is certainly something the team will continue to think about as we move into the future but is unfortunately beyond scope for Halo 5: Forge.”

You can read 343’s full blog post here.

HALO WARS: DEFINITIVE EDITION ACHIEVEMENTS – 1,500 GS

2 Bugs are Better Than 1 – Win a Skirmish Game with Dual Scarabs – 10gs

24 Hours of Quality – Play Halo Wars for at least 24 total hours – 20gs

A Means to an End – Completed Mission 13 on any difficulty – 10gs

Adjudicate the Arbiter – Complete the Campaign on Heroic Difficulty – 30gs

Alas, Poor Andrew Thomas – Collect your first Skull – 5gs

Backscratcher – Complete any Campaign Mission in Co-op Mode – 10gs

Basically Naïve – Win 10 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 10gs

Battened Down the Hatches – Mission 11: Save all the Airlocks – 5gs

Beaming with Pride – Mission 13: Destroy 25 units with the Scarab – 5gs

Big Al’s Scooter – Win a Heroic Skirmish Game against the AI un under 10 minutes – 10gs

Build for Success – Completed Mission 2 on any difficulty – 10gs

Covenant “Hot Drop” – Mission 3: Kill at least 5 Covenant Units with the Bridge.5gs

Crushed Colors – Improve your Score in any Campaign Mission – 10gs

Dancing with the Beam Queen – Completed Mission 7 on any difficulty – 10gs

Detour the Great Journey – Complete the Campaign on Legendary Difficulty – 50gs

Didn’t Get to Second Base – Mission 14: Don’t claim an extra base – 5gs

Don’t Stop Me Now – Win 40 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 70gs

Drain Cleaner – Kill 20 enemy squads with a continuous Covenant Leader Power on Memorial Basin – 30gs

Empire Builder – Win a game in every Skirmish Game Mode – 5gs

Endless Fun – Mission 2: Destroy every Methane Tank – 5gs

Epic Grinder – Obtain a lifetime campaign Score over 1,000,000 – 40gs

Evacuation of the Fittest – Completed Mission 10 on any difficulty – 10gs

Everything’s Better with Bacon – Mission 1: Ram 50 Grunts with Warthogs – 5gs

Forging a Way to History – Completed Mission 15 on any difficulty – 10gs

Freak on a Streak – Gain at least 15 population from a single wave in a Reinforcement game – 20gs

Gallivant around the Galaxy – Win a game on every Skirmish Map – 25gs

Graverobber – Collect all Skulls – 30gs

Great Form! – Completed Mission 6 on any difficulty – 10gs

Halo Academic – Unlock 20 Timeline Events – 15gs

Halo Historian – Unlock All Timeline Events – 40gs

Halo Undergraduate – Unlock a Timeline event – 5gs

Handy with Tools – Mission 12: Repair the Power Core in less than 4 minutes – 5gs

Hardly Tardy – Finish five missions under Par Time on Heroic difficulty – 10gs

He’s Got the Jack – Mission 5: Jack 5 Covenant Vehicles – 5gs

High Class Escort – Completed Mission 4 on any difficulty – 10gs

KillJoy – Disrupt 5 active Leader Powers in a single game on Blood River – 20gs

Living Loving Bug – Get a Scarab during a Reinforcement game – 30gs

Lovely Bunch of Coconuts – Collect 8 Skulls – 15gs

Maximum Effort – Win 50 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 90gs

Meet Sergeant Forge – Completed Mission 1 on any difficulty – 10gs

Micro Manager – Mission 7: Do not destroy any Power Node – 5gs

Momma’s Boy – Get a Gold Medal on any mission – 5gs

Most Valuable Deck Hand – Completed Mission 11 on any difficulty – 10gs

Mr. Punctual – Finish all missions under Par Time on Heroic difficulty – 15gs

My Virtual Friends Love Me – Win a 3v3 Skirmish game with 2 AI Allies – 10gs

Never Leave a Man Behind – Finish a game with 5000 net resources contributed to your teammates on Memorial Basin – 15gs

Noob n0 M0r3 – Win a Public game on Xbox LIVE – 10gs

Officer on Deck – Win 20 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 30gs

One and Done – Score the winning point in a game of Keepaway against Legendary AIs – 30gs

Own Worst Enemy – Get a Gold Medal with all Debuff Skulls Active – 20gs

Patience IS a Virtue – Completed Mission 5 on any difficulty – 10gs

Penny Pincher – Get a winning High Score with 10 or less Squads against the Heroic AI – 10gs

Playin’ the Field – Win a Skirmish Game with every Leader – 15gs

Pull Hard, Pull Deep – Win and never trail in a Tug of War game – 20gs

Racing the Clock – Finish one mission under Par Time on Heroic difficulty – 5gs

Ramblin’ Man – Mission 8: Use Elephants to train 100 infantry – 5gs

Ready for the Sequel – 100% Completion – 75gs

Rhino Hugger – Mission 6: Successfully protect every Rhino – 5gs

Running the Show – Win 30 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 50gs

Saving the Parade – Completed Mission 8 on any difficulty – 10gs

She’s my Fixer Upper – Completed Mission 12 on any difficulty – 10gs

Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Completed Mission 14 on any difficulty – 10gs

Smash and Grab – Completed Mission 3 on any difficulty – 10gs

So Lonely At the Top – Win and have the highest score in a Public Game on Xbox Live – 20gs

Soldier of Ares – Win 75 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 110gs

Staving Off the Infection – Completed Mission 9 on any difficulty – 10gs

Sweet Naptime – Mission 9: Put every Colony in Hibernation Mode at the same time – 5gs

The Procrastinator – Mission 10: Disrupt all Tractor Beams – 5gs

The Real Winner – Mission 4: Save Adam – 5gs

Thinkin’ About My Doorbell – Mission 15: Open the Doors in order – 5gs

Titan – Get 20,000 points in any Skirmish Game – 15gs

Tour Coming Through – Hot drop 50 squads to your Covenant Leader in a single game on Barrens – 30gs

Walk-off Winner – Use one of the 6 Major Leader Powers to destroy an enemy’s last unit – 30gs

Wall of Recognition – Get a Gold Medal on every Campaign Mission – 30gs

Weapon of Zeus – Win 100 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 130gs

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THE BIG STUFF:

It’s that time again. The NPD Group this week announced the Top 10 Best-Selling games in the US for the past month. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, of course, came out on top for November. Meanwhile, the PS4 broke the Xbox One’s win streak to become the best-selling console during the month. [Full story]

While Nintendo won’t share more details on the Nintendo Switch until its January event, a report this week from VentureBeat shared some new insight on its specs. According to sources, the system will have around 1 teraflop of performances, which is below the PS4 and Xbox One. It’ll still be a capable console, for sure, but you shouldn’t expect the highest-end graphics. [Full story]

THE OTHER STUFF:

You can now play some Xbox One games with Oculus Rift, as the virtual reality feature has now gone live, Major Nelson announced this week.

Streaming site Twitch has announced AutoMod. This is an automated bot for filtering racist and sexist comments on Twitch. Get more details on it here.

Here’s the first footage of the PlayStation 4 version of fighting game Tekken 7. Previously, all we saw was footage of the arcade edition. Watch it here at IGN.

Iconic Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto sat down for an interview with TV personality Katie Linendoll recently to discuss the soon-to-launch mobile game, Super Mario Run. You can listed to the chat, which dives into the inspiration behind the game and more, here on iTunes.

EA’s exclusivity arrangement with car company Porsche is apparently coming to an end, freeing up other franchises to have Porsche cars appear in other games. Read more at GT Planet.

BioWare’s PC MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is celebrating its 5th anniversary this year. To celebrate, BioWare is giving away a bunch of goodies–get all the details here.

You can now buy all manner of Rocket League apparel, thanks to the fine folks at Jinx. Go to the retailer’s Rocket League page to see everything you can buy.

Battlefield 1 is apparently having some issues on PC. Specifically, thousands of people reportedly can’t play or are struggling to play the game thanks to a DirectX issue. Learn more here.

Rainbow Six Siege got a big new patch this week–check out the full patch notes here.

Zack Snyder has released a new image of Aquaman from next year’s Justice League movie. We see Aquaman in a coat, for some reason. Go to Batman-News to see the image and learn more.

Here’s the newest trailer for Sniper Elite 4’s Hitler-killing bonus mission.

Virtual reality company Survios this week announced that it raised a whopping $50 million from a number of venture capital firms and Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

Funcom this week announced a partnership with Dark Horse Comics for a new digital comic book for its new open-world game Conan Exiles. “By reading the comic, fans will get a unique glimpse into the events that take place in the savage Exiled Lands,” Funcom said.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Terry Crews visited the Blizzard headquarters this week to meet with the Overwatch team, sparking speculation that he may end up voicing a yet unannounced character.

In a recent thread on Reddit, Terry Crews said, “I would LOVE TO PLAY DOOMFIST,” via a verified account at the suggestion from a fan.

This sparked a lot of excitement from Reddit’s Overwatch community, with the thread recording 1222 responses at the time of writing.

The Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Expendables star threw fuel on the rumor-fire by visiting the Overwatch team at Blizzard headquarters. Nothing has been confirmed from either Crews or Blizzard, but fan speculation is running high.

While you’re waiting to hear whether Doomfist is announced as a playable character, check out Jeff Kaplan’s comments on fan disappointment with Mei’s winter skin, a roundup of all of the winter skins, and Blizzard’s announcement of an in-house book publishing label.

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Each week we search and gather up the coolest comic book art you won’t see in actual comics. The reason you won’t is because professional artists often draw sketches for fun or commissions and post them on their websites, blogs, and Tumblrs. Some artists even arrange commissions through their sites so be sure to check them out. This is a way to see the artists working on one book draw characters from other comics or publishers.

Phil Noto posted a Westworld sketch on his Tumblr recently.

Joel Gomez also posted a Westworld sketch a little while back on his Tumblr along with an Assassin’s Creed drawing.

Todd Nauck posted Wonder Woman and a punk rock Spider-Gwen on his Tumblr.

Paolo Rivera posted this Rey sketch on his blog.

Chris Samnee posted a bunch of recent sketches on his Instagram.

Mahmud Asrar posted CCXP pre-show commissions on his Tumblr.

Mike Choi posted new sketches on his Instagram.

Skottie Young posted more Daily Sketches on his Tumblr.

Denis Medri posted a Devilman sketch on his Deviant Art page.

Jim Cheung posted commission sketches on his Instagram.

Ryan Stegman posted commissions from Paradise City Comicon on his Tumblr.

Dustin Nguyen posted a Catwoman sketch on his Instagram.

Rod Reis posted a couple sketches on his Instagram.

Chris Giarrusso put more sketch cards up for sale on his website.

Andrew Robinson posted a Tank Girl sketch on his Instagram.

That’s it for this week. We’ll have more awesome art next time.

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