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The Lion King, the realistic remake of the classic 1994 animated film, has now topped the original–along with any other animated movie. The latest worldwide box office numbers, not adjusted for inflation, show it leading every other animated film.

Previously, Disney’s recent hit Frozen was the top-grossing animated film of all time. The Lion King’s latest earnings put it just over $1.33 billion worldwide to Frozen’s $1.27 billion. This also makes The Lion King the #12 movie of all time according to Box Office Mojo. It could also earn a spot in the top ten if it displaces both Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 2 and Black Panther, which are narrowly ahead by $1.341 billion and $1.346 billion, respectively.

Fellow Disney property Avengers: Endgame recently beat Avatar to claim the top-grossing film of all time. However, that’s only in non-adjusted gross, and adjusting for inflation means Avatar still beats earth’s mightiest heroes.

However, it should be noted that adjusting for inflation shakes up the top-grossing films in some much more dramatic ways as well–mostly in regards to movies released decades ago. According to BOM, inflation-adjusted numbers put Gone with the Wind, Star Wars, and The Sound of Music at the top. On that list, Avengers and Avatar are side-by-side in the mid-teens, and The Lion King remake doesn’t even make the top 100–far behind the original animated movie at the #20 spot.

Despite its beloved inspiration, The Lion King 2019 got only middling reviews on GameSpot sister site Metacritic, and in GameSpot’s Lion King review. In particular, many critics suggested the remake was too faithful to its source material, while its more realistic animated style sacrificed some of the original’s expressive tone.

“Maybe it’s smart of Disney and director Jon Favreau to leave well enough alone and simply try to recreate the original’s magic with contemporary technology and actors,” Michael Rougeau wrote. “Incredibly gorgeous visuals, a star-studded new cast, a punched-up comedic script, and a new Beyoncé song will no doubt be enough to get plenty of fans–of all ages–into the theater to see this movie. But in the end, Disney is just repeating history, and that makes the new Lion King simply good, not great.”

Niantic hosted the final Pokemon Go Fest of the summer in Yokohama, Japan last week, and as it had done for the previous two Go Fests, the studio held a series of global challenges during the event. As a reward for completing these challenges, the developer is making a handful of bonuses available in the game this week, and it’s bringing another Legendary dog back for a special Raid Day on Saturday.

From August 13-20, you’ll be able to earn triple the normal amount of Stardust for each Pokemon you capture or hatch. On top of that, you’ll earn 3,000 Stardust for participating in Raid Battles, and any Star Pieces you use during the week will last for one hour rather than 30 minutes.

As a final reward, Suicune is making another appearance in five-star Raids on Saturday, August 17. The Legendary Water Pokemon will be available from 4-7 PM local time that day only. Not only does this give you another opportunity to add one to your collection if you’ve previously missed it in the game, you’ll also have a chance of encountering its Shiny form during the Raid hours.

Suicune isn’t the only Legendary making an encore appearance in Pokemon Go; Rayquaza also recently returned to Raid Battles for a limited time. The Legendary monster will be appearing in five-star Raids until September 2, and you’ll have your first chance to catching a Shiny Rayquaza until then. You can read more tips on how to catch the Legendary in our Pokemon Go Rayquaza guide.

Meanwhile, Pokemon Go’s next Community Day is set for September 15. The featured Pokemon this time around will be Turtwig, the Grass-type starter from Diamond and Pearl. Throughout the event, Turtwig will spawn in the wild much more often than it normally does, and you’ll have your first chance to find a Shiny Turtwig. Additionally, you’ll earn triple the normal amount of Stardust for each Pokemon you catch during the event.

Back at E3 2017, Microsoft announced a massive update for Minecraft that would make the game’s graphics look better–or at least different–across the board. Among other things, the Super Duper Graphics Pack promised “dynamic shadows, lighting that streams through fog, movement in leaves and grass, new textures for mobs and villagers, directional lighting, edge highlighting, and more.” However, it’s now been canceled.

In a post on developer Mojang’s website, the studio said the free update “proved too technically demanding,” so it’s being scuttled.

“We realise this is disappointing to some of you–there was a lot of enthusiasm for Super Duper from inside and outside the studio–but unfortunately, we aren’t happy with how the pack performed across devices,” Mojang said.

While the Super Duper Graphics Pack is now canceled, Mojang said it is examining “other ways” to give fans the opportunity to “experience Minecraft with a new look.” No further details were shared, however.

“Minecraft is available on a wide range of platforms, and we’re constantly trying to make the most of the technical architecture of each one. We’ll be able to share more on that subject very soon,” Mojang added.

In addition to ongoing support for Minecraft, multiple new Minecraft games are in the works including an AR game called Minecraft Earth and a dungeon-crawler known as Minecraft Dungeons.

Popular streamer Ninja, whose real name is Tyler Blevins, has said he is “disgusted and so sorry” after Twitch promoted a pornographic stream on his now-dormant channel.

The streaming star recently left Twitch to sign an exclusive deal with rival streaming platform Mixer. If you visited his old Twitch page on August 11th, however, rather than finding his old broadcasts, you were presented with a list of popular live channels instead. One of the most-watched streams during this time was a channel showing porn, which appeared on the list of recommendations on Ninja’s channel before Twitch eventually shut down the illicit stream.

Ninja posted on Twitter shortly after, apologizing to anybody that saw the recommendation and expressing his disgust that something like this happened.

“I have no say in any of this stuff,” he said. “This is the line, this is the straw. I’ve been trying to get the whole channel taken down to begin with, or at least not promote other streamers and other channels on my brand, on my friggin profile. So for anyone who saw that, I apologize and I’m sorry.”

The streamer’s Twitch channel has since reverted back to showing his past broadcasts, though this may only be a temporary change.

Emmett Shear, the CEO of Twitch, has apologized to Ninja and explained why these recommendations appeared in the first place.

“Our community comes to Twitch looking for live content,” he said in a post on Twitter. “To help ensure they find great, live channels, we’ve been experimenting with showing recommended content across Twitch, including on streamer’s pages that are offline.” This refutes Ninja’s claim that Twitch doesn’t do this with any other dormant channels, “Just me.”

Shear goes on to say, “This helps all streamers as it creates new community connections. However, the lewd content that appeared on Ninja’s offline channel page grossly violates our terms of service, and we’ve permanently suspended the account in question. We have also suspended these recommendations while we investigate how this content came to be promoted.” He concludes with an apology to Ninja, “It wasn’t our intent, but it should not have happened. No excuses.”

Ninja’s move to Mixer has been smooth otherwise. He’s already amassed over 1 million subscribers.