Arby’s Devotes Sandwich to Jon Stewart
After many years of being on the receiving end of barbs, Arby's has decided to dedicate a sandwich to Jon Stewart.
The AV Club reports that the sandwich consists of double corned beef and deli mustard on marbled rye. The restaurant calls it The Daily Deli, in honor of the show, but the associated video makes it clear this is a tribute to Stewart himself.
You won't see The Daily Deli on the standard menu, though. It will join the "secret menu," meaning interested customers will simply have to ask for it.
This wasn't the only send-off the fast food chain devoted to Stewart. It also bought ad time on Stewart's show with a specially made spot wishing him farewell. Stewart had spent years making fun of Arby's, with frequent one-liners insulting the quality of its food.
Dota 2’s Tourney-Ending $6 Million Play Explained
Over the weekend, five Dota 2 players won millions of dollars at The International 2015 thanks largely to one amazing play, which quickly became known as the Six Million Dollar Echo Slam.
Several friends not versed in Dota have asked me about "that play," which exploded on social media and YouTube after TI5 concluded on Saturday. Watch it for yourself in the video below.
Dota is a big and complex beast, so let's demistify the crazy colors and sounds and let everyone know exactly why this play was so devastating.
To start off, the stakes: The final series of TI5 included two teams - A North American team called Evil Geniuses (EG), and a Chinese team called CDEC. It was a best-of-five series, so the first team to three victories wins the championship. EG had a 2-1 lead heading into game four.
Game of Thrones: Young Ned Stark Cast for Season 6
Game of Thrones may have cast a new face for a familiar character. Spoilers follow.
Watchers on the Wall reports that 13-year-old Sebastian Croft will play a boyhood version of Sean Bean's character, Ned Stark. He'll be sparring an older child in the single scene we've heard about. Speculation of a young Ned first started when a casting call asked for a boy with brown hair, a narrow face, green eyes, and a Northern accent.
Croft is known as a theater actor, having appeared in the London West End productions of Matilda and Les Miserables, as well as taking the starring role of Oliver in the UK tour of Oliver!
X-Men: Apocalypse: New Photos Reveal Angel
A fresh batch of new photos taken from the set of X-Men: Apocalypse offer a sneak peek at Angel, as well as a look at the film's new costumes.
In a trio of posts on Instagram, director Bryan Singer revealed a handful of tantalizing images for fans to salivate over, not the least of which includes an early look at Ben Hardy's Angel hanging out in a 1980s fight club in Berlin.
In addition, here's a hazy, silhouetted look at the new costumes.
DBZ: Resurrection ‘F’ in Top 10 All-Time Anime Releases
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection "F" opened last week to great success, becoming the first independent movie to earn itself a spot among the top 10 highest grossing domestic anime of all time.
According to FUNimation Entertainment, since its release last Tuesday, Resurrection "F" has grossed an impressive $5.97 million at the North American box office.
"It’s a great film that loyal DBZ fans, and fans of anime, have helped push into the record books in just 6 days," FUNimation EVP and COO Michael DuBoise said. "Great word of mouth, extremely positive reviews, plus a film that appeals to core fans and is creating new fans, have led to sold-out shows, repeat viewings, and additional theaters being added through Wednesday."
The Marvel Universe Gets a Hip-Hop Makeover
Marvel Comics has revealed the full lineup of hip-hop variant covers planned for October. This new promotion comes during an already busy month, as Marvel wraps up Secret Wars and introduces the first wave of new comics making up their "All-New, All-Different Marvel" relaunch. Each of these variant covers features an artist reinterpreting a famous hi-hop album cover with a distinctly Marvel twist.
Check out our gallery of all these covers below:
This isn't the first time Marvel has published hip-hop-themed variant covers. Earlier this year, variants for Howard the Duck #2 and Deadpool #45 paid homage to hip-hop duo Run the Jewels. This particular promotion has gathered both praise and controversy in recent weeks, with some accusing Marvel of cultural appropriation or criticizing the company's lack of minority creators.
Grand Theft Auto 5 Has Now Sold 54 Million Copies
Take-Two Interactive posted its earnings report for the first quarter of its fiscal year and revealed that Grand Theft Auto V has now sold 54 million copies across all platforms.
Reporting "strong financial results," Take-Two saw its non-GAAP net revenue grow by 142% to $366.4 million USD, compared to $151.6 million for the same period the year before.
The numbers given for Grand Theft Auto V are for sold-in, rather than sold-through, copies of the game. Sold-in means sold to retailers, as opposed to sold through, which represents the final sale to consumers. The 54 million units is an increase of just two million over the previous quarter. In February, Take-Two reported Grand Theft Auto V had sold 52 million copies over its lifetime, an increase of seven million over the fiscal quarter previous.
Update Lets Users Replace Google Now With Cortana for Android
There's an update to Cortana for Android that finally lets users do one simple thing: make it the default assistant instead of Google Now.
Microsoft began its private beta for Cortana for Android last month, and while it came with all the features it has on Windows Phone, users couldn't assign it to the the home button shortcut, as the built in Google Now assistant was permanently set to be the primary assistant. According to Microsoft-News, however, Microsoft has since updated Cortana to version 1.0.0.204, giving it the ability to completely replace Google Now.
Who Is Bill Murray Playing in Ghostbusters Reboot?
We now know that Bill Murray will indeed be in the new Ghostbusters movie. But he will NOT be reprising his original Ghostbusters character, Dr. Peter Venkman.
So who is Murray playing in director Paul Feig's reboot, which is now filming in Boston?
Be advised of spoilers ahead for Murray's mystery role ...
According to Birth.Movies.Death., which claims to have read the script, Murray will portray one Martin Heis. The site describes Heis as "a professional supernatural debunker, a sort of an Amazing Randi type, who shows up and 'proves' the new Ghostbusters are fakes. It's a really tiny role, and it's sort of the mirror image of where we meet Peter Venkman at the start of Ghostbusters II."
Out This Week: He-Man & G.I. Joe in Toy Soldiers: War Chest
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
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