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'The Late Show' hosts the Symphony of the Goddesses as musical guest

After inviting PewDiePie, a famous YouTube Let’s Player, and Sean Murray, the developer of No Man’s Sky, onto The Late Show, Stephen Colbert continued with his dive into video games by inviting a 74-piece orchestra to perform music from one of the most iconic video game franchises on his show. The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses performed on The Late Show, playing selections from the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes as well as other pieces from other The Legend of Zelda games. The orchestra performed for a little over four minutes, spreading around the ground floor and upper balconies of the set.


Rumors of the Hulk's appearance swirl for Thor: Ragnarok

First, it was Captain America who made a surprise appearance in the Thor movie, Thor: The Dark World. Now it might be the Hulk’s turn. Rumor has it that moviegoers may see the green monster, aka Bruce Banner aka Mark Ruffalo, in Thor: Ragnarok, the third installment to the Thor trilogy.


VG247 apologizes to Naughty Dog

VG247.com issued an apology to Naughty Dog, the developer behind the Uncharted series. The website published an article on September 30 under the title, "Is Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End too formulaic?" This opinion was based off the staff's playthrough during the Tokyo Game Show. Unfortunately for VG247, they had actually been playing a remastered Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, straight out of the Uncharted Collection. VG247 instantly took the article down once it was informed by Sony about the mistake.


Star Wars Battlefront Beta reaches nine million players

More than nine million players took time out of their lives to play the Star Wars Battlefront Beta. With the help of those people, Battlefront has become the largest game EA has ever seen in its beta history. EA's website expressed its gratitude saying, "We could not be happier that so many of you wanted to come in to get a small taste of what our passionate team has been working on." Ever since Star Wars Battlefront made headlines back in April, the excitement from fans has not backed down.



20th Anniversary PlayStation SteelBook announced

Playstation UK tweeted an announcement of a limited edition 20th Anniversary SteelBook. Limited Edition 20th Anniversary Steelbook arrives 23rd Oct at @GAMEdigital. Pre-order now -> http://t.co/Ui0NPoGEwk pic.twitter.com/G1Au99lFhZ — PlayStation UK (@PlayStationUK) October 13, 2015 The package will include a SteelBook, which is modeled after the original PlayStation design, a 12 month PlayStation Plus membership, £20 Wallet Top Up card for store credit and a 20th Anniversary Collectors Leaflet. The SteelBook costs £59.99 and a one-time run of 20,000 has been made.



The Village is available for students that go off campus for food, instead of eating in the dining halls off campus. Students like restaurants that are fast, cheap and are open for late hours. DN PHOTO

What restaurants attract students?

Students have always ventured off campus in search of food that isn't from campus dining halls, but they won't go to just any place they can find. 



PHOTO PROVIDED BY BALL STATE ATHLETICS  

Lindley becomes key contributor after transfer

In the offseason following women's golfer Allison Lindley's freshman year at University of Iowa, Ball State head women’s golf coach Katherine Mowat received a phone call. Mowat was elated when Lindley called to ask if there was still a spot for her on the Cardinal roster.


Jon Lewis, Ball State director of dining, died unexpectedly on Oct. 2. Lewis was also an active member of the Muncie Rotary Club. PHOTO PROVIDED BY SARA SHADE

Dining director remembered as friendly, humble

Jonathan Lewis, director of dining at Ball State, is being remembered by family and friends for his friendly personality and dedication to Ball State and the surrounding community. Lewis, who died at home unexpectedly on Oct. 2, was 61 years old.