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South Park duo Trey Parker and Matt Stone have set their sights on becoming the new owners of Casa Bonita, the iconic restaurant that famously featured on their hit show.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Parker and Stone are attempting to buy the beloved Colorado eatery, which first opened its doors in 1974. The company that owns Casa Bonita, Summit Family Restaurants, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April, having been shuttered for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and court proceedings are ongoing.

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“We want to buy Casa Bonita and treat it right. I feel like it was neglected even before the pandemic,” said Parker, who described the possible purchase as a “crowning achievement” of his life. “We are absolutely trying to buy it. We are going to do everything we can. We want to make it right and make it amazing.”

The current legal matters are reportedly preventing Parker and Stone from finalizing the sale, though they are also said to be trying to strike a deal to give them ownership of the building. If successful, the South Park co-creators have big plans to revamp Casa Bonita, with a particular focus on updating the food offerings at the restaurant.

“We started talking about the changes we’re going to make — mostly with the food,” Parker explained, further speaking on the duo’s potential takeover of the landmark destination. “We’re going to make really awesome food. I was already thinking about how I was going to make Black Bart’s Cave a little bigger.”

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Casa Bonita has had several nods throughout South Park’s long history, though none more notable than the Season 7 episode that shared its title with the restaurant. Casa Bonita also featured in the 2017 role-playing video game, South Park: The Fractured but Whole, as a DLC expansion, adding an all-new story campaign and superhero class to the game.

South Park’s 23rd season earned a spot on IGN’s list of Best Animated Series of 2019 after wrapping in December of that year. We praised the animated sitcom for demonstrating that it still has “plenty of gas left in the tank,” with the series proving to be “as insightful and topical as ever,” having spawned “one of the most purely hilarious episodes ever in Turd Burglars.”

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Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Following the Los Santos Tuners update, Rockstar is keeping GTA Online‘s focus on cars. The game’s latest weekly update rewards players for being part of the LS Car Meet and participating in its races. Of course, some new vehicles have also been added to the game, including a new and improved version of the franchise’s iconic Comet.

This week’s update was revealed on the Rockstar Newswire, but you can find it detailed down below.

Rewards For Car Meet Members

Being part of the latest addition to GTA Online, the LS Car Meet, is paying off this week. Any members who compete in a Sprint race will earn themselves twice the usual cash and XP, regardless of how they place. Members who managed to win five races will also earn themselves a new vehicle, the Vulcar Warrener HKR.

Players in the club will also be rewarded with some new cosmetics this week. Anyone who visits the LS Car Meet will get an LS Customs varsity jacket and receive the Fukaru Race livery for the Vapid Dominator ASP.

Finishing the Daily Vehicle List in your Auto Shop this week will also earn players a Street Crimes Color Gangs t-shirt. For those looking to make money though, reach Car Meet Membership rank 10 for an easy $250,000. Players can also complete any Contract Finale before August 5 for an extra $200,000.

Catch A New Ride

Anyone looking to spice up their drives around Los Santos, a new version of a classic GTA vehicle has just been launched. The Comet S2 improves on the original, which debuted in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, with higher top speeds and acceleration. The Comet S2 can currently be purchased from Legendary Motorsport.

Likewise, another new car is heading to GTA Online soon: the Vapid Dominator ASP, although Rockstar hasn’t released any details on it yet.

Discounts

Here’s what players can pick up around the world of GTA Online for cheap this week.

• Coil raiden – 30% off
• Ocelot Pariah – 30% off
• Karin Everon – 40% off
• Weeny Issi sport – 40% off
• Ocelot Locust – 40% off
• Declasse Mamba – 40% off
• Vapid Clique – 40% off
• Vulcar Nebula Turbo – 40% off
• BF Club – 40% off

Jodie Whittaker is set to leave Doctor Who, alongside showrunner Chris Chibnall, who has helmed the show since Whittaker took on the role of the 13th Doctor.

The two will exit the show next year, following a trio of special episodes that will air in Autumn 2022, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The BBC describes the finale as an “epic blockbuster special”.

“My heart is so full of love for this show, for the team who make it, for the fans who watch it and for what it has brought to my life,” said Whittaker in a statement. “And I cannot thank Chris enough for entrusting me with his incredible stories. We knew that we wanted to ride this wave side by side, and pass on the baton together. So here we are, weeks away from wrapping on the best job I have ever had. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to express what this role has given me. I will carry the Doctor and the lessons I’ve learnt forever.”

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“Jodie and I made a ‘three series and out’ pact with each other at the start of this once-in-a-lifetime blast,” said Chibnall. “So now our shift is done, and we’re handing back the TARDIS keys.”

Also joining Whittaker and Chibnall’s exit is executive producer Matt Strevens, who has also served on the show since Whittaker’s debut in the episode The Woman Who Fell to Earth.

Together, Whittaker and Chibnall will have completed three seasons of the show together. That’s been the standard for Doctor Who actors – Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi both completed three seasons each, while David Tennant did three seasons and a set of specials. Chibnall will be the shortest serving showrunner, though; Russell T. Davies held the position for the first four series, while Steven Moffat helmed the show from Series 5 to Series 10. With that in mind, it was unsurprising to see recent rumours that Jodie Whittaker was quitting the show after three seasons.

Before that finale, we’ll get Series 13, which is set to be a single story told over a whole season. This will see a new companion enter the TARDIS – John Bishop’s Dan – as well as long-term 13th Doctor pal Yaz. And then, well, it’s time to place bets on who will be the 14th Time Lord.

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Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Alongside new Rift Tour Quests, Epic Games has revealed the Rift Tour, a “musical experience unlike any other,” though the studio is saving the most important reveals for next week. Exclusive quests will have you working to interact with Rift Tour posters, use an alien hologram pad, and save the date in the Rift Tour tab in order to unlock new free, limited-time Rift Tour cosmetics. With guides for all of the Rift Tour Quests plus more details to come on the grand finale next weekend, here’s everything we know so far about the Fortnite Rift Tour.

When Is The Rift Tour?

The Fortnite Rift Tour will take place beginning on Friday, August 6 at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET. It’s likely a custom playlist will be made available at that time within Fortnite, and for now, you can check out the new social tab in the game’s menus called “Rift Tour,” where you and friends can RSVP to the event and see who else is going.

It’s there where you can also see the specific times of the performance, with five showings spread across the weekend. As for who’s doing the performing, we should know that come August 2, which is when Epic says it will reveal the complete details of the show. A new in-game timer and almost deafening rumors point to the headliner being Ariana Grande, but until we see confirmation of that, it remains a fun mystery.

Rift Tour Quests

Ahead of the show, you can jump into Fortnite any time starting July 29 and earn Rift Tour cosmetics for free by completing Rift Tour Quests. It’s an easier to-do list than the typical weekly challenges, but we’ve gone ahead and provided solutions to each quest just in case you’re stuck.

Interact With The Rift Tour Posters

For this quest, you’ll need to find the promotional posters scattered across the island. They can be found at the following locations:

• Believer Beach
• Risky Reels
• Misty Meadows
• Retail Row
• Retail Row

In each case, the posters are plastered to outside walls all over the locations, and you only need to interact with a single poster to complete the challenge.

Reward: Rift-sterpiece Spray

Use An Alien Hologram Pad On Top Of The Party UFO

For this challenge, you’ll want to drop on the center UFO Abductor–the one with the countdown timer– and look for a hologram pad. More holograms will be appearing in the days ahead, but if you’re there as early as you can be, you’ll already find one hologram pad that grants temporary low-gravity movement. Simply interact with it to complete this quest. Both the previous Rift Tour Quest and this one offer Party Assist too, meaning only one person in your squad needs to perform the tasks for all players in the squad to complete the challenge.

Reward: Cloudy Kitty Sticker

Save The Date In The Rift Tour Tab And Play A Match

As mentioned, the Social tab has been temporarily replace with the Rift Tour tab. Navigate to it from within the battle royale main menu and RSVP to the show, then simply load into a round of battle royale. Once completed, you’ll have earned the third Rift Tour Quest reward.

Reward: Cosmic Cuddles Loading Screen

Attend The Rift Tour

This quest isn’t shown in-game yet, but it will appear before the start of the show on August 6. To complete it, simply go to the Rift Tour. Any of the five showings between August 6-8 will earn you the final Rift Tour prize–not to mention you’ll be present for what is likely to be another huge spectacle.

Reward: Cuddle Team Glider

The new glider hasn’t been given a name publicly yet, but it’s a pink fuzzy umbrella that looks just like Cuddle Team Leader, so for now we’re taking an educated guess. We’ll update with its official name once it’s revealed. You can see the glider below.

On August 2, we’ll know a lot more about the Rift Tour, so bookmark this page and join us while we prepare for what may be Fortnite’s biggest event in over a year. Until then, don’t forget to grab this week’s Alien Artifacts, or check out the 17.21 patch notes, which brought a new weapon to the island.

Netflix has ordered a second season of Sweet Tooth, the fantasy series based on the DC comic of the same name.

The official Sweet Tooth Twitter account teased an announcement earlier this week after sharing a series of tweets from fans that had received surprise parcels in the post instructing them to unwrap the boxes on July 29. The lucky recipients of these mystery packages took to social media on Thursday to reveal the contents of the box, just as they had been advised.

BREAKING NEWS: @SweetTooth has been renewed for Season 2!

Congratulations to the cast and crew! 🎊🎉#SweetTooth #SweetToothSeason2 pic.twitter.com/RgaL5xcmkl

— Sweet Tooth Series (@SweetToothDrama) July 29, 2021

The box contained an enormous Sweet Tooth Season 2 chocolate bar, with a note that read: “To a very special fan of a very special boy. You’re amongst the very first to hear the sweet news. Sweet Tooth has been renewed for Season 2! If it’s July 29 or after, help us get the word out by posting with #SweetToothSeason2.”

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The first season of Sweet Tooth arrived on Netflix in June with an eight-episode story exploring the aftermath of The Great Crumble, from which human-animal hybrids started to emerge. Sweet Tooth himself is a half-human, half-deer who goes on a perilous adventure to discover his origins and search for a new beginning with a gruff protector.

Jim Mickle and Beth Schwartz were showrunners, executive producers, and writers on the series, with Mickle also directing. Amanda Burrell and Linda Moran executive produced alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey while Team Downey’s Evan Moore produced the series, which is an adaptation of Jeff Lemire’s critically-acclaimed comic book series.

The Downeys previously discussed the process of taking the Vertigo comic series from the page to the screen. They expressed their desire to honor the original graphic novel by holding onto its central themes and keeping its style in tact whilst also making it “a more enjoyable place” for audiences by stripping some darkness out of the storyline.

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IGN rated Sweet Tooth a 5, calling it a “post-apocalyptic story with its edges sanded down.” We noted that Jeff Lemire’s lurid comic had been turned into “a childlike adventure,” blaming the show’s wide-eyed storytelling for losing some of “the complexity, the ugliness, and the raw emotion that made the saga so rich in the first place.”

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Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Sony’s newly released PlayStation 5 system software update for beta users has added 3D audio for TV speakers, as well as trophy tracking and a whole host of other features.

The update adds support for 3D audio from TV speakers. Previously only available through headphones, this feature can be enabled in the audio output settings under ‘sound’ in the settings menu. The system can be optimised for your TV by measuring the acoustics of your room through the microphone in the DualSense controller. How effective this will be in practice remains to be seen but regardless it sounds like a welcome addition for the console.

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Another notable feature added in the update beta is a new trophy tracker. This allows players to track up to five trophies per game in the Control Centre. Tracking a trophy is a seemingly easy task; all you need to do is locate the trophy in question and click start tracking. Sony also says that the new trophy tracker will be accessible during gameplay through a new pin-to-side option, which allows players to see information about the trophies they’re tracking without having to jump back to the menus.

Outside of gameplay, Sony has changed the way that players will view the list of trophies attached to a specific game. Whereas previously trophies would show in a vertical list, you will now be able to view these horizontally. This slight but welcome change will allow fans to see more information about each trophy without manually selecting it.

Changes have also occurred on the system home screen. Once logging on, beta users will notice that different platform versions of the same game will now appear separately on the home screen. The tweak, which makes spotting specific versions of a game that little bit easier, will now indicate to users which version of the game they’re starting up, such as PS4 or PS5. This change also applies in the ‘Your Collection’ section of the Game Library.

The PS5 library has also seen a slight overhaul. When accessing the library, players will now notice that the installed tab is now the first tab that features upon launch.

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Users accessing the Game Base will notice some changes there too. Players can now access party text chats, manage multiple friend requests and send messages from the Game Base control menu in the control centre whilst party owners now also have the option to delete parties from the Game Base control menu – though doing so will delete the party for all members.

Despite continued interest from the community, one final thing worth noting is that this beta has not added 1440p support or Variable Refresh Rate support. This was highlighted earlier today in a Tweet by Verge Senior Editor, Tom Warren:

for those asking, the first PS5 beta update doesn’t include 1440p or VRR support pic.twitter.com/5ScnrrB1E5

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) July 29, 2021

For more information on the Sony Update beta, why not check out the details surrounding the PS5’s M.2 SSD support to find out which drives can and can’t be used. For more on the PS5, check out our dedicated IGN page for the latest news.

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Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.