Mike Minotti, Author at GamesBeat

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Sensor Tower — Call of Duty: Mobile has 3 million installs and rising

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 1, 2019
1 min

Call of Duty: Mobile came out today, and it’s already seen 3 million installs according to market analyst Sensor Tower. This mobile version of...

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PUBG adds crossplay for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 1, 2019
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PUBG‘s update today has enabled crossplay between PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The battle royale shooter has been a giant hit since its 2017...

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New MMO studio from CCP and Remedy vets will use cloud gaming

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 1, 2019
1 min

Mainframe Industries is a new video game studio that will specialize in massively multiplayer online games with cloud gaming. The company will have studios...

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Dragalia Lost is coming to mobile on September 27.

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Sensor Tower: Dragalia Lost earned $106 Million in its first year

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September 30, 2019
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Dragalia Lost, Nintendo’s only mobile game that isn’t built on existing franchises like Mario or Fire Emblem, has made $106 million in its first...

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Tencent will become Funcom’s largest shareholder

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September 30, 2019
1 min

Tencent announced today that it has agreed to acquire 29% of Funcom‘s shares, making it the largest shareholder in the independent game developer and...

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The RetroBeat: Zelda’s Oracle games deserve some Link’s Awakening-style love

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 26, 2019
3 min

Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening remake for the Switch is the retro gaming event of the month. It’s a fantastic re-imagining of...

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Hearthstone is shaking things up by bringing fan-favorite cards out of retirement

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September 26, 2019
2 min

Look out, insects! Ragnaros the Firelord, N’Zoth, and 21 other cards are coming out of Hearthstone‘s Wild format and into Standard for a limited...

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Esports is big, but it needs to a better payment system.

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ESL and Dreamhack team up with Nielsen for better esports tracking

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 26, 2019
1 min

Two of the biggest esports organizers in the world, ESL and Dreamhack, announced today that they are entering into a “comprehensive epsort measurement agreement”...