Mike Minotti, Author at GamesBeat

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Oculus’s head of marketing joins Microsoft’s mixed reality division

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 1, 2017
2 min

Microsoft today revealed it hired Liz Hamren from Oculus to head up marketing for mixed reality as the company begins to build out its efforts...

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How Palmer Luckey’s departure from Oculus can change VR

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 1, 2017
4 min

The above tweet comes from May 17, 2012, almost five years ago now, with John Carmack showing off the early prototype of the Rift...

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Twitch releases trailer for its competitive Big Buck Hunter documentary, Ironsights

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 31, 2017
1 min

Even hunting virtual animals can get you a following online. Twitch today released the trailer for Ironsights, the company’s first in-house mini-documentary. Twitch is...

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Hearthstone: Journey to Un’Goro is launching on April 6

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 31, 2017
1 min

Hearthstone’s dinosaurs are just a few stomps away. Blizzard announced today that the next expansion for its digital card game behemoth, Journey to Un’Goro,...

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THQ Nordic acquires the retro action-platformer Rad Rodgers

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 31, 2017
1 min

THQ Nordic has once again expanded its portfolio. The publisher announced today that it has purchased the assets of Slipgate Studios, which developed the action-platformer Rad Rodgers for PC. THQ Nordic now owns the series.

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Our first look at Destiny 2 and Palmer Lucky leaves Facebook

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 31, 2017
3 min

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we reviewed Persona 5, the classic Planescape: Torment is getting a remaster, and we looked back...