Mike Minotti, Author at GamesBeat

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Switch, Zelda, and the Game Developers Conference

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 3, 2017
4 min

Most of our staff spent the week covering the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, checking out new games and technologies and getting to hear from some of the best minds in the industry. Also, Blizzard revealed a new hero for Overwatch, and Oculus made some of its VR stuff cheaper.

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild makes chemistry just as important as physics

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 3, 2017
2 min

You’ve probably heard of physics engines in games. But what about chemistry engines? The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s technical director, Takuhiro...

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Final Fantasy XV’s four friends were inspired by some interesting (fake and real) people

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 2, 2017
2 min

An action star, a spy, a kid playing hooky from school, and a ’90s grunge-band frontman go on a road trip. Who wouldn’t want to...

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild looks like Wind Waker for a reason

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 1, 2017
2 min

The newest Zelda has an aesthetic link to the past. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the next installment in Nintendo’s...

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s first prototype looked like an NES game

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 1, 2017
1 min

What’s old is new (and in this case, also went from green to blue). The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game director...

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3 ways Pokémon Go evolved during development

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 1, 2017
2 min

Pokémon Go didn’t hatch out of a Poké-egg looking exactly like how we know it. Dennis Wang, director of interaction and visual design at Pokémon...

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Blade & Soul: Table Arena makes the Clash Royale formula work in VR

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 28, 2017
2 min

The Oculus Rift is getting a new (and yet familiar) competitive experience. Blade & Soul: Table Arena is a spin-off of the massively multiplayer...

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How planning and technology helped Naughty Dog animate Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 28, 2017
4 min

So, this is how you animate an Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Jeremy Yates, a lead animator at Naughty Dog, talked Monday at the...

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5 Horizon: Zero Dawn tips that’ll ease your robot-dino hunting adventure

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 28, 2017
4 min

You’ll need a lot more than a bow and some arrows to survive in this world. Horizon: Zero Dawn is out now for PlayStation...

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Hearthstone’s Journey to Un’Goro expansion will bring new mechanics and dinosaurs in April (update)

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 27, 2017
3 min

God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates digital card game expansion with dinosaurs. Blizzard announced today that the...

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