Mike Minotti, Author at GamesBeat

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Pokémon Go is getting a big update, and Nintendo goes to The Tonight Show

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 9, 2016
3 min

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we review The Last Guardian, look at Japan’s arcade industry, and PewDiePie is threatening to delete...

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Heroes of the Storm’s game director leaves for unknown Blizzard project

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 8, 2016
1 min

Blizzard’s MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) has a new man in charge. Heroes of the Storm director Dustin Browder announced on Blizzard’s forums that he...

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Pokémon Go turns Starbucks into Pokécafes

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 8, 2016
1 min

Pokémon Go developer Niantic announced a new partnership today with coffee store chain Starbucks today, turning thousands of locations into either Pokéstops (which give players items like Pokéballs and potions) or gyms (where you can fight other people’s Pokémon).

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Nintendo surprises The Tonight Show with a playable Nintendo Switch and Zelda

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 8, 2016
1 min

We knew Nintendo would be showing off the mobile game Super Mario Run on The Tonight Show, but the Japanese company surprised host Jimmy...

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Ubisoft is taking Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance to the world’s largest indoor theme park

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 7, 2016
2 min

Forget about Mickey — you could have a theme park adventure with assassins and crazy rabbits. Ubisoft announced today that it is partnering with...

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Pokémon Go players have a new haven: Sprint stores

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 7, 2016
1 min

Sprint hopes that you’ll take a break from all that monster-collecting to check out some new phones. Pokémon Go today announced a new partnership...

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PlayStation 4 sales pass 50 million consoles after the brand’s strongest Black Friday ever

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 7, 2016
1 min

The PlayStation 4 has hit a big milestone thanks to the biggest shopping day of the year. Sony announced today that its flagship console’s...

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Pokémon Go is getting new Pokémon, info coming on December 12

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 7, 2016
1 min

Pokémon Go is getting ready for its biggest update ever. Niantic and the Pokémon company announced in a short release sent to GamesBeat that more creatures...

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Battlerite’s winter patch will add a new champion and cosmetics on December 14

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 6, 2016
1 min

Developer Stunlock Studios announced a winter patch coming to its PC arena brawler. The update is coming on December 14 and will add a new ranking system, cosmetics, and a new (yet unrevealed) champion.

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Overwatch winter event begins December 13 for an a-Mei-zing Christmas time

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 6, 2016
1 min

Over the watch and through the team kills, to Sombra’s house we go. Overwatch’s Twitter account has teased a new in-game event, this time...

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