Mike Minotti, Author at GamesBeat

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Overwatch is Twitch’s most popular 2016 release

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 30, 2016
1 min

The streaming site Twitch revealed today during the keynote for its TwitchCon event in San Diego that Overwatch has been the most popular 2016 release on the site, meaning that it has attracted more viewers than any other game released during the year.

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Ubisoft holds off Vivendi, and changes for Hearthstone

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 30, 2016
3 min

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, teams and figures from the NBA get involved in the esports market, No Man’s Sky loses...

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NES Classic Edition has filters to re-create the crappy ’80s TV experience

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 30, 2016
2 min

Nintendo announced new features for the Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition, which launches November 11 for $60. The NES Classic is a mini-version of the original console, which dominated the gaming landscape from its launch in 1985 to the end of the ’80s.

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Star Wars: Commander mobile game gets Rogue One content

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 30, 2016
1 min

You don’t have to wait until December for a taste of the next Star Wars story. Disney announced today that the mobile strategy game...

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Pokémon Go made $470 million in 82 days as it moves from fad to steady success

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 30, 2016
2 min

Pokémon Go isn’t done going yet. Mobile intelligence group Newzoo has released a new report on Pokémon Go, the hit location-based game that came out...

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How Hearthstone’s new card nerfs will change the game

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 30, 2016
6 min

A new day for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is coming, and we’re trying to make sense of it. Blizzard announced Wednesday that it’s weakening seven of...

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Epic Games dishes out $50,000 in Unreal developer grants

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 29, 2016
1 min

Epic Games has announced a new wave of recipients for its Unreal Dev Grants, which gives no-strings-attached funding to people, groups, and developers that...

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Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius is now out on Amazon devices

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 29, 2016
1 min

Amazon Fire fans are getting some role-playing game love from one of the genre’s biggest franchises. Square Enix announced today that its mobile RPG Final Fantasy:...

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New Hearthstone changes will weaken some of the game’s strongest cards

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 28, 2016
3 min

Yogg-Saron’s evil reign may finally be at an end. Blizzard has announced changes to seven cards in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, its popular digital...

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Thunder Fleet is Chinese mobile game studio Kingnet’s first foray into the West

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 28, 2016
1 min

Hard to starboard! Chinese games developer Kingnet Technology announced that its mobile naval game Thunder Fleet will be its first title released for Western markets....

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