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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.

Mobile puzzle game Two Dots reaches 30 million downloads — Playdots says it’s ‘making new games’ as well

The mobile puzzle game Two Dots has hit 30 million downloads, with people playing it over 5 billion times, developer Playdots Inc. revealed today. That makes the free-to-play game a big hit in a mobile industry that could reach $30 billion and exceed the console industry’s revenues this year, according to market researcher Newzoo.

Evolve gets a new, free, and faster-paced Arena Mode

The multiplayer shooter gets a new mode today, and it’s completely free. Arena Mode takes the 4-vs-1 gameplay — where four players take on a monster that a fifth controls — and puts it inside smaller arenas (hence the name). This ditches some of the normal game’s long and sometimes tedious tracking of the beast.