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Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we went to the Pokémon World Championships, we reviewed Deux Ex: Mankind Divided, and we look at some impressively powerful gaming laptops.
Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
Pieces of flair and opinion
- The DeanBeat: What Pokémon Go has done for augmented reality
- 8 GamesBeat University videos that teach you about the game business
- Inspired by Pokémon Go, school teacher’s book hunting game is a hit in Belgium
- Hearthstone’s One Night in Karazhan guide: How to beat The Menagerie
- You’re wrong about Titanfall 2
- Watch us play Overwatch’s new Eichenwalde map
- Super Nintendo turns 25: Why it’s the best game console ever
- Tips and tricks for staying alive in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- How Pokémon Go is boosting the Pokémon World Championships
- How to make money in VR
- The world’s best Pokémon players fight for championship in San Francisco (photo gallery)
News
- VR Studio Squanchtendo comes from a ‘Rick and Morty’ creator and Gears of War dev
- Former HBO Sports president takes over at World Esports Association
- Eleague details Counter-Strike’s second esports season on TBS
- Hearthstone’s third Karazhan adventure wing is live now
- New game studio Good Catch unveils Black & White Bushido
- While Q4 printer outlook is weak, HP says it’s gaining share in PCs
- Rocket League Championship Series is back for season 2
- Halo 5’s Forge creation tool hits Windows 10 next month
- Xbox Live Games With Gold September 2016: Forza Horizon, Mirror’s Edge, and more
- Activision is locked and loaded for its Call of Duty XP fan event
- Sliver.tv raises $6.2 million so you can view League of Legends esports battles in VR
- HTC Vive slightly beats Oculus Rift when it comes to developer loyalty
- Rovio reveals ‘Angry Birds’ movie sequel plans as company posts revenue gains
- After one year, Ark: Survival Evolved developer is expertly navigating Early Access
- Endless Space 2 hits Early Access in September as Sega preserves Amplitude’s design philosophy
- The Witness comes to Xbox One
- PlayStation 3 games come to PC via PS Now streaming service and DualShock 4 adapter
- Eleague, FaceIt announce teams and schedule for $100K Overwatch Open
- Call of Duty 2 gets backward compatibility support for Xbox One
- A look inside Microsoft’s HoloLens holographic headset
- Disbelief LLC is the new name of the studio that helped ship Oculus Dreamdeck
- Xotic’s Drone Z170 PC gaming rig screams with silent speed
- Call of Duty beats Battlefield 1 as the most anticipated new release, according to study
- Gamers spent less on Nintendo’s Amiibo and more on Lego Dimensions in July
- July 2016 NPD: Summer game drought continues to hold back revenues
- Oculus VR fires back at ZeniMax over latest lawsuit allegations
- Sony reportedly has a PlayStation 4 Slim to go along with the more expensive Neo
- PlayStation Plus annual membership now costs $60 a year, not $50
- Divinity: Original Sin II is coming to Steam Early Access on September 15
- Shadow of the Colossus had a bunch of monsters cut from the game
- Netgear launches Orbi Wi-Fi routers to cover your whole home
Mobile and social
- Wargaming shuts down its WG Cells mobile studio
- Zootopia Crime Files: Hidden Object hops to a strong start on iPad
- Andrew Sheppard appointed CEO of Gree International Entertainment
- You can now play Solitaire and Tic-Tac-Toe in Google’s search results
- Zynga takes virtual farmers into new territory with FarmVille: Tropic Escape
- Futureplay Games raises $2.5 million for ‘view-to-play’ mobile entertainment
- Plarium launches mobile fantasy game Throne: Kingdom at War
- Muhammad Ali is now the star of a match-3 puzzle game
- Pokémon Go is ‘the most successful mobile launch in history,’ SuperData says
- Wands casts a spell as it soars to the top of Samsung Gear VR store
- Lumines: Puzzle & Music launches September 1 on iOS and Android
- Viewers engage with ads in VR much more than in mobile or desktop apps
- Color Switch’s 100 million downloads show indies can still thrive in mobile gaming
- Diving into the Samsung app store: soup, superheroes, and doodling with the devil
Previews, reviews, and interviews
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 review: insane gaming and VR power in one graphics card
- Endless Legend’s Tempest expansion adds layers of strategy with naval combat
- Nvidia Pascal-powered laptops are blowing my mind
- Humanity tears itself apart in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Blizzard talks crafting Hearthstone’s Karazhan, Purify anger, and Arena’s future