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Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a podcast about the biggest news of the day.
Minimap is your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. Here's what we're covering today:
THE BIG STORIES
- YouTube launching its own dedicated gaming app and website, YouTube Gaming
- Double Dragon and other Technos brands acquired by Arc System Works (update)
- Scalebound and Crackdown for Xbox One skipping E3, will show up at Gamescom
- Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight will hit theaters this Christmas
- Oh Deer!, the last PlayStation Mobile game, will have a weird, short life
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Kickstarter closes with $5.5M in crowdfunding
- Valve announces Dota 2 Reborn, beta to launch next week
- Roy and Ryu video found in next Smash Bros. update
THE BEST OF THE REST
- The big games of E3 2015
- How a French studio set out to make the next great Japanese RPG
- Battleborn is a frenetic co-op combat game that's crammed with choices
- Tearaway Unfolded is coming to PS4 Sept. 8
- Yep, this Yoshi's Woolly World gameplay trailer confirms everything is still adorable
- Opening to Full House recreated in perverse shot-for-shot with Grand Theft Auto 5