Minimap July 23: Valve and HTC's Vive VR, Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide

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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

• Valve and HTC's Vive stand at the precipice of VR's future, but they may have a long wait
• Civilization turns again with Beyond Earth Rising Tide

THE BEST OF THE REST

• Using military tactics against zombies in Breach and Clear: Deadline
• Watch a Hearthstone match with cards from the Grand Tournament expansion
• Watch five minutes of new, weird Devil's Third gameplay
• First Dragon Quest Builders screenshots show off Square Enix's Minecraft-like RPG
• Here's the 10-minute pitch that convinced ABC that TV was ready for the Muppets again
• Snoop Dogg rallies support for backward-compatible college football on Xbox One