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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Sonic’s new look, the Dice Summit, and a blind video game journalist

Leaked character art from Sega's Sonic Boom.

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Welcome to another weekly collection of GamesBeat’s stories, interviews, reviews, and more. This time, Sonic and his friends got a new makeover, the Dice Summit handed out honors and awards, World of Warcraft bounced back, and we talked to a blind, disabled, gay gaming journalist.

You can find all of that much more of coverage from the last week below.

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From the Dice Summit


Above: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft for PC and Mac.

Image Credit: Blizzard

News


Above: Popeye might appeal to an older casino audience.

Image Credit: King Features

Mobile and social


Reviews


Above: Henry Sterchi, Brad Rebh, and Rahul Sandil of Team Dakota, makers of Project Spark.

Image Credit: Dean Takahashi

Previews and interviews


Pieces of flair