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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
- Retail Gear VR will ship in November for $99, aimed at a mainstream audience (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9392651/retail-gear-vr-shown-at-oculus-connect)
- Oculus makes huge play for VR video with Netflix, Twitch support coming to Gear VR (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9393045/netflix-gear-vr-twitch)
- Adrift is now an Oculus Rift launch title, delayed to 2016 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9394529/adrift-release-date-oculus-rift-launch-game)
- Minecraft is coming to the Oculus Rift (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9393153/minecraft-is-coming-to-the-oculus-rift)
- Maxis boss Lucy Bradshaw leaves EA, studio being brought under EA's mobile division (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9392697/ea-maxis-lucy-bradshaw-departs-mobile)
- Star Wars Battlefront beta kicks off Oct. 8 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9392589/star-wars-battlefront-beta-date)
- Call of Duty's new eSports league will have $3 million and amateurs in 2016 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9391875/activision-call-of-duty-esports-league)
- Nickelodeon indulges in ‘90s nostalgia with new programming block (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9394741/nickelodeon-nostalgia-the-splat-new-block)
### THE BEST OF THE REST
- Heroes sucked, but here's how Heroes Reborn can suck less (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9391735/heroes-sucked-but-heres-how-heroes-reborn-can-suck-less)
- Marvel's Jessica Jones, explained (http://www.polygon.com/comics/2015/9/24/9366741/jessica-jones-marvel-netflix)
- TwitchCon 2015: What it is, and what to watch (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9387647/what-is-twitchcon)
- This is what it's like to watch Netflix in virtual reality (http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/24/9394383/gear-vr-netflix-hands-on) |