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FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki interview adds a quiet counterpoint to that summer's mobile craze.","twitterPost":"Dead by Daylight's June release sparked its popularity, but Pokemon GO's dominance defined summer 2016, with Miyazaki's interview as a counterpoint.","threadsPost":"Dead by Daylight's popularity ignited after its June 2016 release, yet Pokemon GO dominated the season. FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki interview offers a quieter contrast to the mobile craze, a reminder of how one summer can hold both a phenomenon and a craft.","newsletterBlurb":"4Gamer's latest retrospective revisits its most popular articles from summer 2016, a season where Pokemon GO dominated and Dead by Daylight's popularity took off. 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