Adam Boyes, CEO of Iron Galaxy, at the MIGS 2016 event in Montreal.
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Ex-Sony exec Adam Boyes tells devs what to learn from the Gold Rush

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The modern game industry is frequently compared to the rags-to-riches era of the Gold Rush. And Adam Boyes, the CEO of Iron Galaxy Studios and former developer relations chief at Sony’s PlayStation business, made that comparison again yesterday at the Montreal International Game Summit.

In a keynote speech at MIGS 2016, Boyes went further than usual with the comparison, pointing out the series of mini gold rushes that came on a regular cadence during the history of the American and Canadian pioneer days.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.