USC Games Expo 2020 is online only on May 12.
The USC Games Expo 2020 took place online on May 12.
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How the USC Games Expo pivoted to an online-only event with 50 student demos

The University of Southern California Games Expo has shifted to an online-only expo with more than 50 student game demos.

USC Games director Danny Bilson said in an interview with GamesBeat that the school has had to scramble in recent weeks to convert a 2,000-person physical event for students and faculty into an all-digital event.

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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.