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The DeanBeat: The Game Awards and the game industry are back

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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It was nice to be back in the culture of gaming last night at The Game Awards. I went there in person with my kid to the Los Angeles venue, and we had a good time watching one game after another get announced and proud game developers take the stage to accept awards.

In its seventh year, Geoff Keighley’s annual event returned to the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles’ lively LA Live entertainment complex. People were thirsty to meet each other again, and some of them wore masks. The JW Marriott lobby was hopping with game people again. We’re back.

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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.