Announcing the GamesBeat 2013 Who’s Got Game Innovation Showdown

Back for its fifth year, the Who’s Got Game Innovation Showdown spotlights seven companies — from young startups to more established players — with the freshest ideas and most disruptive technologies in gaming.

We’re happy to announce you can now apply — for free — to enter this contest. This is your opportunity to showcase your product/service live at GamesBeat 2013 in front of 500-plus industry execs, investors, and press.

Seven finalists will have four minutes to present live at GamesBeat 2013. Our team of judges — made up of gaming industry experts & venture capitalists that will be announced in the near future — will provide feedback on the products/services presented and determine a winner based on the following criteria:

  • Freshness
  • Innovation
  • Potential for business success

The winner will be announced onstage and will receive VentureBeat/GamesBeat coverage, introductions to investors and/or relevant potential experts in our network, and other prizes yet to be announced.

Past winners have included Akamon in 2012, Kaiju Empire in 2011, Turiya Media in 2010 (now Playnomics), and Exponential Entertainment in 2009.

The application deadline is Oct. 4 at  5 p.m. Pacific. You can find full showdown details and a submission form here.

Make sure to register for GamesBeat 2013 by Aug. 31 to save $100!

Thanks to the following industry leaders for supporting GamesBeat 2013: NativeX & Tapjoy as Gold Sponsors; Flurry, Kontagent, & LifeStreet Media as Silver Sponsors; and AppFlood as Event Sponsor. If you’d like to be a sponsor, please send a message to sponsors@venturebeat.com.

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. 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.