John Riccitiello, the former CEO of Electronic Arts and active investor in game startups.
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EA’s ex-CEO John Riccitiello to speak at GamesBeat 2013

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John Riccitiello, active game investor and former CEO of Electronic Arts
John Riccitiello, an active game investor and the former CEO of Electronic Arts.

John Riccitiello, an active investor in game companies and the former chief executive at Electronic Arts, is a speaker at our  GamesBeat 2013 conference, which takes place Oct. 29-Oct. 30 at the Sofitel Hotel in Redwood City, Calif. This year, the GamesBeat conference will be a standalone event all about the full spectrum of gaming.

I plan to interview him in a chat, “Is ‘Mobile vs. Console’ the Right Question?”

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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.