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‘Hunger Games’ film studio Lionsgate moves into the game business

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Lionsgate, the film studio that has made The Hunger Games and Divergent movies, has hired digital media entrepreneur Peter Levin to lead a new division that will invest in or make games.

Peter Levin of Lionsgate
Peter Levin of Lionsgate

Levin will be president of interactive ventures and games and will report to Lionsgate chief executive Jon Feltheimer. The appointment is another sign that games are becoming a critical way for entertainment companies to make money from their intellectual properties.

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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.