Dean Takahashi, Author at GamesBeat

Striking Distance Studios is making triple-A games.

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Glen Schofield: How to build a new triple-A game studio in the midst of a pandemic

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 2, 2020
13 min

I had a nice conversation with Glen Schofield, the former co-head of Sledgehammer Games and now founder of Striking Distance Studios. I asked him if...

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Mr. Autofire is the first game from Lightheart Entertainment

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Lightheart Entertainment raises $1.4 million for ‘hyper core’ mobile gaming

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 2, 2020
2 min

Lightheart Entertainment has raised $1.4 million in seed funding for what it calls “hyper core” mobile games, which it says are deep enough to...

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2 min

10th Gen Intel Core H-Series processors are hitting the market in laptops in April.

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Intel launches 10th Gen Core H-Series laptop processors at up to 5.3GHz

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April 2, 2020
3 min

Intel has launched its first laptop processors, the 10th Gen Core H-Series, that break the 5GHz barrier with speeds that range from 2.3GHz to...

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The Razer Blade 15 is getting new Intel and Nvidia graphics.

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Razer Blade 15 debuts with Intel Core i7, Nvidia GeForce RTX Super, and 300Hz display

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 2, 2020
3 min

Razer is upgrading its Razer Blade 15 gaming laptop with Intel’s latest Core i7 processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX Super graphics processing units (GPUs)....

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The action is Shadowgun War Games is more tactical, where you try to out-think rivals rather than shoot them first.

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Madfinger’s Shadowgun War Games crosses 2 million mobile downloads

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April 1, 2020
5 min

Madfinger Games has generated more than 2 million downloads for Shadowgun War Games, its latest free-to-play tactical first-person shooter that debuted last month on...

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Mike Morhaime retired in April after nearly 28 years at Blizzard.

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GamesBeat Summit Digital speakers: Mike Morhaime, Owen Mahoney, and Mike Frazzini

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 1, 2020
4 min

We’re taking GamesBeat Summit 2020 into a digital online-only format. And today, we’re revealing three new speakers for the event: former Blizzard Entertainment president...

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4 min

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Disney Emoji Blitz mobile game debuts in Japan

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 1, 2020
2 min

Jam City, the company behind Disney Frozen Adventures and Cookie Jam, has launched its popular match-3 game Disney Emoji Blitz in Japan, the second-largest...