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EA’s Peter Moore will take on what’s next for esports at GamesBeat 2016

The big companies are moving into esports, which wandered for many years in the wilderness.

Esports is expected grow to $892 million by the end of this year, market researcher SuperData forecasts, and that 1 billion people will know about competitive gaming. Investors, startups, and giant game publishers alike are rushing to stake out territory that they believe will be valuable in the future.

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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.