Electric Gamebox is building retail social gaming pods.

Electric Gamebox raises $11M to build gaming pods to revive retailers

In the wake of the pandemic, retailers need all the help they can get. Electric Gamebox has raised $11 million to revive retail locations with immersive gaming pods.

These pods are Gamebox game rooms, interactive digital smart rooms that allow two to six players to play games in retail spaces.

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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.