Will Harbin, CEO of Kixeye
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GamesBeat 2014’s latest speakers include a free-to-play pioneer, an ad man, and a gambler

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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We are excited to announce three more new speakers at GamesBeat 2014, our game industry conference that takes place Sept. 15 and Sept. 16 at the Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel in San Francisco.

Recruiting video games makes fun of rivalsOur newest speakers include Will Harbin, the chairman and chief executive of Kixeye. Harbin is a serial entrepreneur who runs the developer and publisher of online strategy and combat games such as Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates, and War Commander. More recently, Kixeye has been creating new mobile games for hardcore gamers, including a mobile version of Backyard Monsters.

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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.