Is Windows 8.1 going to be a window of opportunity for games on the PC and Windows Phone, or will it take Windows gaming into obscurity?
Kenny Rosenblatt of Arkadium
We’re pleased to announce that Ari Levy, a technology editor and reporter for Bloomberg News, will moderate a session on this topic at our conference on Oct. 29-Oct. 30 in Redwood City, Calif. He will interview Arkadium chief executive Kenny Rosenblatt, who has made a big bet on Windows gaming, and Microsoft Windows Games manager Justin Saint Clair. They will field tough questions on what it takes to make the No. 1 gaming system in the world expand from PCs to tablets and smartphones. They’ll talk about what the next frontier in gaming will be and the hurdles Microsoft has to overcome.
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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.
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