Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat with award winners Meggan Scavio and Rich Vogel.

GamesBeat Summit 2023 unveils Visionary and Up-and-Comer Award winners

GamesBeat unveiled its 2023 Visionary Awards at the close of the GamesBeat Summit 2023 event in Los Angeles today.

The winners are Visionary Award winner Meggan Scavio, president of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, and Up-and-Comer winner Rich Vogel, a veteran of the online gaming industry.

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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.