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GamesBeat Summit 2023: Why Hollywood and games is finally working out

I’m very pleased to announce that David Haddad, president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, will be doing a fireside chat with me at our GamesBeat Summit 2023 event on May 22-23 at the Marina del Rey Marriott in Los Angeles.

The in-person event will be accompanied by a third day of virtual content on May 24. You can use this code GBSDEANNEWS for a 40% discount on tickets. On our 15th annual event, which carries the theme The Next Level, Haddad will help us flesh out our theme on Hollywood and games.

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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.