GamesBeat Summit 2024 is May 20-21.
GamesBeat Summit 2024 is May 20-21.
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GamesBeat Summit 2024 will be about resilience and adaptation

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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GamesBeat Summit 2024 will take place on May 20 to May 21 in Los Angeles and address relevant real-world issues facing the game industry.

We know that the game industry has had a rough year and an even rougher January when it comes to layoffs. Why is this happening? Is this part of a cycle, or is there something structurally changing in the game industry? And how can companies and people be more resilient and adapt to the change?

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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.