GamesBeat Summit 2025 will take place on May 19-20, 2025 in Los Angeles.

GamesBeat Summit 2025 agenda: Lotsa talks on getting back to growth (updated)

I’m a bit late but overjoyed to present our full agenda for our GamesBeat Summit 2025 event on May 19-20 at the Marina del Rey Marriott in Los Angeles. You can use this code gbs25dean25 for a 25% discount on tickets.

It’s my pleasure to note this is our 17th annual event, and our theme is Back to Growth. It’s also the first time that we are celebrating the industry as an independent GamesBeat. Our company is now led by me (Dean Takahashi), editorial director, and Gina Joseph, CEO. Our expert staff has come with us, and so we expect this to be a seamless event for veteran event goers.

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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.