GamesBeat Summit Next: Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, Niantic’s John Hanke, Xbox’s Sarah Bond

Sometimes you need people to inspire you to greater heights and to believe that some amazing technology is just around the corner. That’s what we’ll celebrate with our inspiring talks at our GamesBeat Summit Next event. And sometimes you need someone to be brutally honest and throw some cold water on crazy ideas that are overhyped and scammy.

I suspect we’ll be hearing both of those messages at our event (you can sign up here) on November 9-10 with some of the most interesting pioneers of the gaming industry. As the word “next” implies, this is about the ideas on the edge of the industry that could expand games behind its natural borders as the growth from the pandemic comes down to earth. I’m happy to announce some amazing speakers, but I’ll leave to you to figure out who will inspire you or slap you in the face with reality.