Let's kick off the Who's Got Game Innovation Showdown 2014

It’s time to announce our Who’s Got Game Innovation Showdown 2014 contest for the best game startup. The applications are open now, and we’ll select the winner at our sixth annual GamesBeat 2014 conference on Sept. 15 and Sept. 16 at the Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco.

We’re looking for the game companies — from young startups to more established players — with the freshest ideas and most disruptive technologies.

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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.