Room 8 Group is an external game development company.

Room 8 Group hires game dev and tech leaders and consolidates brands

Room 8 Group said it is strengthening its business structure by combining a couple of gaming brands and hiring new game development and technology leaders.

Dragons Lake and Solid Bash brands will consolidate under the Room 8 Group brand. For 2025, Room 8 Group aims to be an end-to-end strategic partner in external game development.

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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.