DeanBeat News Archives

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Thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of Light strives to turn strangers into friends

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 28, 2020
3 min

When you want to watch a movie with someone, you usually ask them what kind of film they’re in the mood to see. If...

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3 min

Panelists (starting top left and clockwise) Phil Sanderson, Eric Goldberg, Rick Yang, and Michael Cheung.

Posted inin Gameplay

Big game investment outlook is mixed as demand and fear rise

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 28, 2020
5 min

The outlook for big game investments is mixed, as both demand and fear are rising. That’s one of the observations from a panel of...

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5 min

Upper left and counter-clockwise: David Chang of Juno Capital, David Gardner of LVP, Gregory Milken of March Capital Partners, and Shanti Bergel of Transcend Fund.

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Early-stage investors tackle the coronavirus’ effect on game investing

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 28, 2020
5 min

The impact of the coronavirus on the world economy and investments in gaming isn’t yet known. But some expert discussion grappled with the subject...

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5 min

Brian Bowman of Consumer Acquisition gives a lesson in Facebook advertising.

Posted inin Technology

Brian Bowman: Why it’s so hard to beat Facebook’s automated control video ads

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 28, 2020
4 min

Facebook advertisers may spend a lot of money trying to come up with new kinds of ads for games and other apps, but it...

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4 min

Resolute Partners Group founder and managing partner Ryan McDermott likes the chances for game companies that have user-generated content titles like Roblox in the age of the coronavirus.

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User-generated content platforms like Roblox and Minecraft are in ‘good position’ during pandemic

Posted byby Jason Wilson
April 28, 2020
2 min

Game studios have been in a unique position since the beginning of the pandemic. Many other industries have faced huge hardship, with local governments...

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2 min

Andreea Enache of Blind Squirrel Games and Jon Goldman of GC Tracker Fund/Greycroft/Skybound.

Posted inin Gameplay

Jon Goldman: Gaming is the best form of entertainment

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 28, 2020
4 min

Jon Goldman is a bit biased, but he believes that gaming will become the best form of entertainment, eclipsing film and television. Plenty of...

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4 min

ah, crap, my wife has to go into work wednesday, so I'll have to step aside to handle kiddo stuff off-and-on during day.

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ESA CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis believes that the world is seeing the good that gaming can do

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 28, 2020
2 min

Stanley Pierre-Louis has been the CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, the game industry’s lobbying group and the creator of the big E3 trade...

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2 min

IGN games editor-in-chief Tina Amini talks with writer Gary Whittia on how story is also a feature of next-generation development.

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Story is just as important as graphics when it comes to gaming’s next generation

Posted byby Jason Wilson
April 28, 2020
5 min

It’s all well and good to discuss next-generation consoles in terms of their computational prowess, their graphical capabilities, and the kinds of games that...