Tina Summerford: Why the story of Xbox is so compelling 20 years later
Power On: The Story of Xbox is a six-part documentary debuting Monday about the making of Microsoft’ s Xbox video game consoles. I recorded...
Ed Fries interview — From building games for the original Xbox to investing in gaming startups
Without good games, the original Xbox would have crumbled in defeat before the gaming might of Sony and Nintendo. While Microsoft is a solid...
Xbox leaders reunion panel — What went right and almost went wrong
The former leaders of the original Xbox game leadership team got together for a reunion panel during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). I moderated...
Arcade sports mobile game maker Bit Fry Game Studios raises $3.5 million
Bit Fry Game Studios has raised $3.5 million to make arcade-action sports mobile and console games such as its Ultimate Rivals: The Rink. The...
The state of seed-stage investing for games
Venture capital and seed investors once stayed away from game investments because they were “hit-driven businesses.” But David Gardner, general partner of London Venture...
The DeanBeat: Telling stories at GamesBeat Summit 2019
We’ve got 97 luminaries speaking at our GamesBeat Summit 2019 event on April 23-24 in Los Angeles. I’ve spent the better part of six...
The DeanBeat: Our dream event with Atari father Nolan Bushnell, Respawn’s Vince Zampella and Spider-Man dude Ted Price
I’ve been dreaming about putting on a great game industry event for a long time. We’ve been doing our GamesBeat conferences for a decade...
Diversity needs to be an inside job
Disneyland was a good place to check out the diversity of the game industry. I attended the Casual Connect game conference last week at...
Game of X captures the making of Microsoft’s Xbox and its Windows gaming business
Rusel DeMaria is interested in the history of games, and he doesn’t want it to slip away from us. DeMaria wrote High Score! The...
Former Xbox leader Ed Fries quizzes Feargal Mac on Atari’s new console
Atari is charging forward with its plans to make a new video game console, the Ataribox, the first such hardware from the iconic American...