GamesBeat 2017 announces three more decision makers from gaming’s past and future
GamesBeat 2017 will take place at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5-6, and we’re delighted to announce our next three speakers. This...
Dhruva’s Rajesh Rao is still bullish on India’s game market — after two decades
Rajesh Rao is one of the founding fathers of India’s game industry. He started Dhruva Interactive in Bangalore almost 20 years ago. Dhruva was...
Microsoft Games pioneer Ed Fries spends 3 months fixing Gotcha, the first color arcade game
Ed Fries was one of the pioneers of video games at Microsoft. He took over Microsoft’s game business in 1995 and moved it into...
A decade later, the former chief Xbox officer revisits his critical decisions
Microsoft lost $5 billion to $7 billion on the original Xbox, launched in 2001. And it made billions of dollars on the Xbox 360....
Gaming’s veterans tell how to break into the business (part 2)
Game veterans talk about the games of the future at the Quo Vadis game event in Berlin.
Gaming’s veterans tell how to break into the business
If you want to get into games, think about the advice from these American game creators.
As pixelated art takes off, Pixowl aims to grow its Sandbox to 100M players (exclusive)
Pixowl recruits industry veterans Randy Breen and Ed Fries as advisors.
The true Las Vegas confessions of game industry leaders
Talks by Insomniac chief Ted Price and Ed Fries showed the human side of being a game industry big shot.
How to judge Ouya’s success as the gaming world changes
The old ways of judging the console wars won't apply in the free-to-play indie world.
The DeanBeat: Microsoft goes crazy with its appointment of new gaming chief
Or does it? After all, Microsoft will try to appeal to gamers and non-gamers at the same time.