Here’s our agenda for GamesBeat 2016: The Platform Awakens — with 93 speakers
I’ve worked for months to recruit, and sometimes re-recruit, 93 speakers for GamesBeat 2016, our game conference that runs August 1-3 at the beautiful...
Pokémon Go creator John Hanke of Niantic to speak at GamesBeat 2016
John Hanke has come a long way with Niantic Labs, the creator of the mobile gaming sensation Pokémon Go. That augmented reality game is...
Introducing the GamesBeat 2016 developer contest
We’re happy to announce the GamesBeat 2016 developer contest. We’re going to pick five developers who will demo their games at our annual GamesBeat conference,...
How Cliff Bleszinski redeemed himself with his latest shooter, Lawbreakers
Cliff Bleszinski feels vindicated. The former game designer at Epic Games felt like he had to leave his old company to make a new...
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (video)
Editor’s note: We previously published a transcript of our fireside chat with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. Now we’re publishing the video below. Sweeney’s...
The DeanBeat: Everybody is an underdog. What you do about it is what matters
At our GamesBeat Summit 2016 event this week, our theme was about underdogs. And during our talks with some of the leaders of the...
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform
Microsoft wants to unify its desktop, mobile and game platforms through the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). At the recent Microsoft Build conference, Microsoft CEO...
Unity’s David Helgason on game design, VR, and mobile’s future
David Helgason cofounded Unity Technologies in 2003 to make a game engine that could help democratize game development. Over more than a decade, he...
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney will talk Windows openness and more at GamesBeat Summit
We’re happy to be adding Tim Sweeney as a mainstage speaker for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that’s set for May 3 and May...
Microsoft game chief Phil Spencer on openness, HoloLens, and Xbox 1.5
Microsoft has had its fair share of criticism about its platform strategy. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, recently blasted Microsoft’s commitment to an open...