Check out 70 videos from the talks at GamesBeat 2015
GamesBeat 2015 has come and gone, but the videos of our main stage talks live on. We had a lot of cool talks on...
Don’t be afraid to fail now in order to succeed later at making virtual reality games
Jason Rubin was skeptical about the new Oculus virtual reality head-mounted display before he even threw on a pair for the first time nearly...
A deep dive into gaming’s struggles with diversity
The game industry’s lack of diversity came into sharp focus last year during Gamergate, the Internet hate movement that led to harassment of female...
VCs favor putting their money into esports and virtual reality
Many venture capitalists are shy about investing in games. And for the first nine months of 2015, game investments were down about 35 percent from...
Chris Heatherly explains Disney’s wild ride in mobile gaming
Disney has the best entertainment brands in the world, and it has been a player in the modern mobile gaming industry for years. But...
Diversity in the game industry: Unconscious bias keeps you from listening … and could hurt your business
The breakout sessions at GamesBeat 2015 were a bit different in format from other presentations at the show, allowing larger groups of panelists to...
How Lionsgate is trying to break the movie-game curse
Since Peter Levin joined movie studio Lionsgate last year as head of interactive ventures and games, he has been a heavy dealmaker. Levin has...
For Brianna Wu, VR offers a chance to broaden gaming and escape Internet hate
Brianna Wu, the head of development and cofounder of Giant Spacekat, said she has received more than 180 death threats in the past year...
The branding game: It’s about savvy partnerships and communication, not ‘brand slaps’
It wasn’t long ago that mobile game companies could easily get a license to make branded games featuring movie or cartoon characters. But brand...
Game Insight’s Anatoly Ropotov explains how to build sustainable free-to-play mobile games
Free-to-play monetization has helped turn mobile gaming into a $30 billion industry. But many tactics of the successful leaders reflect a “slash-and-burn” mentality. They...