Starting diversity efforts for gaming during college
The games industry has a skills problem. More precisely, it has a retention problem. It’s hard for companies to hang on to talent. Crunch,...
The conflict in Ukraine: Impact on the gaming industry
“Games are a cultural force,” says Kate Edwards in her closing remarks on this panel on the geopolitical dynamics of games. In the last...
Josef Fares doesn’t think games need to be fun to succeed
Josef Fares has an interesting take on how to make a successful game. The film director turned game designer has several games under his...
Jenova Chen: How to foster positive human connections
Jenova Chen is a deft hand at keeping interactions civil. People engaging in toxic behaviors on the Internet is a problem as old as...
European publishers are eyeing Turkey for its game-dev talent
Much like witnessing a sunrise from a camp site in the Big Sur or that crisp feeling of trying on a Saint Laurent suit...
GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 opening speech — Blue shirt or red shirt?
Here’s Dean Takahashi’s opening speech at the GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 event. Let me start with a question. Would you like to...
GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2’s awesome agenda
We have packed inspiring speakers and engaging sessions into our GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 event coming on January 26-27. This post gives...
GamesBeat Summit is reaching out to get more women speakers
I want to thank people for the criticism last week on social media. People weren’t happy when they saw our first picture of our...
The DeanBeat: Thanks for being part of the GamesBeat community
Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for reading GamesBeat and VentureBeat. We are grateful to our community for reading our stories, giving us news tips, commenting...
GamesBeat Summit speakers: Laura Miele, Robert Antokol, Aaron Loeb, Geoff Keighley, and Jennifer Oneal
GamesBeat Summit 2021: Growing the Next Generation will feature a full slate of visionary speakers in an online-only event on April 28 and April...