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GamesBeat's next event is at the Grammy Museum on December 12, 2024.

Our star-filled agenda — GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games on December 12 in LA (updated)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 5, 2024
5 min

We’re excited to unveil our agenda for our much-anticipated GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conference. And I’m excited to say that the event...

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5 min

Rachel Kaser, Dmitri Johnson, Ted Schilowitz and Maureen Fan

Gaming is helping Hollywood

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 31, 2023
2 min

For as long as I’ve been working in the games industry, and honestly for a long time before that there’s been an ever present...

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2 min

Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie in HBO's The Last of Us.

HBO’s The Last of Us sets new bar for game-to-TV adaptations

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
March 14, 2023
3 min

The season finale for HBO’s The Last of Us (TLOU) aired on Sunday, concluding one of gaming’s most successful game adaptions (for now). Both...

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3 min

The DeanBeat: Gaming is still at the mercy of larger forces

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 8, 2019
5 min

The week was thick with gaming news, so some folks may not have noticed that Playtika, the Tel Aviv-based social casino games company, is...

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5 min

The DeanBeat: The fears, complexities, and hopes of Hollywood games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 30, 2019
6 min

Eric Goldberg, managing director of Crossover Technologies, told me this week at the GameDaily Connect event in Anaheim, California, that a huge amount of...

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6 min

Tomb Raider reboot trailer drops as industry hopes video game movies finally find an audience

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 20, 2017
1 min

It might surprise you to know that the most successful movie based on a video game at the U.S. box office was the 2001...

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1 min

Gabe Newell shares how Hollywood types have trouble adjusting to Valve

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 21, 2017
2 min

A lot of different kinds of people work at Valve, but one group may have difficulty fitting in at first. People who shift from...

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2 min

Firewatch Hollywood adaptation takes indie hit from consoles to movies screens

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 26, 2016
2 min

Hollywood has found a new game studio to team up with. Firewatch developer Campo Santo is working with film production company Good Universe on...

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2 min

The Deadly Tower of Monsters is an imperfect love letter to B movies.

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 19, 2016
4 min

The Deadly Tower of Monsters has an inventive premise, but it feels like a pastiche of a much better game. Developer ACE Team cooks...

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4 min

Interview, photos and video reveal how an impressive Left 4 Dead fan film was made (exclusive)

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 28, 2011
8 min

Northern Five Entertainment and Airsoft GI recently released their joint Left 4 Dead short film to the world. Sporting Hollywood-level production values but produced...

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8 min