Jenova Chen Archives

Sky: Children of Light's in-game concert by Aurora.

How Sky: The Children of the Light broke records for most simultaneous people on the screen | Jenova Chen interview

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 8, 2023
10 min

Thatgamecompany announced it had 10,061 people on screen at the same time in the same server for its latest in-game concert from superstar singer...

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Sky can fit 4,000 people in a stadium for a virtual concert.

How 1.6M people watched a concert in Sky: Children of the Light | Jenova Chen interview

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 26, 2022
15 min

Earlier this year, Thatgamecompany announced it had more than 160 million people who downloaded Sky: Children of the Light, since the mobile game launched...

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15 min

Jenova Chen: How to foster positive human connections

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 29, 2022
2 min

Jenova Chen is a deft hand at keeping interactions civil. People engaging in toxic behaviors on the Internet is a problem as old as...

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2 min

Sky and Journey maker Thatgamecompany raises $160M

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 3, 2022
7 min

Thatgamecompany has built amazing and emotional game worlds such as Sky and Journey, and today it is announcing it has raised $160 million in...

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7 min

Sky: Children of the Light hits 15 million more downloads in a month with China, Android launches

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 31, 2020
2 min

Thatgamecompany said its Sky: Children of the Light mobile game has topped 35 million downloads, including 15 million in the past month, thanks to...

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2 min

GamesBeat Summit goes completely digital.

The DeanBeat: Digital gaming events aren’t easy, but they may be the future

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 24, 2020
8 min

Next week marks our first-ever digital game conference, GamesBeat Summit Digital. We pivoted about eight weeks ago from our physical event in Los Angeles...

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8 min

Game companies that have joined PlayApartTogether.

The DeanBeat: The dawn of a new generation

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 10, 2020
7 min

The pandemic has interrupted our lives. I sincerely hope that you are all well. During this time, it seems like a small thing that...

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7 min

GamesBeat Summit 2020 speakers: Jenova Chen, Rob Dyer, and Alina Soltys (updated)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 24, 2020
5 min

GamesBeat Summit 2020 will focus on the latest trends in the gaming ecosystem, and today we’re introducing our latest trio of speakers who are...

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5 min

Sky lets you soar in the clouds almost immediately.

Thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of the Light launches on iOS

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 18, 2019
2 min

Thatgamecompany, the award-winning studio behind the memorable Sony PlayStation 3 game Journey, has launched its long-awaited Sky: Children of the Light on the Apple...

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2 min

Funomena’s Robin Hunicke believes in games with intentional play

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 6, 2016
7 min

The Intentional Play movement is aimed at inspiring developers to create games that have a bigger purpose than fun. It’s for developers who want...

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7 min