FTC sues to block Nvidia’s $75B bid to buy Arm Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 3, 2021 2 min The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Nvidia‘s $75 billion takeover of Arm Holdings for antitrust reasons. The lawsuit signals the start... Continue Reading 2 min
The video game industry must stand up against the right’s bad-faith attacks Posted byby GamesBeat August 9, 2019 5 min The video game industry took two hits on Wednesday, in the aftermath of the double shootings across the weekend. ESPN, which had been planning... Continue Reading 5 min
The DeanBeat: The powers that be show how Washington D.C. views the game business Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 8, 2013 5 min The White House advisor on games and the game industry's top lobbyist view gaming in very different ways. Continue Reading 5 min
Why the video game industry needs to talk about white men Posted byby Jason Wilson April 11, 2013 4 min Is there a double-standard when it comes to linking violence and video games? Continue Reading 4 min
House GOP majority leader Eric Cantor calls publicly funded research into video games a ‘waste’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 19, 2013 2 min Video games could hold great mental-health benefits, but the leader of the House of Representatives' Republican majority would rather not know that. Continue Reading 2 min
Biden reiterates the need for research on effects of violent video games Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 24, 2013 2 min Biden says researchers should look into "excessively violent video games." Continue Reading 2 min
Biden on game violence: ‘We don’t even know if some things people think impact [violence] actually impact it’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 11, 2013 1 min Vice President Joe Biden sat down with professionals from the games industry today to hear their input about gun violence in the United States. Continue Reading 1 min
Game developer association to Biden: ‘We welcome more evidence-based research’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 10, 2013 3 min The International Game Developers Association releases its letter to Vice President Joseph Biden on games and violence. Continue Reading 3 min