Lawyers, leading voices weigh in on Epic antitrust win over Google
This afternoon, a jury handed Epic Games a win in its antitrust lawsuit against Google. For three years, the game publisher has sued both...
The DeanBeat: What we’ve learned about pandemic gaming
The second-quarter earnings results from major game companies over the past two weeks have taught us more about how gamers are responding to the...
Nexon’s Owen Mahoney: How the gaming world has changed
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney gave us a picture of how the gaming world has changed during the pandemic. And so far, the world is...
The DeanBeat: Digital gaming events aren’t easy, but they may be the future
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...
E3 2020 cancellation: Game industry reacts to physical vs. digital marketing
The Entertainment Software Association announced today that the coronavirus forced it to cancel the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the big game trade that takes place (well,...
Gaming hot topics debate: loot boxes, addiction, parental advice, esports hype, and store wars
We had a raucous but intelligent debate about video game hot topics at the recent GameDaily Connect event in Anaheim, California. Under the lights of...
Chris DeWolfe — New rules for the crowded mobile gaming space
Chris DeWolfe has built Jam City into one of the biggest mobile game companies in the world through the combination of licensed Hollywood franchises...
‘Zero’ chance it passes: Game analysts break down senator’s anti-loot box bill
Last week, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced that he was introducing a new piece of legislation that would shield kids from certain monetization...
The DeanBeat: Building visionary triple-A game studios that last
One of my favorite business books is Built to Last: Successful habits of visionary companies, by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras. Starting the 1990s,...
The DeanBeat: Our dream event with Atari father Nolan Bushnell, Respawn’s Vince Zampella and Spider-Man dude Ted Price
I’ve been dreaming about putting on a great game industry event for a long time. We’ve been doing our GamesBeat conferences for a decade...