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The DeanBeat: The gaming world is flat, but you can tilt it in your direction

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 2, 2016
16 min

TOKYO – I’m third-generation Japanese-American. My grandparents came from Japan as farmers about 100 years ago. I considered it an honor to be able...

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The DeanBeat: Why video game companies — and all of us — need to think more about A.I.

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 28, 2016
5 min

I was fascinated to meet Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, one of the world’s biggest tech companies, this week at the ARM TechCon...

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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son explains why a $100 billion fund isn’t enough

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 26, 2016
13 min

To understand Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, you have to think of normal ambitions and multiply them by a million or so. That’s...

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Tencent-led consortium to acquire up to 84% stake in Supercell from SoftBank at $10.2 billion valuation

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 21, 2016
2 min

After months of speculation, Chinese tech giant Tencent has confirmed that a consortium it established will acquire a majority stake in Clash of Clans-maker...

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Tencent reportedly nears deal to buy majority stake in Supercell

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 15, 2016
1 min

(Reuters) — Tencent Holdings Ltd, China’s biggest social network and online entertainment firm, is nearing a deal to buy a majority stake in Supercell Oy,...