The DeanBeat: The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx gives us a much-needed peek inside Valve
I used to read Geoff Keighley’s Final Hours stories at GameSpot, before he went off to eventually run The Game Awards. It’s good to...
The DeanBeat: How the rest of 2020 looks for the game industry
The main reason for this column today is to wish you a happy Fourth of July and thank you for reading GamesBeat and VentureBeat....
The DeanBeat: Sony sets the bar for the next-generation console war
Sony showed off the PlayStation 5 yesterday and the all-digital event was a smashing success. Millions watched and cheered in the chat as the...
The DeanBeat: Diversity is a long game
The tradition of staying out of politics got tossed out the window in the past week, as so many people who professionally stayed on...
The DeanBeat: Gamers count down the days to The Last of Us Part II
The countdown to the launch of Sony’s The Last of Us Part II has a bunch of gamers spellbound. It surged as a topic...
The DeanBeat: It’s time to hurry up and build the Metaverse
During this pandemic, I can’t think of anything more exciting for us to do from the comfort of our own homes than to explore...
The DeanBeat: Can you trust someone that you’ve never met in person?
Here’s one of the things that surprised me about the GamesBeat Summit 2020 online-only event that we held last week: Our audience loved messaging...
The DeanBeat: Learnings from our first online-only event
Thank you to those of you who tuned into our online-only GameBeat Summit 2020 event this week. I had a great time, even though...
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...
The DeanBeat: The game industry steps up in the fight against the coronavirus
The game industry is known for its fierce competition. But during the coronavirus, cooperation is happening. As the people who run these companies go...