The DeanBeat: Apple must tread carefully lest it trample the game industry
Apple has a value of more than $2 trillion. But the behemoth is in danger of forgetting where it came from. One day, the...
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...
The DeanBeat: Did gaming peak in Q2? Nope. Maybe it just got started.
The NBA is back. So is Major League Baseball, sort of. Other sports may find their way back as well. As these demands on...
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...