The DeanBeat: A big week for game company acquisitions
It was a heck of a week for game company transactions, illustrating the huge opportunities in gaming and growing investor interest — as well...
The DeanBeat: A Westworld ‘activation’ that illustrates the creepy side of tech
My colleagues have been wondering what the word “activation” means, as the Entertainment Software Association used the word in describing why its Electronic Entertainment...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of the decade
Here are my favorite games of the decade. They’re in chronological order. 2011 was not a good year. But 2013, 2016, and 2018 were...
The DeanBeat: 13 humble predictions for gaming in 2020
I’ve never been good at making predictions about the game industry, but I enjoy it. I figure if I make enough, some of them...
The DeanBeat: My most anticipated games of 2020
The recent airing of The Game Awards showed us some big games that are coming out in 2020, so we can make our own...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2019
Games grew to a $148.8 billion market in 2019, up 9.6% from 2018 and reaching over 2.5 billion people across the globe. Console games, the...
The DeanBeat: Do blockbuster games require more people to make than movies?
We saw plenty of blockbuster games — some still in the making — last night at The Game Awards, an event that is often...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit 2020’s first speakers on the Dawn of a New Generation
GamesBeat Summit 2020 is coming a little too fast for my taste, but it’s time to start telling people about our cool event that...
The DeanBeat: Black Friday lets us enjoy the low cost of computing and entertainment
I’ve done some conspicuous consumption already during the holiday season, even though Black Friday is barely upon us. A series of unfortunate incidents have...
The DeanBeat: Helsinki is still a hotbed for mobile games and tech
This week, I found myself at a party at Löyly, a sauna and bar at the edge of the Baltic Sea in Helsinki, Finland....