Matthew Ball explains what happened to the gaming boom and our chances for recovery | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 17, 2025 3 min Matthew Ball, CEO of Epyllion and author of The Metaverse book, dropped 220 slides in an early access deck this week that explained what... Continue Reading 3 min
My most anticipated games of 2025 | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 24, 2024 2 min I’m going to keep this post short as Rachel Kaser is giving this topic the real treatment. I wanted to weigh in on my... Continue Reading 2 min
Holiday gift suggestions for your gamer | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 6, 2024 11 min OK, I’ve been a little late coming up with my holiday gift guide, as we’ve already passed both Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But... Continue Reading 11 min
How South Korean gaming veteran Joonmo Kwon sees the new reality for Web3 games | The DeanBeat Posted byby GamesBeat November 22, 2024 15 min Joonmo Kwon, a former CEO of Nexon, is an example of an established game developer who decided to march into the wilds of Web3... Continue Reading 15 min
How gaming can get back to balanced growth | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 1, 2024 6 min This week, we had 42 sessions and 97 speakers at our GamesBeat Next 2024 event. And many of them spoke around our theme of... Continue Reading 6 min
Annapurna Interactive represented the pinnacle of indie games | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 13, 2024 4 min We heard the news yesterday that all 25 of Annapurna Interactive’s team resigned after a deal fell through to spin them out of the... Continue Reading 4 min
Gamescom’s clues about a game industry recovery | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 24, 2024 8 min With more than 30,000 layoffs in the past 2.5 years, the game industry’s resilience and adaptability has been pushed the breaking point. But at... Continue Reading 8 min
Epic Games Store and Fortnite launch on mobile platforms after a monumental fight |The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 16, 2024 14 min The Epic Games Store debuted on iOS in the European Union and on Android worldwide with Fortnite, Fall Guys and Rocket League Sideswipe included.... Continue Reading 14 min
For optimism in games, look at Brazil | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 28, 2024 5 min It’s not easy to find good news in the game industry these days. But on my trip to see the Gamescom Latam event in... Continue Reading 5 min
NCSoft’s Songyee Yoon believes in gaming for a better world | The DeanBeat Posted byby GamesBeat May 24, 2024 9 min Songyee Yoon is president of NCSoft, the South Korean maker of online games including Aion, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, Lineage,... Continue Reading 9 min