The DeanBeat: Tencent leads China’s domination of the global games business
If you follow the $116 billion game business, you may know that China has become the world’s biggest game market, and that Tencent is...
The DeanBeat: What we learned about the future of games this week
Each year, we hold our GamesBeat Summit event to gather the best thinking about where gaming is going. This week, at our fourth annual...
The DeanBeat: The Oasis is here, just on the wrong screen
It’s a good time for us to get inspired about games. I was delighted to see Ernest Cline’s vision for Ready Player One to come...
The DeanBeat: The joys and perils of gaming in 2018
The game industry is booming, with global revenues expected to hit $125.4 billion in 2018, according to market researcher Newzoo. But if you look...
The DeanBeat: GDC 2018 shows the heartbreaking story of Muslims in gaming
Game developer and educator Osama Dorias let out some emotion and passion during his talk on “Muslim Representation in Games.” It was one of...
The DeanBeat: Lots of reasons to be at GDC
It’s always hard to choose what to attend at the Game Developers Conference, which takes place in San Francisco next week. But in the...
The DeanBeat: Atari’s groundbreaking women speak across the decades
International Women’s Day was one of the most celebrated women’s events in history. It was observed with a sense of urgency, as it came in...
The DeanBeat: President Trump — guns are the problem, not games
President Donald Trump is looking for distractions and scapegoats. Instead of taking on gun ownership, he has asked whether violent video games might be...
The DeanBeat: Microsoft’s Phil Spencer steps up as a diversity leader
Phil Spencer, executive vice president of gaming at Microsoft, spoke from the heart about diversity and being a leader in building a better culture...
The DeanBeat: High Fidelity takes us dancing in a virtual reality club
I’m looking forward to Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film based on Ernest Cline’s virtual reality sci-fi novel Ready Player One. In one scene in that 2011...