The DeanBeat: How to make VR survive long enough to become a boom
Nobody questions the viability of Microsoft’s Xbox business anymore. The company generates billions of dollars a year and healthy profits in the video game business....
The DeanBeat: Saying so long to the Xbox 360 after a decade
Microsoft said so long to production for the Xbox 360 video game console this week. Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, announced in a blog...
The DeanBeat: The narrative of the underdog in the gaming industry
Our GamesBeat Summit 2016 event is approaching on May 3-4, and I am the head cheerleader and organizer of it. It’s going to call...
The DeanBeat: What’s game journalism’s next move?
I’ve been watching game journalists lose their jobs. I’m sorry for my colleagues, and I hope they find a way to stay in this...
The DeanBeat: How long will we have to wait before VR delivers our technology Renaissance?
My former boss, Jerry Ceppos, once said he worried that the San Jose Mercury News was covering the tech industry without enough scope or...
The DeanBeat: At the Upload Collective, investors and entrepreneurs gather to evangelize VR
I’ve been hanging out a bit at the Upload Collective, a new virtual reality incubator started by the founders of UploadVR, to soak in...
The DeanBeat: GDC 2016’s blockbuster moments, VR demos, and indie victories
I spent the past week fully immersed in the 30th annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Along with at least 26,000 attendees, I...
The DeanBeat: At 30, GDC is stronger than ever
The 30th annual Game Developers Conference takes place next week, Monday through Friday, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. For people in the...
The DeanBeat: I’m surrendering to the aliens in XCOM 2. It’s too hard
I have put dozens of hours into playing a single game of XCOM 2, the turn-based tactical strategy game from Take-Two Interactive’s 2K Games...
The DeanBeat: Nine memorable moments from gaming’s elite DICE Summit
Last week, I heard a lot of smart people talking about the game industry at the DICE Summit, the elite game industry event in...