The 13 most anticipated games unveiled this summer | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 16, 2023 11 min Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest has come and gone, and I’ve never been more grateful to see a bunch of games in the middle... Continue Reading 11 min
Apple casts big shadow over the XR industry | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2023 4 min During the Augmented World Expo this week, the crowds were back at one of the big Silicon Valley events where the cognoscenti of the... Continue Reading 4 min
The resilience of games and entrepeneurs in 2023 | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 19, 2023 8 min As GamesBeat Summit 2023, our biggest gaming event of the year, arrives on Monday, I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of gaming.... Continue Reading 8 min
The joys of overseas events like Reboot Develop Blue | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 28, 2023 4 min This week, I spent my working days at the Reboot Develop Blue game conference for the first time. It was at the elegant Sheraton... Continue Reading 4 min
How generative AI stole only part of the show at the GDC | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 24, 2023 5 min Inworld AI had a booth on the show floor of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, where the company showed off characters in... Continue Reading 5 min
GamesBeat Summit 2023 will take us to The Next Level | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 3, 2023 5 min We’d love to have you attend our GamesBeat Summit 2023 event on May 22-23 at the Marina del Rey Marriott in Los Angeles. It will... Continue Reading 5 min
Gaming’s renewal of vows with Hollywood and more on UGC/generative AI | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2023 4 min I worked a couple of days in Santa Monica, California, this week to get a fresh perspective on games. It was my third visit... Continue Reading 4 min
GamesBeat Summit 2023 is coming May 22-23 in Santa Monica | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 13, 2023 3 min We’ve decided to delay our GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 3 event, originally planned for next month. We are now integrating the metaverse into... Continue Reading 3 min
Predictions for gaming in 2023 | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 30, 2022 27 min Predictions are as difficult and foolish to make as ever. The year 2022 had a different rhythm than we expected, after two solid years... Continue Reading 27 min
Conversing with my AI friend ChatGPT | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 16, 2022 7 min Did you ever wonder what you would look like as a villain in a Grand Theft Auto game? Or how you would look if... Continue Reading 7 min