Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Our packed agenda for GamesBeat Summit 2022 Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 8, 2022 21 min I’m very excited about our upcoming GamesBeat Summit 2022 event taking place April 26 to April 28. We’ve booked more than 120 speakers across... Continue Reading 21 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit 2022 has 90 speakers and counting Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 1, 2022 5 min We’ve scored more than 90 speakers so far for our GamesBeat Summit 2022 event taking place April 26 to April 28, and we’re not... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: Joe Russo and Donald Mustard interview — Hollywood’s new game-centric focus Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 25, 2022 8 min Gaming is the new Hollywood. Or so that is the latest interpretation now that games like Uncharted are supplying the themes and plots for... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: Great moments at our metaverse event Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2022 5 min Thank you all for coming to our second annual GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming Summit and our GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 online event... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: Interpreting Microsoft’s $68.7B Activision Blizzard deal as a metaverse play Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 21, 2022 5 min Microsoft‘s $68.7 billion pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard will shake up the game industry to its core. It has upset the status quo and... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Development The DeanBeat: Predictions for gaming in 2022 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 31, 2021 28 min Predictions are a dicey business. The year 2020 was one of the most unpredictable in all of human history. And now I think about... Continue Reading 28 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2021 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 24, 2021 10 min Almost two years into the pandemic, it’s hard to look back and see much good that happened this year. But as reality was horrible... Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: The Game Awards and the game industry are back Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 10, 2021 4 min It was nice to be back in the culture of gaming last night at The Game Awards. I went there in person with my... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture The DeanBeat: Taking Company of Heroes 3 multiplayer for a spin Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 3, 2021 3 min Humans are always much smarter than computer AI, as I relearned while playing the pre-alpha multiplayer demo for Company of Heroes 3. Sega and... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: Thanks for being part of the GamesBeat community Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 25, 2021 8 min Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for reading GamesBeat and VentureBeat. We are grateful to our community for reading our stories, giving us news tips, commenting... Continue Reading 8 min