The DeanBeat: Epic pulls out its real case against Google in antitrust lawsuit (update) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 20, 2021 8 min On Thursday, Epic Games revealed its fully unredacted antitrust lawsuit against Google, and the nature of the allegations and the evidence to back them... Continue Reading 8 min
The DeanBeat: Sorting through the steamy evidence in Apple v. Epic Games Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 7, 2021 15 min The game industry has been buzzing about the Apple v. Epic Games antitrust lawsuit since testimony in the three-week trial began on Monday. The... Continue Reading 15 min
Tim Sweeney testimony and new documents shed light on Epic and Apple’s game businesses Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 4, 2021 6 min The Apple v. Epic antitrust trial that began Monday is digging into some of the secrets of the business of gaming, as documents and... Continue Reading 6 min
Apple v. Epic Games opening statements highlight tech antitrust arguments Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 3, 2021 8 min Epic Games started its antitrust trial against Apple today with its argument about why Apple’s control of its App Store for mobile games and... Continue Reading 8 min
The DeanBeat: A Big Bang week for the metaverse Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 16, 2021 8 min The metaverse had a couple of Big Bangs this week that should put it on everyone’s radar. First, Epic Games raised $1 billion at... Continue Reading 8 min
Epic Games raises $1B for long-term metaverse plans, with $200M from Sony Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 13, 2021 4 min Epic Games said today it has raised $1 billion in a new round of funding in its bid to build the metaverse, the universe... Continue Reading 4 min
The DeanBeat: Our 360-degree view of the metaverse ecosystem Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 29, 2021 11 min I’m very proud that we were able to create an original event around the metaverse this week and that it received good attention in... Continue Reading 11 min
Tim Sweeney: The open metaverse requires companies to have enlightened self-interest Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2021 8 min Twenty years ago, at the dawn of the Xbox era, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney convinced Bill Gates to spend a billion dollars on... Continue Reading 8 min
The DeanBeat — Here’s my Thanksgiving DeanBits Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 20, 2020 6 min This is my last column before Thanksgiving and before the Black Friday frenzy, and so I thought it would be better to write a... Continue Reading 6 min
Apple cuts commissions: Industry reacts, regulators watch Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 18, 2020 4 min As regulators watch closely, Apple today announced it would cut its App Store commission for small businesses, taking its cut down from an industry... Continue Reading 4 min