The DeanBeat: The Leisure Economy — where we all get paid to play games
I’ve been bouncing this idea about the Leisure Economy, where we all get paid to play games, off everyone I meet these days. With...
Game boss interview: Epic’s Tim Sweeney on blockchain, digital humans, and Fortnite
Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games and one of the game industry’s tech savants, has traveled the world to speak about his vision...
Turtle Rock’s Steve Goldstein believes the console game industry lacks risk takers
I’ve formed a lot of opinions about the game industry over the years. And I recently got the chance to spout them in a...
How Unity convinced investors it’s worth $2.6 billion
From what we hear, a lot of investors in Silicon Valley wanted to get in on Unity Technologies’ $400 million funding round. Unity received...
AR/VR Weekly: Keep your stinkin’ corporate hands off the metaverse
The Metaverse™, as brought to you by Big Bad Mega-Conglomerate®. It’s one of Tim Sweeney’s big nightmares for the future of virtual reality. The...
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney fears the Metaverse will be a proprietary technology
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, believes the future of gaming is coming faster than we think. But he’s also worried that industry giants...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit conversations on the Metaverse, AR’s future, and Hollywood envy
We just hosted our third annual GamesBeat Summit at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, Calif. It was a beautiful place and a great backdrop for...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney: The tech for the metaverse is about 3 years away
We’ve overcome some of the early roadblocks that are preventing us from living every moment in virtual reality, and Epic Games founder thinks we’ll figure...
The DeanBeat: Why I do what I do
I enjoy writing about the game industry, and sometimes I write 10 stories in a day. This is actually the 13,986th story that I...
Unity’s quest to make the lives of game developers easier
Unity Technologies CEO John Riccitiello threw out some impressive numbers last week at an event at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. He...