Categories Posted inin Business Our picks for the best video games of the fall season Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 7, 2011 8 min NOTE: Each week, I’m writing a column on videogames called The DeanBeat that’s available to newsletter subscribers a day before it appears on the... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Why music video games aren’t dead Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 26, 2011 4 min Music video games such as Activision Blizzard’s Guitar Hero and Electronic Arts/MTV/Harmonix’s Rock Band were among gaming’s fastest-growing sectors a few years ago, soaring... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Retail video game sales plunge 23 percent in August Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 8, 2011 3 min The summer has been something of a nightmare for the sales of video games in U.S. retail stores. In August, the trend continued as... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture The top 11 trends of E3, from bubble shields to evil helicopters Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 16, 2011 9 min Every year, we get a glimpse of the video game industry’s future at E3. The trade show drew more than 45,000 attendees to Los... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business The best games of E3 2011 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 14, 2011 11 min We saw lots of video games at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles last week. Some of them were pretty awesome. The trip... Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business A brief walk around the E3 show floor (video) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 14, 2011 1 min Every year after the E3 video game trade show, people ask me what it’s like to go. It’s hard to explain the madness of... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture This year’s top surprises at E3 Posted byby GamesBeat June 13, 2011 6 min With the video game industry’s largest trade show over, it’s time to wrap up some of the highlights. We’ll start with the biggest surprises... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business VentureBeat’s photo gallery captures the noise of E3 2011 (part 1) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 11, 2011 4 min The only thing bad about an E3 photo gallery is that you can’t hear the sounds. E3, the video game industry’s trade show, is... Continue Reading 4 min