Henk Rogers speaks with Dean Takahashi at GamesBeat Engage.
Henk Rogers speaks with Dean Takahashi at GamesBeat Engage.
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Tetris Company celebrates World Tetris Day with 520M units sold to date

Tetris, the world’s most iconic puzzle game, continues to unite and inspire fans across generations as the globe celebrates World Tetris Day.

Since its creation in 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov, Tetris has become a global cultural phenomenon, with over 520 million units sold and a legacy that shows no signs of slowing down. In celebration, I moderated a fireside chat yesterday with Henk Rogers, the man who brought Tetris to the world, in Los Angeles at our GamesBeat Engage event with Xsolla.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.