The DeanBeat: Emerging game technologies and the Battle Royal

I moderated a keynote session yesterday at the Login conference on gaming in San Francisco. We focused on disruption across the game industry’s categories and the emergence of new technologies. And in advance of our GamesBeat 2013, I’d like to kick off our own original research poll on this subject.

We’ve seen a Cambrian explosion of new game technologies, from the Oculus Rift to the SteamOS. Games are shifting from competing within isolated walled gardens and unique territories. Now game companies are crossing from physical to digital and vice versa, indies are doing battle with the big guys, and gaming now has many global competitors. It looks to us like a giant free-for-all, which we call the Battle Royal. We’d like to get your opinion on what are the best emerging game technologies that are driving the Battle Royal. So stay tuned for your own participation below while we describe the conversation at Login. We’d like your votes, but we want your detailed comments too. Once we get the results, we’ll discuss them further at the GamesBeat 2013 conference in Redwood City, Calif., on Oct. 29-30.