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The DeanBeat: Germany is still on the cusp of gaming greatness

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Disclosure: The organizers of Quo Vadis paid my way to Berlin, where I moderated a session with veteran game developers. Our coverage remains objective.

BERLIN — Germany isn’t the biggest player when it comes to gaming, but it is brewing some game companies that, with luck, will one day be better known than the country’s beer.

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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.