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The DeanBeat: Our first glimpse of gaming in 2016

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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People don’t always say kind things about game award programs like The Game Awards, but last night’s livestreamed hype show gave us our first real glimpse into the games of 2016. And for the most part, I liked what I saw. The show had surprise game announcements as well as new content from games that have been a long time in the making and are expected to show up next year.

There were enough “world premieres” to hold my attention during the two hour broadcast. We saw announcements of Rock Band VR, Psychonauts 2, Far Cry Primal, Batman from Telltale Games, Shadow Complex Remastered, Rocket Leagues‘s debut on the Xbox One, and Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn.

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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.