Blizzard employees demonstrating at the campus.
Blizzard employees demonstrating at the campus earlier this month.
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The DeanBeat: PlayStation 5, Blizzard’s blunder, and Harold Ryan’s big bet

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Thanks for reading The DeanBeat and supporting our independent journalism. This is a good time to announce that our GamesBeat Summit 2020 web site is up and available with some of our initial speakers posted. By the time the conference rolls around on April 28-29, 2020, we should have well over 100 speakers. You can get your tickets now at the early-bird rate.

I had a busy week, heading off to events like the Arm TechCon conference and the Adjust Mobile Spree event.

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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.