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The DeanBeat: Our E3 expectations for next-gen consoles, consumer rights, and new games

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The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the game industry’s largest U.S. trade show, is just around the corner. This is the place where major game companies will tell the world what is coming. We’re expecting one of the most exciting shows in recent memory because there will be two new consoles on the block.

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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.