The DeanBeat: What’s coming next for the games industry

The core of the game industry is doing just fine. By various measures, it grew users and revenues by 23% last year when the pandemic made almost everything else fall apart. The center held. But our next game conference is about the edges of the industry and the opportunities to expand the game industry beyond its natural borders.

GamesBeat Summit Next is coming (you can sign up here) on November 9-10 as an online conference with dozens of top leaders in gaming as speakers. It will focus on what is coming next for games and feature themes that include dealmaking and investments, esports, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchain games, augmented reality and virtual reality, influencers and creators, user-generated content, emerging markets, and the metaverse. I’m very excited about the speakers that we’re lining up. (Sponsors can contact us here.)