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Web3 gaming firm Sequence names game veteran Greg Canessa as COO

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Game veteran Greg Canessa has joined Web3 gaming firm Sequence as president and COO.

Canessa has had a long career as an executing in gaming spanning 25 years, including a stint as the first general manager and creator of Xbox Live Arcade. (I first interviewed him as he was getting Xbox Live Arcade off the ground). His appointment at Sequence shows that he believes Sequence will be one of the platforms that thrives in Web3 gaming.

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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.