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Dean Takahashi
Lead Writer, GamesBeat

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Dean Takahashi is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist for more than 28 years, and he has covered games for 21 years. He has been at VentureBeat since 2008. 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 and GamesBeat Summit conferences. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Sandbox unveils Alpha Season 5 featuring Jurassic World, Teletubbies and more

The Sandbox unveils Alpha Season 5 featuring Jurassic World, Teletubbies and more

Dean Takahashi March 28, 2025 8:00 AM
Savvy Games Group is focused on its own growth instead of reading economic tea leaves | Brian Ward

Savvy Games Group is focused on its own growth instead of reading economic tea leaves | Brian Ward

Dean Takahashi March 28, 2025 6:30 AM
How Unity plans to bring AI and other updates into its Unity 6 game engine | Matt Bromberg interview

How Unity plans to bring AI and other updates into its Unity 6 game engine | Matt Bromberg interview

Dean Takahashi March 27, 2025 6:30 AM
Call of Duty: Warzone returns to Verdansk for Season 3 | The details

Call of Duty: Warzone returns to Verdansk for Season 3 | The details

Dean Takahashi March 26, 2025 10:00 AM
Rapt AI and AMD work to make GPU utilization more efficient

Rapt AI and AMD work to make GPU utilization more efficient

Dean Takahashi March 26, 2025 6:00 AM
Immutable declares win for Web3 gaming as SEC ends investigation

Immutable declares win for Web3 gaming as SEC ends investigation

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 12:30 PM
Dreamhaven’s Moonshot Games unveils Wildgate, a crew-based FPS with tactical spaceship combat

Dreamhaven’s Moonshot Games unveils Wildgate, a crew-based FPS with tactical spaceship combat

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 11:17 AM
Mechabellum gets a second chance as Dreamhaven relaunches the mech autobattler

Mechabellum gets a second chance as Dreamhaven relaunches the mech autobattler

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 11:13 AM
Dreamhaven’s Lynked: Banner of the Spark hits PC and consoles on May 22

Dreamhaven’s Lynked: Banner of the Spark hits PC and consoles on May 22

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 11:11 AM
Dreamhaven and Secret Door will launch tactical tabletop-inspired Sunderfolk on April 23

Dreamhaven and Secret Door will launch tactical tabletop-inspired Sunderfolk on April 23

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 11:07 AM
Discord revamps overlay and desktop to make PC gaming easier

Discord revamps overlay and desktop to make PC gaming easier

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 9:00 AM
Samsung unveils next-gen Odyssey gaming monitors with immersive 3D and OLED

Samsung unveils next-gen Odyssey gaming monitors with immersive 3D and OLED

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 8:00 AM
Saga Origins and Spirit Animation bring animated character Karl AI Agent to life

Saga Origins and Spirit Animation bring animated character Karl AI Agent to life

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 7:00 AM
VividQ unveils 3D holographic gaming experience with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

VividQ unveils 3D holographic gaming experience with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 6:00 AM
Infinite Reality acquires revived music service Napster for $207M

Infinite Reality acquires revived music service Napster for $207M

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 6:00 AM
Havok reduces licensing fee for studios with game budgets under $20M

Havok reduces licensing fee for studios with game budgets under $20M

Dean Takahashi March 25, 2025 2:00 AM
Journalist Christopher Dring teams with Geoff Keighley to unveil The Game Business publication

Journalist Christopher Dring teams with Geoff Keighley to unveil The Game Business publication

Dean Takahashi March 24, 2025 1:15 PM
The issues game developers are facing in 2025 | IGDA interview

The issues game developers are facing in 2025 | IGDA interview

Dean Takahashi March 24, 2025 8:30 AM
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle hits PS5 on April 17

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle hits PS5 on April 17

Dean Takahashi March 24, 2025 8:00 AM
The high- and low-level context behind Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC 2025 keynote | Dion Harris interview

The high- and low-level context behind Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC 2025 keynote | Dion Harris interview

Dean Takahashi March 24, 2025 6:30 AM
Pearl Abyss unveils graphics power of the BlackSpace Engine for Crimson Desert

Pearl Abyss unveils graphics power of the BlackSpace Engine for Crimson Desert

Dean Takahashi March 24, 2025 6:00 AM
Minecraft adds two new game drops and more movie details

Minecraft adds two new game drops and more movie details

Dean Takahashi March 22, 2025 10:30 AM
Elda Entertainment will publish Overseer Games’ Kaiserpunk on March 21

Elda Entertainment will publish Overseer Games’ Kaiserpunk on March 21

Dean Takahashi March 21, 2025 6:00 AM
ESA launches a major accessibility initiative at GDC

ESA launches a major accessibility initiative at GDC

Dean Takahashi March 20, 2025 12:15 PM
Henk Rogers will speak about his book, The Perfect Game – Tetris: From Russia with Love at Gamescom Latam

Henk Rogers will speak about his book, The Perfect Game – Tetris: From Russia with Love at Gamescom Latam

Dean Takahashi March 20, 2025 8:00 AM
Discord announces mobile ad format to broaden game ad opportunities

Discord announces mobile ad format to broaden game ad opportunities

Dean Takahashi March 20, 2025 6:00 AM
Global Candy Crush All Stars tournament returns with $1M prize pool

Global Candy Crush All Stars tournament returns with $1M prize pool

Dean Takahashi March 20, 2025 6:00 AM
Saga Origins unveils AI-powered gaming with agents, modding and sidekicks

Saga Origins unveils AI-powered gaming with agents, modding and sidekicks

Dean Takahashi March 20, 2025 6:00 AM
Diga Labs partners with Ambrus Studio to launch immersive metaverse experiences

Diga Labs partners with Ambrus Studio to launch immersive metaverse experiences

Dean Takahashi March 20, 2025 6:00 AM
Independent Games Festival starts with a plea for supporting game devs

Independent Games Festival starts with a plea for supporting game devs

Dean Takahashi March 19, 2025 7:28 PM
The inspirations behind big Netflix Games and pushing transmedia boundaries

The inspirations behind big Netflix Games and pushing transmedia boundaries

Dean Takahashi March 19, 2025 11:15 AM
Netflix makes its case for gaming on its massive platform

Netflix makes its case for gaming on its massive platform

Dean Takahashi March 19, 2025 10:27 AM
Mythica open sources tools from Sprocket Games and Unleashed games for game development

Mythica open sources tools from Sprocket Games and Unleashed games for game development

Dean Takahashi March 19, 2025 5:30 AM
Elbow Grease Games runs prototype mixer for its first accelerator class

Elbow Grease Games runs prototype mixer for its first accelerator class

Dean Takahashi March 18, 2025 9:00 PM
Nvidia will build accelerated quantum computing research center

Nvidia will build accelerated quantum computing research center

Dean Takahashi March 18, 2025 1:00 PM
Nvidia gets industrial software firms to integrate Omniverse to accelerate physical AI

Nvidia gets industrial software firms to integrate Omniverse to accelerate physical AI

Dean Takahashi March 18, 2025 1:00 PM
Nvidia launches Blackwell RTX Pro for workstations and servers

Nvidia launches Blackwell RTX Pro for workstations and servers

Dean Takahashi March 18, 2025 1:00 PM
Nvidia Omniverse Blueprint enables better Earth-2 weather forecasting

Nvidia Omniverse Blueprint enables better Earth-2 weather forecasting

Dean Takahashi March 18, 2025 1:00 PM
Nvidia Blackwell accelerates computer-aided engineering software by 50X

Nvidia Blackwell accelerates computer-aided engineering software by 50X

Dean Takahashi March 18, 2025 1:00 PM
Rune Aero uses Nvidia GPUs to cut virtual wind tunnel costs by 80%

Rune Aero uses Nvidia GPUs to cut virtual wind tunnel costs by 80%

Dean Takahashi March 18, 2025 1:00 PM
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