Dean Takahashi, Author at VentureBeat

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.

Stories by Dean Takahashi

HP Chromebook 14A G5

HP introduces 2 more AMD-based education and enterprise Chromebooks

Dean Takahashi January 22, 2019 4:01 PM

The founders of Quidnet Ventures (left to right): Mark Bregman,

Quidnet Ventures ramps fund for New Zealand tech entrepreneurs

Dean Takahashi January 22, 2019 7:15 AM

Osmo Coding is one of the

Why India’s ed-tech firm Byju’s paid $120 million for kids AR game maker Osmo

Dean Takahashi January 21, 2019 8:30 AM

Topgolf Las Vegas has added an esports lounge.

Why Topgolf is putting esports lounges in its entertainment venues

Dean Takahashi January 21, 2019 7:15 AM

HP Chromebook 11 G7 EE

HP launches 2 beefy Intel-based Chromebooks for education market

Dean Takahashi January 21, 2019 6:00 AM

Nigel Nunn of EA's Capture Lab shows how Canon cameras capture athletes' faces on the road.

How EA quickly captures 3D scans of athletes’ faces for its sports games

Dean Takahashi January 20, 2019 12:10 PM

GAEMS cofounder John Smith at Showstoppers at CES 2019.

GAEMS lets esports enthusiasts and streamers take PC and console games on the go

Dean Takahashi January 20, 2019 8:35 AM

Kobe Bryant made an appearance along with Tron founder Justin Sun at the NiTron Summit.

Tron’s 28-year-old CEO wants to use blockchain games and BitTorrent to decentralize the internet

Dean Takahashi January 19, 2019 1:15 PM

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NCSoft trims jobs on unannounced project at Iron Tiger Studios

Dean Takahashi January 18, 2019 10:02 AM

Streamlabs OBS is now easier on Facebook.

Facebook livestreaming gets easier with Streamlabs OBS support

Dean Takahashi January 18, 2019 9:00 AM

The DeanBeat: Sorting out the Epic-Unity-Improbable mess

Dean Takahashi January 18, 2019 8:00 AM

WD's new WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD is aimed at gamers.

Western Digital launches SSD storage with a heat sink for gamers

Dean Takahashi January 18, 2019 5:00 AM

Power Rangers

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid’s cross-platform brawls hit PS4, Xbox One, and Switch (updated)

Dean Takahashi January 17, 2019 2:37 PM

Shawn Layden is

Sony’s Shawn Layden is skipping E3, but he’ll speak at the DICE Summit

Dean Takahashi January 17, 2019 9:01 AM

Meeple Station

Modularity will publish games from modders like Meeple Station

Dean Takahashi January 17, 2019 9:00 AM

Supertreat's Solitaire Grand Harvest game.

Playtika acquires casual card game developer Supertreat

Dean Takahashi January 17, 2019 3:00 AM

Heal has done 53,000 doctor house calls already.

Ex-Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs and ex-Florida governor Jeb Bush join Heal’s board

Dean Takahashi January 16, 2019 11:00 AM

The Division 2

The Division 2’s closed beta starts February 7 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One

Dean Takahashi January 16, 2019 9:00 AM

SuperData's forecast for 2019.

SuperData: Digital games grew 13% to $119.6 billion in 2018; Fortnite earned $2.4 billion (updated)

Dean Takahashi January 16, 2019 8:00 AM

Unity Icons assets can be used to build other games.

Unity scraps TOS change in dispute with Improbable, schedules Reddit chat

Dean Takahashi January 16, 2019 7:00 AM

Epic Games has patched the Fortnite hack.

Check Point finds flaw that could have enable hackers to break into Fortnite user accounts

Dean Takahashi January 16, 2019 6:00 AM

Chris DeWolfe (left) and Josh Yguado are the cofounders of Jam City.

Harry Potter mobile game maker Jam City raises $145 million

Dean Takahashi January 16, 2019 5:00 AM

IBM

IBM, Ford, LG Chem lead blockchain coalition for ethically sourced minerals

Dean Takahashi January 15, 2019 9:01 PM

Laura will be the first director of civility at Roblox.

Roblox hires online safety veteran to lead digital civility initiative

Dean Takahashi January 15, 2019 4:00 PM

Gen.G esports group names Chris Park as CEO

Dean Takahashi January 15, 2019 9:47 AM

CableLabs vision of the near future for elder care.

Tech companies finally care about helping older people

Dean Takahashi January 15, 2019 7:15 AM

League of Legends maker Riot Games is evolving its formerly bro-oriented culture.

Riot Games issues new company values in wake of ‘bro’ culture accusations

Dean Takahashi January 14, 2019 6:50 PM

A new tank in Battlefield V

Battlefield V launches Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes update with smaller squad battles

Dean Takahashi January 14, 2019 11:45 AM

Jensen Huang goes off script in Las Vegas.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unplugged — The blockchain bubble and car autopilots

Dean Takahashi January 14, 2019 7:15 AM

Authenteq can scan your identity for web site signups.

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Authenteq raises $5 million for blockchain identity verification

Dean Takahashi January 14, 2019 2:30 AM

Phil McKinney of CableLabs at CES 2019.

CableLabs’ 10G networks at 10 gigabits a second will benefit phone companies too

Dean Takahashi January 13, 2019 10:25 AM

Sarah Brown (left) and Lora Haddock of Lora DiCarlo, maker of the Ose sex toy, at Showstoppers.

How CES stepped in a mess by rescinding award for sex toy startup Lora DiCarlo

Dean Takahashi January 13, 2019 8:35 AM

A CES attendee contemplates a new product.

CES 2019: Consumers react in real time to hot product announcements

Dean Takahashi January 12, 2019 12:10 PM

HP has new 13-inch and 15-inch Spectre laptops.

How HP aims to stay at the top of the PC market

Dean Takahashi January 12, 2019 10:25 AM

Cody Friesen, CEO of Zero Mass Water, has Source panels that extract water from air.

How Cody Friesen extracts water from air and kindles hope at Zero Mass Water

Dean Takahashi January 12, 2019 8:45 AM

Arm's latest image chips can do HDR.

Arm CEO interview: Little low-power processors and big powerful dreams

Dean Takahashi January 11, 2019 1:31 PM

HTC Vive Pro Eye.

HTC Vive Pro Eye: Why the company added eye-tracking to VR

Dean Takahashi January 11, 2019 1:01 PM

The ice sculpture at CES Unveiled, 2019.

The DeanBeat: The best of CES 2019

Dean Takahashi January 11, 2019 8:00 AM

Naughty America can use AR to put strippers in your bedroom.

Naughty America uses volumetric video capture to put AR strippers in your bedroom

Dean Takahashi January 10, 2019 12:30 PM

Fnatic cofounder Sam Mathews.

Esports group Fnatic teams up with blockchain firm WAX on digital collectibles

Dean Takahashi January 10, 2019 9:00 AM

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