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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 25 years, and he has covered games for 18 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

Hands-on with macOS High Sierra on a new Macbook Pro

Dean Takahashi June 5, 2017 6:01 PM

Hands-on with Apple’s augmented reality demo of Star Wars Holochess

Dean Takahashi June 5, 2017 5:25 PM

Game makers applaud Apple’s support for AR and VR

Dean Takahashi June 5, 2017 3:00 PM

Apple unveils A10X Fusion processor-graphics combo chip for iPad Pro

Dean Takahashi June 5, 2017 12:08 PM

Peter Jackson’s Wingnut AR demos augmented reality game at WWDC

Dean Takahashi June 5, 2017 11:53 AM

Apple skips usual WWDC milestones, but shares a few juicy details

Dean Takahashi June 5, 2017 11:29 AM

Apple reveals watchOS 4: Siri-powered updates, fitness syncing, and music playlists

Dean Takahashi June 5, 2017 10:27 AM

Facebook tries to woo gamers with E3 livestreaming

Dean Takahashi June 5, 2017 8:00 AM

HypSports bridges traditional sports and esports with League of Legends app

Dean Takahashi June 5, 2017 7:00 AM

Tech Will Save Us unveils 3 interactive toys based on electronic dough

Dean Takahashi June 5, 2017 6:00 AM

Richard Garriott’s Portalarium to raise equity crowdfunding for Shroud of the Avatar

Dean Takahashi June 4, 2017 10:19 PM

IBM Research creates a groundbreaking 5-nanometer chip

Dean Takahashi June 4, 2017 9:01 PM

Massless lets you write with a pen in virtual reality

Dean Takahashi June 4, 2017 4:54 PM

Qualcomm spells out the hurdles to ‘extended reality’ glasses

Dean Takahashi June 4, 2017 8:35 AM

You can now get Wi-Fi connectivity on Mount Everest

Dean Takahashi June 3, 2017 10:25 AM

Why Daqri has spread its bets with augmented reality technology

Dean Takahashi June 3, 2017 8:02 AM

2.6 billion gamers await E3, which starts with ESA chief Mike Gallagher

Dean Takahashi June 2, 2017 9:45 AM
Exclusive

Rooster Teeth will support indie developers with new game publishing chief

Dean Takahashi June 2, 2017 9:00 AM

The DeanBeat: Don’t panic. E3 will be full of fun, not FUD

Dean Takahashi June 2, 2017 8:00 AM

Total War: Warhammer II designer promises war across four continents

Dean Takahashi June 2, 2017 7:00 AM
Preview

Sega’s Creative Asssembly unveils a massive new world for Total War: Warhammer II

Dean Takahashi June 2, 2017 6:00 AM

ManoMotion uses a single smartphone camera to capture your hand gestures for virtual reality

Dean Takahashi June 1, 2017 10:15 AM

Intel predicts autonomous cars will spawn a ‘passenger economy’

Dean Takahashi June 1, 2017 10:00 AM

Geoff Keighley and YouTube ink multi-year deal for expanded E3 coverage

Dean Takahashi June 1, 2017 7:00 AM

Pollen VC: 4,648 mobile app developers made over $1 million in 2016

Dean Takahashi June 1, 2017 5:30 AM

Seagate targets 4-terabyte storage drive at Xbox Game Pass members

Dean Takahashi June 1, 2017 5:00 AM

Atomico: Europeans are seizing share in fast-growing China mobile game market

Dean Takahashi June 1, 2017 12:01 AM

Hunt: Showdown is Crytek’s new multiplayer game, and it’s going to E3 in June

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 2:02 PM

Law professor Lawrence Lessig: Vast online games need a political structure

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 11:00 AM

Vuforia’s Project Chalk lets people communicate in augmented reality

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 10:00 AM

Drifter Entertainment unveils fast-action sci-fi shooter Gunheart for VR

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 9:01 AM

Mobile advertisers are falling in love with ‘playable ads’

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 9:00 AM

NCSoft takes on League of Legends with action MOBA Master X Master

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 7:01 AM

Miso Happy augmented reality app sticks your face on AR cartoons

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 7:00 AM

ReadyUp unveils platform for managing esports teams

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 6:30 AM

Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig will design the politics in online game Seed

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 6:00 AM

Oblong Industries introduces a series of Mezzanine enterprise visual collaboration tools

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 5:15 AM

Skillz takes Capcom’s Street Fighter into mobile esports for prizes

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 5:00 AM

Aceable teaches teens how to drive in VR

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 4:30 AM

MindCotine uses VR to help you kick the smoking habit

Dean Takahashi May 31, 2017 12:00 AM

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