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

Jensen Huang shows off the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti.

Nvidia CEO: Cryptocurrency mining hangover surprised us

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 3:30 PM

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shows off the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti at Gamescom 2018.

Nvidia’s stock falls 15% after earnings miss

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 1:42 PM

Brawl Stars

Sensor Tower: Supercell’s Brawl Stars gets 3 million installs on soft launch as 5 million preregister in a day

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 11:45 AM

Zed is about restoring an old man's memory.

Exclusive

Cyan Ventures will publish VR narrative game Zed

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 9:20 AM

At first, Crow thinks his singing gig is more important than the well being of his fellow animals.

Baobab’s Crow: The Legend debuts as a free short film on Oculus and YouTube

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 9:02 AM

Magic Leap One Creator Edition glasses.

Magic Leap details grant program for indie app developers

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 9:01 AM

Astro Gaming

Astro Gaming reveals customizable pro controller for PS4 and PC

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 7:15 AM

Ludia and Universal are launching a new How to Train Your Dragon mobile game.

Universal and Ludia launch DreamWorks Dragons: Titan Uprising mobile RPG

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 7:00 AM

Screen Recorder 4 lets you capture, edit, and stream videos.

CyberLink’s Screen Recorder 4 streams, edits, and captures videos

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 6:00 AM

Bunch is a new chat for gamers.

Bunch raises $3.8 million for video chat for mobile games

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 5:00 AM

The first Icons Pack from the Unity Icons Collective.

Unity Icon Collective gives indie devs access to triple-A game art

Dean Takahashi November 15, 2018 1:00 AM

Don't get package grinched.

Comcast home security cameras target holiday package thieves

Dean Takahashi November 14, 2018 6:00 PM

Battlefield V's Tiralleur focuses on black soldiers in the French army in WWII.

Battlefield V’s War Stories opening cinematics hook the player

Dean Takahashi November 14, 2018 7:30 AM

PlayFab, now owned by Microsoft, is a backend system for game developers.

Microsoft previews PlayFab multiplayer game services

Dean Takahashi November 14, 2018 6:05 AM

Cable Labs has created MicroNets.

CableLabs unveils Micronets, which use AI to manage network devices

Dean Takahashi November 14, 2018 4:45 AM

Jam City is teaming up with Disney.

Jam City acquires Disney’s Emoji Blitz mobile game studio, cuts multiyear licensing deal

Dean Takahashi November 14, 2018 3:00 AM

The Game Awards

The Game Awards: Red Dead Redemption 2 and God of War show power of long development cycles

Dean Takahashi November 13, 2018 11:02 AM

Overwatch esports

Esports marries gambling in Complexity Gaming and WinStar partnership

Dean Takahashi November 13, 2018 7:00 AM

Fast & Furious: Takedown

Universal reveals Fast & Furious: Takedown on iOS and Android

Dean Takahashi November 13, 2018 6:00 AM

You can support writers with virtual currency on Wattpad Next.

Wattpad Next beta program lets readers support their favorite writers

Dean Takahashi November 13, 2018 5:00 AM

Imagination Technologies announced its latest GPUs for cars.

Imagination reveals PowerVR GPUs for automotive applications

Dean Takahashi November 13, 2018 12:00 AM

Flaregames lays off 45, founder gives up CEO title

Dean Takahashi November 12, 2018 10:55 AM

Real-time strategy in Wild Beyond.

Pocket Gems’ Wild Beyond bring core real-time strategy to mobile

Dean Takahashi November 12, 2018 9:01 AM

Echo Combat

Echo Combat brings 4v4 zero-gravity combat to virtual reality

Dean Takahashi November 12, 2018 9:00 AM

Adjust has new mobile marketing benchmarks to compare campaigns.

Adjust reveals new benchmarks for mobile marketers to target

Dean Takahashi November 12, 2018 6:00 AM

Hunt: Showdown’s lead designer on sneaking through the new map

Dean Takahashi November 11, 2018 10:25 AM

Ingress Prime

How Niantic designers tackled Ingress Prime reboot

Dean Takahashi November 11, 2018 8:35 AM

The Odyssey HMD.

How Samsung and Skydance view the evolving world of VR

Dean Takahashi November 11, 2018 7:15 AM

Microsoft's XO18 event in Mexico City.

Everything Microsoft announced at its XO18 Mexico City event

Dean Takahashi November 10, 2018 3:00 PM

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

Xbox Game Pass gets 16 new games, including PUBG

Dean Takahashi November 10, 2018 1:22 PM

Crypto panel at OKCoin: Left to right: Dean Takahashi

Cryptocurrency panel: How blockchain startups are disrupting big industries

Dean Takahashi November 10, 2018 8:45 AM

The Evolve electric skateboard.

Evolve electric skateboard review — A speedy longboard, but be careful

Dean Takahashi November 10, 2018 6:00 AM

The Game Awards

The Game Awards interview — Geoff Keighley readies gaming’s biggest gala

Dean Takahashi November 9, 2018 9:00 AM

Mike Morhaime (left) and J. Allen Brack at BlizzCon 2018.

The DeanBeat: A dust-up over Diablo: Immortal has far-reaching implications

Dean Takahashi November 9, 2018 7:30 AM

Battlefield V will have more physical motion and visceral combat.

Battlefield V has a moving prologue for its War Stories

Dean Takahashi November 8, 2018 11:01 PM

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout mode.

Activision Blizzard hits Q3 earnings but spooks investors with weak Q4 forecast

Dean Takahashi November 8, 2018 1:53 PM

Candy Crush Friends Saga.

King’s Candy Crush Friends drives franchise to 262 million monthly active players

Dean Takahashi November 8, 2018 1:36 PM

Dan O'Brien of HTC says the Vive Focus is going worldwide.

HTC will make Vive Focus standalone VR headset available in North America and dozens of other markets

Dean Takahashi November 8, 2018 11:36 AM

Microsoft's Project xCloud lets you play Halo on a tablet.

Microsoft teases Project xCloud for Samsung game developers

Dean Takahashi November 8, 2018 10:45 AM

Rabbit has 3.6 million users.

Rabbit lets you remotely watch online videos with your friends

Dean Takahashi November 8, 2018 9:00 AM