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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

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Dean Takahashi June 27, 2017 6:00 AM

Shadow of War, Mario + Rabbids, and Wolfenstein II lead Game Critics Awards nominees

Dean Takahashi June 26, 2017 10:05 AM

Cozmo Code Lab makes Anki’s personal robot easy to program

Dean Takahashi June 26, 2017 8:00 AM

LucidCam VR camera lets you see the world through other people’s eyes

Dean Takahashi June 26, 2017 7:00 AM

ThermoReal lets you feel heat, cold, and pain in virtual reality

Dean Takahashi June 25, 2017 4:54 PM

The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti: hands-on impressions

Dean Takahashi June 25, 2017 10:25 AM

Playful’s Paul Bettner is betting on both ‘flat screen games’ and VR

Dean Takahashi June 25, 2017 8:35 AM

Donut County shows how much fun you can have with a hole

Dean Takahashi June 24, 2017 10:25 AM

State of Decay 2 fully simulates the world of the undead

Dean Takahashi June 24, 2017 8:02 AM

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is all about punching Nazis out of America

Dean Takahashi June 23, 2017 12:45 PM

Why you shouldn’t be afraid to ask when it comes to networking

Dean Takahashi June 23, 2017 10:15 AM

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered debuts for PS4 on June 27

Dean Takahashi June 23, 2017 10:00 AM

GamesBeat 2017 reveals five new speakers for The Time Machine theme

Dean Takahashi June 23, 2017 9:00 AM

The DeanBeat: The 12 best games of E3 2017

Dean Takahashi June 23, 2017 8:00 AM

How the ubiquitous game actor Troy Baker plays Talion in Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Dean Takahashi June 22, 2017 9:15 AM

Days Gone will be an open world full of fast zombies, wolves, and bears

Dean Takahashi June 22, 2017 8:15 AM

Color Switch kicks off esports competitions in partnership with Skillz

Dean Takahashi June 22, 2017 7:00 AM

Soomla: Top 20% of mobile users account for 80% of ad revenue

Dean Takahashi June 22, 2017 6:00 AM

8i lets you superimpose holographic characters into photos with Holo mobile app

Dean Takahashi June 22, 2017 4:00 AM

26 VR startups debut at HTC’s Vive demo day

Dean Takahashi June 21, 2017 7:00 PM

The importance of having a sponsor at your workplace

Dean Takahashi June 21, 2017 10:30 AM

Cory Barlog paints a picture of a kinder, gentler God of War

Dean Takahashi June 21, 2017 9:30 AM

HBO confirms winter is here in Game of Thrones

Dean Takahashi June 21, 2017 9:00 AM

How Microsoft’s Rare imagined the pirate world of Sea of Thieves

Dean Takahashi June 21, 2017 8:30 AM

IronSource joins playable ads movement with interactivity that far outperforms video ads

Dean Takahashi June 21, 2017 7:00 AM

Sega Forever bundles a collection of classic video games on mobile

Dean Takahashi June 21, 2017 6:01 AM

MIT accelerator Play Labs announces class of 13 AR/VR startups

Dean Takahashi June 21, 2017 6:00 AM

Energy Department awards $258 million in grants for exascale computing project

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 9:01 PM

AMD launches broad Epyc server processor line with up to 32 cores per chip

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 2:45 PM

How a 15-year-old coder balances her work and life

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 1:55 PM

How to get over imposter syndrome

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 1:45 PM

Cliff Bleszinski is so glad he un-retired to create LawBreakers

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 1:30 PM

SafeDK: Analytics and advertising are the most popular SDKs in free Android apps

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 9:15 AM

LG uses Augmented Pixels’ sensor for better robot navigation and VR tracking

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 9:00 AM

Newzoo: Global game market to grow from $108.9 billion in 2017 to $128.5 billion in 2020

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 8:01 AM

Ora Sound launches crowdfunding for new kind of graphene-based wireless headphones

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 8:00 AM

MTG buys GameStop’s mobile game publisher Kongregate for $55 million

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 7:45 AM

Forbes releases its global list of influencers in entertainment, games, and travel

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 7:00 AM

Jam City’s Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow debuts on June 29

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 6:01 AM

Keypr raises $19 million to build mobile and cloud-based services for hotels

Dean Takahashi June 20, 2017 6:00 AM

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