GamesBeat Summit 2018: Working on the (block) chain gang

VB EVENT: GamesBeat Summit 2018 is coming up next week on April 9 & 10 in Mill Valley, CA and we’re not leaving any stone unturned in looking at the future of the industry. Enter blockchain. It ain’t just cryptocurrency anymore. It’s disrupting entire industries, and the gaming industry is going to follow suit. Join […]

Jade Raymond and Ken Moss of EA to speak about the future of games and tech at GamesBeat Summit

We’re getting a double-dose of Electronic Arts’ top leaders as our latest speakers for GamesBeat 2018, which will examine the future triple-A games and the technology required to make them and deliver them to consumers. Jade Raymond, the senior vice president and group general manager at Electronic Arts, will speak with GamesBeat lead w…Read More

GamesBeat Summit 2018: Don’t miss our emcee, Andrea Rene of What’s Good Games

VB EVENT: GamesBeat 2018 is almost here, and we’re thrilled to announce that the fabulous Andrea Rene will be our emcee this go around! You can also catch her chatting with Janina Gavankar, from Star Wars Battlefront II, about the future of performance, games and Hollywood. We’ve also switched venues to a secluded placed called […]

GamesBeat Summit: KSV’s Kent Wakeford on the explosive growth of esports

VB EVENT: The latest speaker to join our GamesBeat Summit 2018 event is Kent Wakeford, the cofounder and chief operating officer of KSV eSports International. Wakeford will chat with GamesBeat lead writer Dean Takahashi about the massive growth of esports and where it’ll be heading in the years to come. We’ve switched venues to a secluded pla…Read […]

GamesBeat Decides 72: Enter the Konami code to unlock Trump’s secret game meeting

We’re back with one dang busy week to discuss on the latest episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast. Over the last couple of days, we broke the news that Battlefield V is coming this year, Mike broke a video card, and the White House announced a meeting with the gaming industry that no one in the gaming […]

GamesBeat Summit speakers — Second Life creator Philip Rosedale, video host Andrea Rene, and FoxNext’s game chief

We’re stocking up on star speakers for our GamesBeat Summit 2018, which will take place at the beautiful Claremont Resort in Berkeley, California, on April 9 and April 10. Our conference is all about making games better and improving the business, and our latest speakers should help us realize this vision. Our speakers include Philip Rosedale, […]

GamesBeat Decides 70: Crotch Shots

On this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast, host Mike Minotti has returned from vacation to talk about going into VR with his family. Co-host Jeffrey Grubb, meanwhile, plays with his steering wheel for the entire show. The squad gets into a lovely platforming game, the news, and the best game from January as part of a new […]

Do game marketers hate the Super Bowl? GamesBeat Decides

ANALYSIS: On Sunday afternoon, a few hours before the Super Bowl, I went through my email in search of any reference to Super Bowl LII. I found some promotions about Papa John’s Pizza, Angry Birds, and Xbox — but nothing mentioned anything about a Super Bowl commercial. That was a pretty big departure from the last […]