Editorial Director for GamesBeat

Dean Takahashi is the editorial director of GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist for more than 28 years, and he has covered games for 21 years. He started GamesBeat while at VentureBeat in 2008. He helped turn GamesBeat into a major B2B media and events property covering the games industry, and he and Gina Joseph spun GamesBeat into its own independent property in April 2025. Prior to GamesBeat and VentureBeat, 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. Read the latest in games from Dean Takahashi on GamesBeat: https://gamesbeat.com/author/vbdeantakahashi/