13 Facts About Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi was born on October 28,1964 and is an American business journalist and author specialized in the tech and video game industries.

Dean Takahashi is best known as the lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat since 2008.

Between 2002 and 2006, Dean Takahashi wrote two critically acclaimed books on the design of the Xbox and Xbox 360.

In 2008, Dean Takahashi joined the editorial team at VentureBeat, becoming the first editor of the GamesBeat section dedicated to video games.

Dean Takahashi notably published an investigation into the technical issues of the Xbox 360.

In 2022, Dean Takahashi reported that "a number of current and former employees" of Moon Studios considered the studio "an oppressive place to work".

In 2007, Dean Takahashi published a critical review of the video game Mass Effect, sarcastically renaming it "Mass Defect".

Dean Takahashi later clarified that his negative experience was due to not knowing it was possible to evolve the character.

In 2011, Dean Takahashi faced criticism for stating, in essence, that the game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine was a clone of Gears of War.

From 2017 onwards, Dean Takahashi became the center of controversies regarding the poor performance of some video game journalists, after he posted videos where he struggled with games like Cuphead and Doom Eternal.

In 2020, following an investigation by three French media outlets revealing a "toxic corporate culture" within game development studio Quantic Dream, Dean Takahashi published a counter-investigation.

Dean Takahashi was born on October 28,1964, to Japanese American parents Thomas and Hiroko.

Dean Takahashi had an older brother, Tracy, who was killed by mistake in a shoot-out in 1993.