Games for Change will happen June 26-27, 2025, in New York.

Games for Change festival runs in NYC on June 26 to June 27

The 22nd annual Games for Change Festival will take place June 26 and June 27 in New York under the theme “Designing for Tomorrow.”

The event will take place at the Parsons School of Design in New York City and the group put out a call this week for speakers and awards through February 5.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. 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 Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.