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Games for Change hits a high point for inspiration in its 20th year | The DeanBeat

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 7 min

Games for Change has a strong community behind it. That was evident this week as the nonprofit group held its 20th celebration of games that have a social impact.

There were a lot more attendees this year at Games for Change 2023, held at the New York Times Center in Times Square in New York City, compared to the pandemic-hit gathering a year ago. In 2023, 1,118 people came out for the week-long event, compared to 1,023 in 2019.

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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.