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Games for Change unveils sessions on mental health, diversity, and COVID-19

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Games for Change is responding to the times and launching programming at its upcoming event that will tackle subjects such as offering mental health for gamers and game developers, coping with COVID-19, making games more accessible, and fighting racial injustice.

The nonprofit group — which advocates the power of games as drivers of social impact — unveiled the roster for 150 speakers at the upcoming Games for Change Festival 2020 virtual event on July 14 to July 16. The festival will have more than 100 sessions across four programming tracks – Games for Learning, Civics and Social Issues, Health and Wellness, and XR for Change.

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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.