The Games for Change Festival is happening July 17-21, 2023.
The Games for Change Festival is happening July 17-21, 2023.
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Games for Change will celebrate 20 years with a summit at the United Nations

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Games for Change organization will celebrate its 20th anniversary, starting with a session at the United Nations in New York.

The Games for Change Summit event will take place from July 17 to July 21, with a program that includes a first-of-its-kind half-day session at the UN headquarters in New York City. The annual summit, which is about the charitable organization’s mission to change the world with games, will feature a Next Gen Fest for 13-year-olds to 18-year-olds, as well as the Games and Sustainable Development Goals. The session at the UN will be on July 17.

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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.