The Collegiate Games Challenge will honor teams that build games.
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GGP announces Collegiate Games Competition with $90K in prizes

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Gay Gaming Professionals, a nonprofit that cultivates emerging top performers in the video games industry, has created the Collegiate Games Competition to surface new gaming talent.

In partnership with Raw Thrills, the arcade entertainment company, this competition will offer $90,000 in prizes, celebrate video games, and encourage the bright creative future of the industry in the hands of the next generation, said Gordon Bellamy, CEO of GGP and a professor at USC’s Interactive Media & Games Division, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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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.