The Green Game Jam reach more than 108 million players in 2024. Source: Playing for the Planet Alliance
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UN’s Playing for the Planet reached 108M gamers with 2024 Green Game Jam

The United Nations reached more than 108 million players through the Green Game Jam in 2024, according to the Playing for the Planet annual impact report.

And in a year when financial pressure was heavy for the game industry, the UN said Playing for the Planet’s members’ environmental commitments held firm as those members committed to new goals.

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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.