Games For
Change Festival will take place under one roof at
New World Stages
Tickets Currently On Sale at GamesforChange.org/Festival2013
Games For Change announced the 10th Anniversary Games for Change Festival to
take place from June 17-19th at New World Stages in New York City.
Hosted and
created by Games for Change, a non-profit
that catalyzes social impact through digital Serious Games, the Games for
Change Festival is the largest gaming event in New York City and the
leading international event dedicated to giving Serious Games creators a venue
to discuss using game technology to make the world a better place.
This year’s
festival welcomes a range of new programming partners including: Zynga.org,
Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, Carnegie Mellon’s
Entertainment Technology Center, and Tribeca Film Institute. These
partners have collaborated with Games for Change to curate the festival’s
three-day program.
Commemorating
a special 10th Anniversary spotlight are guest curators Babycastles, Hide&Seek
and the Global Game Jam and a series of keynote presentations by thought-leaders from
the gaming world, including award-winning game designers Brenda Romero and Jesse
Schell, and editor and journalist Leigh Alexander, amongst others.
Other
program highlights include: the presentation of finalists for the
organization’s first large-scale game design competition; the Annual Games
for Change Awards; and a special spotlight with Zynga.org highlighting the
lessons learned and impact made through Games for Change’s
executive-produced Facebook game Half the Sky Movement: The Game.
Marketplace Debuts This Year
In Order To Facilitate Business-To-Business Activity
New to this
year’s festival, The Marketplace presents an opportunity for festival
attendees to meet companies, publishers, developers and service providers who
are working at the forefront of games for change to facilitate
business-to-business activity.
The Marketplace
offers participating companies an opportunity to demonstrate their products or
services as part of the official program. With this year's change of venue, the
entire Festival will take place exclusively under one roof at New World Stages.
As such, the Marketplace will run the full duration of the Festival – Monday,
June 17 to Wednesday, June 19 – and participating companies will be directly in
the center of activity for all 800+ participants.
About Games for Change
Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of Serious Games for social impact that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. The organization aims to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good and most recently served as the Executive Producer for the incredibly successful Half the Sky Movement: The Game inspired by the global movement created by Pulitzer-Prize winning authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. To further grow the field, Games for Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and direct investment into new projects.