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New York Game Awards Goes All Out for 15th Anniversary with First-Ever Weekend Festival
2026 NY Game Awards and GG Fest take place Jan. 17-18 at the SVA Theatre in Manhattan
NEW YORK (October 21, 2025) – The New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) is going big for the 2026 New York Game Awards with a two-day festival hosted at the renowned SVA Theatre in Manhattan on Saturday, Jan. 17 and Sunday, Jan. 18. In celebration of the awards 15th anniversary, NYVGCC is thrilled to reveal that the first night of the festival, GG Fest, will end with a worldwide exclusive Supergiant Games: Unplugged concert featuring award-winning composer Darren Korb and longtime collaborator Ashley Barrett.
“We continue to grow our programming for the New York Game Awards each year, but our organization felt a special pull to go even bigger while paying homage to our roots for our 15th anniversary,” said Harold Goldberg, co-founder and president, NYVGCC. “The expansion to a two-day festival speaks to the power of what we’ve been able to grow with our organization, and we hope people enjoy the content line-up we’ve secured that celebrates the best of games and the best of New York. There’s so much more to reveal!”
NYVGCC president Harold Goldberg and 2020 Andrew Yoon Legend Award recipient and former president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, will co-host the 15th annual New York Games Awards on Sunday, Jan. 18. Tickets for the GG Fest and NY Game Awards are $80 each or combined in a bundle package for $140 with preferred seating at the NY Game Awards and available for purchase through Eventbrite. Additional details on the GG Fest lineup, Legend winner and more will be announced at a later date.
The New York Game Awards is NYVGCC’s leading fundraiser to support its nonprofit Playing with Purpose writing program, which brings comprehensive classes and workshops in journalism and game narrative writing to schools and shelters across New York City. Their most recent classes connect them with students and interns at Laboratory School for Finance and Technology, The High School of Fashion Industries, Ellis Prep, Mott Hall 3 Middle School, TAPco and others.
About New York Videogame Critics Circle
Based in Manhattan, the New York Videogame Critics Circle is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit multicultural organization comprised of 40 of the finest videogame critics, writers, reporters and bloggers in the nation. Members of the NYVGCC give back to their communities by providing scholarships, mentoring and community outreach to NYC schools students. The New York Videogame Critics Circle is committed to advocating for and promoting the work of underserved students.
