Event Line-Up Announcements For GG Fest On 1/17/26 Fireside Chat with Reggie Fils-Aimé – 2:00 PM Reggie Fils-Aimé, the wildly popular former President of Nintendo of America, talks with NYVGCC President Harold Goldberg about his time at Nintendo and the rise of Devon Pritchard, who is the newest president of Nintendo of America. Kimari Rennis and…
By Nick Capozzoli, NYVGCC Journalism Chair The Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism is given to journalists or critics for distinguished contributions to the field during the voting year. The selected journalist will have best demonstrated traditional journalistic values, including–but not limited to–work that illuminates, contextualizes, entertains, exhibits lucid writing, sound reasoning, wit, integrity, et alia.…
New York Game Awards and GG! Fest tickets (which includes the big, Supergiant Unplugged concert) are now available! Get them before they sell out! We’re completely honored to announce that Laurie Gwen Shapiro, author of the bestselling “The Aviator and the Showman,” will present The Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism at the 15th New York…
New York Game Awards and GG! Fest tickets (which includes the big, Supergiant Unplugged concert) are now available! Get them before they sell out! This is the landmark 15th year of our New York Videogame Critics Circle’s existence. To celebrate, you already know we’re launching GG! Fest. The first Good Game Fest guest on 1/17/26 at…
New York Videogame Critics Circle Announces Nominees for the 15th Annual New York Game Awards The Big Awards Show takes place at SVA Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 18 Tickets on sale now! NEW YORK – December 15, 2025 – Today, the New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) unveiled the nominees for the 15th annual New…
New York Game Awards and GG! Fest tickets (which includes the big, Supergiant Unplugged concert) are now available! Get them before they sell out! Recently, we sent ace intern Khloe Wilkerson to interview Manuel Reinher, Haye Anderson and Stephane Jankowski, the creators of Anno 117: Pax Romana, which was just released. It was Khloe’s first big,…
Award presentation to The Pokémon Company takes place at SVA Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 18! Photo opportunities with iconic brand mascots will be available! New York Game Awards and GG! Fest tickets (which includes the big, Supergiant Unplugged live concert) are now available! Get them before they sell out! NEW YORK – November 10, 2025 –…
Get them before they sell out! New York Game Awards and GG! Fest tickets (which includes the big, Supergiant Unplugged live concert) are now available! Yes, you might win pizza with Reggie, too! Today, the New York Videogame Critics Circle is proud to announce — pizza. Well, it’s not just pizza. It’s Pizza With Reggie! At…
Get your festival tickets here before they sell out! 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 Tickets on sale now! NEW YORK (October 21, 2025) – The New York Videogame Critics…
The New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) is hosting a 14-hour charity stream on Saturday, Aug. 16, to raise funds for our Playing with Purpose writing program. Programming for the stream includes special figures from the video game industry, such as Sam Lake (Creative Director, Remedy Entertainment), John Eric Bentley (Final Fantasy 7 Remake), Samantha…