NY Game Awards: Winners!!!

Here’s a quick list of all of the winners of the 4th Annual New York Game Awards. Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda Softworks) A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game Threes (Sirvo)  Ebbets Field Award for Best E-Sports Experience Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo) Tin Pan Alley…

First Ever Award Accepted in a Snowstorm

by Harold Goldberg You can’t fight the Mother Nature. I know this all too well; I’m from Buffalo, New York originally. Late yesterday just before the 4th Annual New York Game Awards went live, we received word from Bethesda Softworks that their representatives couldn’t make it to up to New York City due to inclement weather…

Sponsor Alert: American Born Moonshine!

Late last year, Circle founder Harold Goldberg went on a mission to find the right kind of liquor for the New York Game Awards After Party. He ended up at a cosy bar called Rochelle’s on the Lower East Side. There, he found conviviality — along with a tasting for American Born Moonshine. Three kinds…

Sponsor Alert: ThinkGeek!

We’re totally tickled to announce the news that ThinkGeek is a sponsor of the New York Game Awards. ThinkGeek has the most amazing game and nerd stuff for sale on its easy to navigate site. And they’re running a pretty extensive sale today for Presidents Day. ThinkGeek stuff isn’t the normal geek fare. You can…

Presenter Alert: Powers’ Susan Heyward

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that up-and-coming actress Susan Heyward will be a New York Game Awards presenter tonight. (While the Awards are sold out, you can watch them on Twitch!) Susan plays the plucky, curious rookie Detective Deena Pilgrim on Powers, the edgy, dark, sometimes touching, Sony PlayStation Network series which debuts on March…

Sponsor Alert: Razer’s Back!

When it comes to sponsors, we’re kind of picky at the New York Videogame Critics Circle. We currently don’t accept sponsorship from game publishers or developers. And the people we do take on as partners have to be honest folk with products that are of super-high quality. Once again, we’re honored to have Razer as our…

Awards: Thanks to Green Man Gaming

Here’s a hearty thanks and tip of the hat to Green Man Gaming over in London. They are proud sponsors of the New York Game Awards on Monday, February 16th! Green Man even took the time to pen a nice article about Monday’s Event. At the post, you can check out which Big Apple Game…

The NY Game Awards on Twitch!

We’re so happy to announce that the New York Game Awards are sold out! (We’ve even received outlandish monetary offers for tickets. But, sorry, we can’t fit any more people into Villain in Brooklyn.) Don’t despair. You can watch the New York Game Awards on Monday, February 16th, starting at 7:30 p.m. East Coast Time…

The Roundup: The Circle Speaks

By Harry Rabinowitz 6 days until the New York Videogame Awards. We’ve got an awesome venue, moonshine, the Downtown Pidgeons and us, the Critics Circle! If you haven’t bought a ticket yet, what are you waiting for?! Anthony John Agnello and Joystiq staff get together for one last Joystiq Stream. I’ll certainly miss these… Ben…