The Third Annual New York Game Awards were hosted by Daniel Radosh for the second year in a row. The Central Park Zoo Award for Best Kids Game Peter Cooper Locomotive Award for Best Game Machine Melissa Hutchison as Clementine ( The Walking Dead) The Statue of Liberty Award for Best World

The Off Broadway Award for Best Independent Game The A Train Award for Best Mobile/iOS Game Herman Melville Award for Best Videogame Writingīattery Park Award for Best Handheld Console Game Writer Daniel Radosh of The Daily Show hosted the event, and musical acts MC Frontalot and Schäffer the Darklord performed. The Second Annual New York Game Awards were held at NYU-Poly on February 5, 2013. Mad Men Award for Best Videogame Commercial Great White Way Award for Best Overall Acting in a GameĪll Your Base Are Belong to Us by Harold Goldberg Statue of Liberty Award for Best Open-World Game Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Gameīattery Park Award for Best Handheld Game Logan Cunningham, narrator of Bastion, served as the host. 21 games journalists voted on the award winners, and about 250 guests attended. The First Annual New York Games Awards took place on February 2, 2012, at New York University's Cantor Film Center. In 2019, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé joined the NYVGCC's board of directors to help Goldberg and the group continue its outreach to the DreamYard Prep School, and new initiatives such as classes in Bronxworks network of homeless shelters. Since then, the NYVGCC has held seven more award ceremonies and has incorporated live music, trailer premieres, and hosting by members of The Daily Show writing staff. The first awards show was held in 2012 as a collaboration with New York University's Game Center. Beginning in 2012, the NYVGCC has hosted an annual awards show that distributes trophies to game studios, individual game contributors, and game journalists. While the NYVGCC was initially created to advocate for its members, it also provides classes and mentoring to underserved portions of the New York City community. The New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) was founded in 2011 by writer Harold Goldberg, along with inaugural members Evan Narcisse, Tracey John, Russ Frushtick, and Andrew Yoon. Harold Goldberg, founder of the New York Videogame Critics Circle, pictured in 2019

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