NYU Game Center

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The NYU Game Center is a thriving nexus for the amazing New York City game scene, creating dynamic, inclusive spaces for independent artists, AAA developers, competitive eSports players, and game academics alike to come together and celebrate game design. The Game Center aims to advance the state of the art of games and to support groups and organizations all over NYC who doing important work to bring the culture around games to new and exciting places. Our busy schedule includes lectures, workshops, exhibitions, tournaments, playtests, and more. Most of these events are free and open to the public – we hope to see you at one soon!

NYU Tisch School of the Arts provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for accommodations should be made at least two weeks before the date of the event when possible.
Request accommodations here.

The NYU Game Center is a thriving nexus for the amazing New York City game scene, creating dynamic, inclusive spaces for independent artists, AAA developers, competitive eSports players, and game academics alike to come together and celebrate game design. The Game Center aims to advance the state of the art of games and to support groups and organizations all over NYC who doing important work to bring the culture around games to new and exciting places. Our busy schedule includes lectures, workshops, exhibitions, tournaments, playtests, and more. Most of these events are free and open to the public – we hope to see you at one soon!

NYU Tisch School of the Arts provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for accommodations should be made at least two weeks before the date of the event when possible.
Request disability accommodations here.
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Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025

Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025

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    Too Much Fun - Book Talk with Jesper Juul

    Jesper Juul - video game theorist, developer, and teacher - is visiting the NYU Game Center to discuss his new book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer"

Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025

  • Book cover for Nathan Grayson's book Stream Big

    Stream Big - A Book Talk with Nathan Grayson

    Join us at the NYU Game Center for a talk and Q&A with Nathan Grayson in discussion about his new book Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025

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    Playtest Thursday

    If you’re making a game, you need to playtest! Bring your work-in-progress game and get feedback from fellow game makers!

Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025

  • Event Flyer

    Playtest Thursday

    If you’re making a game, you need to playtest! Bring your work-in-progress game and get feedback from fellow game makers!

Thursday, Sep. 25, 2025

Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025

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