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The New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) is a nonprofit that promotes awareness of, and education for, games writing and journalism in the New York City area. It was founded in 2011 by writer Harold Goldberg. While the NYVGCC was initially created to showcase the work of its members, it now hosts events, distributes scholarships, and provides classes and mentoring to the New York City community. Beginning in 2012, the NYVGCC has hosted an annual awards show that gives prizes to game studios, individual game contributors, and game journalists.

New York Game Awards
Each year, the NYVGCC puts on an awards show that honors the best of the previous year's contributions to the video game industry.

The 1st Annual New York Games Awards took place in February of 2012 at NYU's Cantor Film Center. The event was a collaboration with the NYU Game Center. Since then, tk tk.