The 9th Annual Games for Change Festival

2012 marked the second year of Empire's partnership with Games for Change, and the ninth year of the G4C festival, itself. This year, festival-goers enjoyed more than 50 presentations — over three days and in four different venues — staged by the game industry's best and brightest. Outside the various conference rooms and auditoriums, presenters and attendees mingled and matched. Highlights of the 2012 Games For Change Festival included an awards ceremony honoring the best socially-conscious games of the year, an arcade where attendees could play the nominated games, and a keynote presentation by Atari founder and one of "The 50 Men Who Changed America", Nolan Bushnell.Games for Change is the leading global advocate for the development of games that contain and promote educational and social messaging. The Games For Change Festival is the cornerstone in the organization's event calendar.Empire is a leading producer of festival and not-for-profit programs.