NYC Video Game Festival 2026

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🗽 Battle of the Boroughs 4.0 - Cheer on your borough champion elementary, middle, and high school teams at the high-stakes live Mayor’s Cup Citywide Finals: Minecraft Education eSports Challenge to build a more sustainable, future-ready New York City.

📣 Watch League of Legends® & Valorant® Collegiate eSports Circuit finals.

🎮 Play new and unreleased NYC-based developer games, casual and classic arcade games with family and friends.

🎓 Explore college game design programs all across New York State, indie developer games, and game industry pros to learn about career opportunities.

🎭 Enter the cosplay competition for prizes.

🔎 See robots in action & VR showcase.

🔥 World Cup Edition Drone Soccer! and more...

🔥 2026 BATTLE OF THE BOROUGHS: MAYOR'S CUP MINECRAFT EDITION!
Results are in from the qualifiers...

Queens Champs: 🎮Senior—Young Women's Leadership School Astoria, 🎮Middle—PS/MS 200 - The Magnet School of Global Studies and Leadership, 🎮Junior—PS 239Q The Furious Firebirds

Staten Island Champs: 🎮Senior—Tottenville HS Stream Team 3.0, 🎮Middle—IS27 Anning S. Prall Brains Over Blocks, 🎮Junior—PS 21 SPARK Warrior Eagles

Brooklyn Champs: 🎮Senior— K371 Lillian Raskin High School Tele Squad, 🎮Middle—Fort Greene Preparatory Academy The Innovatives,🎮Junior—PS 889 Hyper Pigmentation

Bronx Champs: 🎮Senior— Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School Alexis, 🎮Middle—Soundview Academy for Culture and Scholarship SVA U.G.T (Ultimate Gaming Technology), 🎮Junior—PS 86 The Kingsbridge Heights School PS 86 Tigers

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Manhattan: coming up on Saturday, March 28

🔥 NEW YORK COLLEGIATE ESPORTS CIRCUIT FINALS
College Teams from across NY State going for the win!

Valorant Teams: Pace University Gold, Baruch College White, Brooklyn College Maroon, CCNY Papers Rex, Pace University White, Hunter College Valorant, Binghamton University A, Baruch College Blue, Queens College Silver Knights, RPI Red, Molloy Lions, CSI Valorant, ASC Valorant, RPI White, SUNY Poly Val Blue, Brockport Eagles, Empire Elites

League of Legends Teams: CCNY Progresses, Brooklyn College Maroon, Hunter College Hawks, Brooklyn College Gold, Farmingdale Rams, Brooklyn College White, John Jay Bloodhounds, CCNY Orcas, Pace University White, Keuka College Wolves

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