Starting next year, the Tribeca Film Festival is expanding its gaming remit. From 2021 on, games can compete in the Tribeca Games Award, and an advisory board featuring several well-known industry veterans has been formed to sculpt gaming's presence at the annual event.

A report from The Hollywood Reporter states that beginning 2021, videogames will not only be eligible for official selection at the festival, but can also compete for the Tribeca Games Award. Games have been present at the yearly New York-based gathering since 2011, Rockstar's L.A. Noire, Sony Santa Monica's God of War, and Riot Games' League of Legends among the inclusions over the years, but this will be the first time they'll be in active competition for their own specific Tribeca honour.

To shepherd this growing presence of interactive storytelling, an advisory board has been assembled featuring both established and up-and-coming creators from the worlds of gaming and film. Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding mastermind Hideo Kojima is involved, as is The Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley, Control and Alan Wake writer Sam Lake, Candyman writer and director Nia DaCosta, The Mandalorian director Jon Favreau, EA co-founder Bing Gordon, and 343 Industries executive producer and head of transmedia for Halo, Kiki Wolfkill.

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