Babycastles is an indie game development collective, arcade, and art space in New York City.
On most nights each week, the Babycastles basement arcade of indie and amateur video games opened during music shows upstairs.
[3] The venue has hosted a recurring video game tournament called Hot Ronny's Rumble.
[3] Other events and exhibitions include the 2014 book release for Julian Assange's When Google Met WikiLeaks[4] and the 2016 "Yo Fight My Mans", curated by Ashok Kondabolu and including five weeks of art installations, live DJs, panel discussions, and a custom fighting video game.
Following a robbery in mid-2011 and closure by zoning violations, a search began for a new space, which they opened in May 2013 in Bushwick, Brooklyn.