UK-based gamers’ charity SpecialEffect have today released their unique open-source EyeMine software that will enable many people with severe physical disabilities to play Minecraft – using only their eyes. Windows-based EyeMine is free to download for anyone with a Minecraft…
The Thin Silence To Help Bring Awareness on Mental health
Nkidu Games Inc with Two PM Studios has partnered up with CheckPoint, a not-for-profit organization which connects mental health resources with video games and technology. When you purchase The Thin Silence, 10 cents will be donated to the charity, in…
WAR CHILD UK LAUNCHES ‘RE-PLAY’ – RETRO-INSPIRED GAMING CAMPAIGN
War Child UK, the charity behind the award-winning Armistice campaign, and its US based partner Children in Conflict, today launch the newest edition to the gaming calendar. RE-PLAY takes players back to their childhood favourites with downloadable retro content and…
GAMERS FOR ORCAS CHARITY FUNDRAISER RETURNS
For the second year running, leading wildlife charity WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation) is partnering with top game studios, streamers and the gaming community as part of their ‘Gamers for Orcas’ fundraiser – helping to raise vital funds to protect…
SpecialEffect’s GameBlast18 Raises over £220,000
What an impressive total for this years Gameblast18, the UK’s largest charity gaming weekend. Gamers from all points of the UK came together on the 23rd to the 25th February and took on gaming marathons and many other gaming related…
Gaming Studios Band Together to Raise over $260,000 For Children Affected by Conflict.
The world’s largest gaming movement for children living with the brutality of war – War Child’s Armistice, has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars in its second year – doubling the impressive total of $122,000 raised in…
JAGEX COMPLETES 24-HOUR GAMEBLAST18 TELETHON FOR SPECIALEFFECT
JAGEX COMPLETES 24-HOUR GAMEBLAST18 TELETHON, RAISING OVER £100,000 FOR SPECIALEFFECT The inaugural GameBlast Games saw RuneScape developers take part in a variety of ridiculous activities live on Twitch, in aid of SpecialEffect. The inaugural GameBlast Games, held over a 24-hour…