Heralded as ‘the best reason to game ever’, the charity’s GameBlast24 weekend will see gamers take on sponsored fundraising gaming-themed challenges including marathon livestreams, speed runs, esports tournaments, board games sessions and games-themed office events. GameBlast has raised over £1M…
SpecialEffect Prepares For Biggest Ever One Special Day
Over 75 partners from across the games industry including Supercell, SEGA, Jagex, Devolver Digital, Seriously and many more have contributed a wide variety of award-winning and critically acclaimed games and DLC across mobile and PC, as part of One Special Day sales and promotions.…
SpecialEffect’s GameBlast21 charity weekend raises over £228,000
The total raised for GameBlast21, the UK’s largest charity gaming weekend, has been confirmed at £228,300 ($317,800). It’s more than double the original fundraising target for the event, and one of the biggest totals in its eight-year history. Gamers across…
Ubisoft Unveils Partnership with Specialeffect
Ubisoft has unveiled a partnership with SpecialEffect for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege UK Ireland Nationals esports league to help raise awareness of the work the charity does to enable people with severe physical challenges to enjoy video games. The…
Industry joins community for SpecialEffect’s vital fundraising weekend
Staff from EA DICE, Mediatonic, SEGA Europe, Unit 2, Fanatical and many other games industry companies will be joining hundreds of gamers and gaming communities from around the world in supporting SpecialEffect’s annual GameBlast weekend on 26-28 February. With ‘in…
EXCEL ESPORTS launches BT Power of Better Awards
EXCEL ESPORTS has announced that UK based gaming charity SpecialEffect has won EXCEL’s inaugural BT Power of Better Award, the focal award at its recently launched BT Power of Better Awards. The BT Power of Better Awards, organised by EXCEL…
SpecialEffect launch Eye Gaze Games world’s first eye-controlled web games
The eight browser-based games at www.eyegazegames.com – Mole Miners, 4-in-a-Row, EyeDrive, Chess, Draughts (Checkers), Solitaire and Sudoku and Sudoku Monsters – can be played using any Windows eye gaze system which offers mouse control. “This is the first suite of…
UK Rainbow Six eSports Launches Calendar in support of Specialeffect
Ubisoft has launched a 2021 calendar celebrating the biggest personalities in UK Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Esports in aid of charity SpecialEffect. The calendar is now available to purchase on the Fresh Merch Site for £9.99, with the full amount…
Jingle Jam 2020 bundle update: 35+ games and content worth over £400
The Jingle Jam, the world’s biggest games charity event, has kicked off two weeks of fundraising with the launch of the 2020 Jingle Jam Games Bundle today. Available by donating £25 or more to the Jingle Jam 2020 on Tiltify,…
Exclusive ‘OneSpecialGame’ prints now available
The winning images from games fan art competition, OneSpecialGame, go on sale as strictly limited edition prints with all profits going to gamers charity, SpecialEffect. The four winning images celebrate four iconic video games; Bioware’s space epic ‘Mass Effect’, usTwo…
Maximising Your Experience at Gaming Conventions
Maximising Your Experience at Gaming Conventions Touring gaming conventions can be an exhilarating experience for…
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