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The collective efforts of Bungie, Activision and Destiny players have helped raise over $1m in aid for the relief efforts in earthquake-hit Nepal. Nepal was in April hit with a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, claiming the lives of over 8,800 people. Bungie had been selling a $30 t-shirt, along with in-game …
Read More »Raising awareness versus fundraising
Playmob’s Nick Taylor explains why charity partnerships are not just about raising money
Read More »Far Cry 4 team starts Nepal Earthquake Fund
Developers to match first $100,000 in donations
Read More »GamesAid Tenner raises £3,088 at MCV Awards 2015
Games industry charity GamesAid raised more than 3,000 at last week’s MCV Awards. Attendees of the event were invited to give via either envelope – of which there was one on each table – or by text, by texting GAID1010 to 70070 in order to donate 10. The total amount …
Read More »Internal experiment becomes Insomniac’s first PC title
Slow Down, Bull also a charity game, with half of proceeds going to Starlight Children’s Foundation
Read More »EA to hold ‘Football Shirt Friday’ fundraising event for Bobby Moore Fund
FIFA creator EA is to support the bowel cancer charity of footballing great Bobby Moore next Friday. Following the addition of the former West Ham and England captain to FIFA 15’s Ultimate Team game mode, staff at EA are to hold a number of fundraising efforts for his eponymous Bobby …
Read More »This War of Mine charity DLC supports 350 children
11bit’s partnership with War Child changes lives for Syrian refugees
Read More »This War of Mine DLC proceeds going to charity
11 bit Studios has teamed up with the War Child Charity for a DLC giveaway. Owners of indie hit This War of Mine are now able to buy the War Child Charity DLC for either 79p, 6.99 or 14.99. 100 per cent of the money raised will go to the …
Read More »World of Warcraft charity pet raises $1.9m+ to fight Ebola
Players of Blizzard’s MMO mega-hit World of Warcraft have between them once again raised over $1.9m for charity. The studio in December donated all money raised from the sale of the in-game Argi pet to the American Red Cross to support the ongoing efforts to treat those affected by the …
Read More »Awesome Games Done Quick raises $1.58m for charity
January’s live streaming charity event Awesome Games Done Quick raised $1.58m for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, organizers have announced. Awesome Games Done Quick is a Twitch-based marathon run of top gamers attempting record-breaking speedruns of classics such as Mario and Zelda games, along with other amazing feats like playing through …
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