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The Town of Light publisher Wired Productions just announced a partnership with non-profit charity Take This, which aims to provide support and information about mental health issues. This partnership marks the beginning of a year-long campaign to raise awareness and bring ongoing attention to the importance of mental health issues,” …

Raising money for charity has always been an important part of Twitch’s mission statement, but now the streaming platform has announced it’s raised over $75m for over 100 charities since it first launched. High profile charity drives include speed-running event Games Done Quick, which this year raised $2.2m for the …

Last year's event raised £90,000 and this year the charity want to break the £100,000 mark

Gaming and charity have had a long and varied history together, with many initiatives looking to get gamers and those who enjoy gaming to donate to charity. War Child are one of the charities that seems to have really embraced this. For the last several years, the charity has worked …

It took PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds just three days on Steam’s Early Access to make $11m. It’s a nearly ridiculous amount of money, and suddenly all eyes are on the game, asking the important questions: what’s next for the game, and when can it be watched as a competitive event? Brendan Greene, …

The hub will showcase 'new and exciting gaming projects'

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds 2017 Charity Invitational, the first real competitive event for the phenomenally successful battle royale shooter, has raised a little over $120,000 for charity. Each region had 32 Duo teams competing for a win across three games, with the players with the highest placement across the three rounds in …

One of the year’s best charity nights is now under a month away. StandUp for GamesAid returns to London’s The Comedy Store on May 8th, and you can grab your tickets right now on the club’s website. This is the fifth year the event has now run. The night will …

Sean Cleaver made the trip to SpecialEffect in Oxfordshire to find out a bit more about what the charity does to make their projects a reality

Summer Games Done Quick is returning once again to raise money for Doctors Without Borders, and now we know what games will be played.  The event is being held at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center hotel between July 2nd and 9th. During that time speedrunners will be streaming 24 hours …