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A 24-hour Twitch stream kicking off tomorrow hopes to raise money for the really very wonderful SpecialEffect. The event is called GameBlast16. It will be broadcast live on Twitch from the Cambridge HQ of Runescape developer Jagex. Activities include the 1,000 litre gunging of the Runescape dev team, who will …
Read More »Creative Assembly holds second memorial game jam for Simon Franco
More than £800 already raised for SpecialEffect after weekend-long game jam
Read More »Nomad Games teams up with SpecialEffect for charity DLC
Develop Awards finalist adds new character to raise money, with choose-what-you-donate option on PC
Read More »All together now: how accessibility in games is giving everyone the chance to play
Using the analog sticks on a controller is an action that might seem simple to many gamers. However, for Mark, whose Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes reducing muscle strength, something so apparently simple can be a huge barrier. But through the use of a smaller Xbox controller, modified to include an …
Read More »Tim Schafer new VP for SpecialEffect
Tom Watson MP, BBC's Kate Russell and industry vets Jo Twist, Richard Wilson and Andy Payne also onboard
Read More »Codemasters Humble Weekly Sale passes $1m milestone
Codemasters has pulled in a cool $1m this week, thanks to the UK studio’s Humble Weekly Sale promotion. The pay-what-you-want sale has so far sold more than 217,000 bundles and brought in $1.11m, with still a day and change to go at time of writing. Codemasters and Humble Bundle aren’t …
Read More »RuneScape launches charity campaign fuelled by in-game gold donations
Cambridge studio Jagex will convert virtual gifts into real donations for five charities
Read More »London Games Festival art exhibition raises £30k for SpecialEffect
UKIE’s games industry art exhibition has raised over 30,000 for charity SpecialEffect, making it the organisation’s most successful fundraiser to date. The exhibition took place at the end of the London Games Festival and saw the industry donate a range of pieces that were auctioned off over a month. The …
Read More »In Pictures: GamesAid charity winners 2012
Action For Kids, Jigsaw4U, Small Steps, Special Effect and The Willow Foundation get £36k each
Read More »GamesAid voting closes Sunday
Voting for the charities that GamesAid will supprt in 2012 ends on Sunday. The UK video games industry charity has named the 14 charitable organisations in the running to receive support. GamesAid members are invited to vote for the charity they would like to see being officially supported. The focus …
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