Tag Archives: charity

Goal is to get 1m players involved in raising funds for charitable causes

Charitable outfit Playmob encourages developers of every kind to embrace Peace One Day

Blizzard is to hand over the profits generated from a recent bug in the Diablo III Auction house to charity. The popular PC dungeon crawler allows players to trade in-game items for real-world cash. However, a recent patch introduced an exploit that allowed users to multiply their cash reserves. The …

Global Gaming Initiative's Elizabeth Sarquis on how the industry can support charitable causes around the world

UK games industry charity GamesAid raised an impressive 3,295.92 at last week’s MCV Awards. The organisation was promoting the GamesAid Tenner initiative, which encouraged attendees of the event to hand over their cash to support a host of worthwhile charities. Attendees of the Awards were also treated to the second …

Social gaming network aims to bring developers and players together through charity

GamesAid will once again be asking attendees at this year’s MCV Awards to participate in the Gamesaid Tenner. So make sure you have 10 in your pocket when you turn up! The organisation last year raised 4,000 at the MCV Awards 2012. And if you’re already feeling generous, you can …

Fancy proving your skills in a tournament even John Terry is afraid to attend? Last year SJS successfully raised 2,000 for GamesAid via its first ever 5-a-side tournament and this year the popular event makes a comeback. It all takes place on Thursday April 25th from 5pm at the Lucozade …

Publisher has raised almost $3m for organisation in grants and scholarships since inception

Attendees to compete in FIFA and FPS tournaments; All proceeds to go to GamesAid