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International children’s sport and play charity Right To Play has secured a sponsorship programme from Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft for 2012. Right To Play works to improve the quality of life for children in some of the most impoverished places around the world. The deal sees MS handing over …
Read More »GamesAid vs Chelsea: Last chance to bid
Time is running out if you want to secure a place on the GamesAid team for its charity football match against the Chelsea Old Boys. There are just two hours to bid for one of the twelve slots atwww.gamesaidvschelsea.co.uk. The highest bids at midday today (Friday, March 16th) will form …
Read More »Charity games tournament heading for Guildford
Attendees to compete in Fifa 12 and Rock Band contests; All proceeds to go to GamesAid
Read More »Charity tech developer secures £500,000 funding
Money to be used to expand PlayMob team and widen global reach of in-game fundraising GiverBoard project
Read More »Win the chance to tackle the Chelsea Old Boys
Want to show off your prowess on the pitch against former professional footballers? Koch Media has just the thing. The distributor is organising a football match between the games industry and some of Chelsea FC’s past icons to raise money for GamesAid. GamesAid vs Chelsea Old Boys will take place …
Read More »Humble Bundle Mojam raises $450,000 for charity
More than 80,000 contribute donations for Child's Play, EFF, Charity:Water and American Red Cross
Read More »GamesAid Golf & Spa Day – only a few spaces left
Time is running out if you want to sign up for this year’s GamesAid Golf & Spa Day. There are only a few places left for the popular industry charity event, which will once again be held at The Grove in Watford on Thursday, July 12th. As always the golf …
Read More »Charity football event kicks off
A new industry five-a-side football tournament is set to raise over 2,000 for GamesAid. Organised by London creative agency SJS, the event will kick off on Tuesday, March 27th at Lucozade’s Power League at Wembley. SJS is hoping to attract around eight to 12 teams in a bid to raise …
Read More »Sega GamesAid cricket returns this May
Calling all industry cricket fans – the third annual Sega GamesAid Challenge Cup will be held this summer. The event will pit four teams against each other in 10/10 matches. It will be held at London’s Kew Green in May. Last year, industry cricketers raised 1,920 for the charity – …
Read More »GamesAid indie bundle goes live
UK industry charity GamesAid has released a compilation of indie-developed downloadable titles. The littleBIGbunch pack can be picked up at the official website, thanks to digital specialists Get Games, and consumers can pay whatever they say fit. Proceeds will go to GamesAid. There are six titles included: Mode 7 Games’ …
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