Prepare to Brew with Dark Souls Tea Charity Auction
It may not be an Estus Flask but it's the next best thing for a nation of tea drinkers. In a collaboration with Yorkshire Tea and Bandai Namco UK, a one of a kind box of Dark Souls Tea has been crafted from the finest Green Blossom of Darkroot Garden,…
Top 5 Speedruns from AGDQ 2016
AGDQ 2016 wrapped up over the weekend and it was a fantastic week of speedruns. You had the TASbot breaking games in ridiculous ways, people speedrunning certain games blindfolded as well as various runs of incredibly difficult titles. There were so many great runs from this year’s AGDQ and I…
7 Capcom Games for Under £5 to Support Charity Through Humble Bundle
Humble Bundle have teamed up with Capcom to offer 7 of their games for under £5 to support charity. The games in question are Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Lost Planet 3 and various others. As with previous bundles, you set the price you want to pay and how much money…
SGDQ 2015 Starts Tomorrow!
For all you fans of blistering speedruns and the occasional cringe worthy moment, the Summer Games Done Quick marathon starts tomorrow, giving us a week of incredible moments and hopefully, lots of money raised for charity. This year, SGDQ 2015 comes to you from St Paul, Minnesota and the charity…
Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 Raises Half A Million Dollars
Once a year, speed runners from all over the world come together for Awesome Games Done Quick, a special event where they play their favourite games live on Twitch to raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, a charity that funds research to find ways to eradicate the life changing illness once…
AGDQ 2015 Is Live Right Now!
As is tradition this time of year, speedrunners from all round the world gather together to break records and raise a lot of money for charity. This year, AGDQ 2015 is raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation and at time of writing, has raised $135,000 after one day's streaming.…
Red vs Blue UK is Coming to Leicester, 1st-3rd of August
Red vs Blue UK is almost upon us and here is some vital information if you wish to attend. The event is running from the 1st - 3rd August, based in Leicester's Phoenix Square and The Cookie Jar. There will be a meet 'n' greet from 9am each day, so come…
Summer Games Done Quick 2014 Begins Tomorrow
The Summer edition of Awesome Games Done Quick is almost upon us, promising 6 days of crazy speedruns, lots of money going to charity and all round good work done by the speedrunning community. This year, the charity they are raising money for is Doctors Without Borders and is being…
SEGA Partners With Humble Bundle With Proceeds Going To Charity
The Humble Bundle have partnered with SEGA to bring some of its titles to gamers for a low price, all in the name of good causes. The SEGA bundle lets users pay what they want for Alpha Protocol, Company of Heroes, Rome: Total War and Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit. Those…
Sid Meier’s Humble Bundle Raises More Than $3.5 Million
The latest Humble Bundle, featuring a large amount of game design legend Sid Meier's back catalogue, has raised more than $3.5 Million. This is little surprise, with the full bundle including: For $1 minimum Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete Sid Meier's Civilization IV Complete Sid Meier's Ace Patrol Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies…
Speedrunners Smash Classic Games For Charity
The folks over at Speed Demos Archive are currently in the midst of their latest marathon stream, Awesome Games Done Quick. Running from January 5-11 2014, the stream will include hundreds of games, from nostalgic classics to some more recent ones. If you're at all interested in the classic games…
Yogscast Raises £700,000 in Charity Livestream
The UK based gaming channel, The Yogscast, announced that its December stream event, the "Yogscast Dwarven Dairy Drive" raised over £700,000. This is in comparison to last year's event which raised just over £240,000. This was a large event, and the associated Yogscast gaming channels and their Youtubers played games…
Yogscast’s Simon Lane is Now Available Now as DLC for Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sega have teamed up with the Yogscast, one of the most popular UK based Youtube Channels, in order to help raise money for Special Effect, a charity which helps disabled children play video games. How are they doing this? Right now you can purchase the Honeydew Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed…
Give8-Bit YouTube Channel Launched to Forward Gaming Industries Charity
 A YouTube channel, known as Give8-Bit has been launched by PlayMob to showcase the charitable efforts of the gaming industry. The site will allow submissions from companies or organisations in order to raise money for charity through gaming based projects.  "We launched our fundraising platform for the games industry last year…
World of Warcraft Raising Money for Make-A-Wish Foundation
 Blizzard are once again raising money for charity by releasing a new pet and mount for World of Warcraft. Proceeds from purchases will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Alterac Brew pet and the Enchanted Fey Dragon are available through Battle.net, with the bundle costing $30. $5 from each bundle…
Gearbox Raise $16K For Videogame History Museum
Developer Gearbox have raised $16K for The Videogame History Museum by auctioning off art and collector memorabilia to fans. The institution aims to create a physical museum in the San Jose Silicon Valley area to preserve the history of games. The non-profit charity hopes to prevent the loss of the…
Extra Life Charity Target Of DDoS Attack
Extra Life, a charity aimed at aiding Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, has been the victim of four DDoS attacks during their annual charity drive. The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks came during a 25 hour stream that ended only hours ago. All was not doom and gloom however, with the…
SpecialEffect Charity Launches Crowdfunding for Eye-Based Controller
SpecialEffect are a UK based charity which aims to help the disabled play video games like everyone else. In efforts to help more people access the medium SpecialEffect have launched a crowdfunding project on website Gambitious. The project is to create a new controller which makes use of eye movement…
Rare Candy: A Pokemon Gallery & Charity Auction You Need to See
Peter Le and Amy Kim originally had a small idea of a fun art gallery dedicated to the original 151 Pokemon that they and many of their friends have all grown up watching. With the help of friends and students in the Animation/Illustration program at San Jose State University, they…
Whack Some Moles for Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia today, causing significant loss of cognitive ability in 38 million people worldwide. It truly is a horrible disease that robs people of their family and friends. Ricky Piller, an independent video game developer, witnessed the effects of Alzheimer's first hand as…
Neverwinter 24 Hour Live Streaming Open Beta Launch and Charity Event
Free to Play gaming News and Review Blog MMODen proudly announced a 24 hour Live Streaming Marathon of Perfect World Entertainment's free MMORPG "Neverwinter". This event shall take place starting April 25th at 12 Noon PDT and run until 12 Noon PDT April 26th 2013. This event will showcase the…