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Montreal boy develops game to teach kids about mental health
An 11-year-old Montreal boy has developed a video game aimed at reducing stigma and educating his peers about mental health, an initiative his mother says has helped him navigate the ... -
Captain Planet mobile game raising money for Environment
In celebration of Earth Day 2019, AT&T and Turner are calling on all Planeteers to join superhero Captain Planet in restoring trees on Hope Island in the “Hope Island Recovery ... -
Google opens its Indie Games Accelerator
Google has brought its Indie Games Accelerator initiative back for 2019 and is expanding the program's reach for its second year. This year, the Indie Games Accelerator is open to mobile ... -
AbleGamers opens a dev portal for accessibility info
AbleGamers has launched a new website in the interest of giving game developers access to more information on how to make their games more accessible through community collaboration. The website, Accessible.Games, features ... -
Code to Inspire trains girls to code in Afghanistan
Fereshteh Forough grew up as a refugee, but she learned to become a computer programmer. And she wants to give other Afghan girls that opportunity. So she founded Code to Inspire, a ... -
Barry Electronics hosting Charity Video Game Tournament
Barry Electronics will host its 15th annual Charity Video Game Tournament from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the store, 1703 Allentown Road, Lima. Registration fee is ... -
Video game marathon for Habitat for Humanity
Telus Park Place has a fun way to raise money for local charities, and they hope you’ll watch and donate. The second annual Video Game Marathon takes place Friday, April ... -
EGX Rezzed: Special Effect Charity Brings Customized Controls
EGX Rezzed was bustling with life throughout the weekend and while the booths were filled with new games and devices left and right, a few controllers I have never seen ... -
VeteranGamer.net to Host The Division 2 Stream Event
Military & Veterans Gamers group, the largest veteran-affiliated gamer community in the US, will be hosting a second charity live stream event in order to raise funds to send care ... -
Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run IX
The Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run is back! Tell a friend! This year the Community Endurance Run is going to kick off on April the 12th and run through Sunday, April ... -
Riot Games’ 2019 IDAHOTB Celebration
Last year, Riot Games added its name to the list of global companies that externally celebrate May 17th as IDAHOTB. Since its creation in 2004, the holiday has helped to draw ... -
Overwatch League Players donate aid for devastating Korean fires.
Several Overwatch League players have made sizable donations to contribute to relief efforts around the devastating fires in South Korea’s Gangwon Province. No matter what role they play in Blizzard's hero-shooter, ... -
Green Man Gaming Impresses Raising £30,000 for GamesAid
GamesAid’s charity work received a major boost after Green Man Gaming today announced that it had raised over £30,000 for GamesAid. The British-based online retailer, which was founded in 2009 ... -
Summer Games Done Quick 2019 lineup
This year's Summer Games Done Quick, an annual speedrunning charity event, will be taking place from June 23 to June 30. It'll be raising money for Doctors Without Borders and ... -
Students Play for annual charitable gaming cause
Each year, the ASLC raises funds for Shands Children's Hospital with activities like gaming and raffles. With gaming consoles set up around the Cyber Café, the Askew Student Life Center ... -
Call Of Duty Tournament Held To Honor Adrian Rodriguez
A Call Of Duty tournament was held over the weekend to honor nine-year-old Adrian Rodriguez after he died of cancer last year. For years, video games have been blamed for some of ... -
NETWAR 36.0 : Gamers gather for hospitalized children
The non-profit organization, NETWAR, is set to host their 36th large-scale video gaming event in efforts to provide bedside recreation for hospitalized children. OMAHA, Neb. - April 2, 2019 - PrZen -- NETWAR, a ... -
Stack Up awarded CDC grant for veterans mental health wellness.
Today, Stack Up has announced that it has received a grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which the charity will use to further the mental well-being of ... -
Gameloft & CARE create "Stronger Together" to fight poverty
The "Stronger Together" in-game event will run from April 8-18 and will allow players to donate to CARE by voting for one of three dragon designs to be added permanently ... -
Giving Back: TealRose from Pokemon Go community
Giving Back: The Interview Today, however, we have another interview. This one is with an American player-bases Community Giving Coordinator: TealRose. She has helped organize many different charity events within her community ... -
JackSepticEye To Headline Charity: Water Fundraising Stream
Beginning tomorrow, Charity: Water — a nonprofit that seeks to provide drinking water to people in developing nations — will kick off a weekend-long livestream event in collaboration with fundraising platform Tiltify. The ... -
Aroha For NZ – Gaming Charity Live Stream for NZ
Gamers around the world to rally via Twitch to support those affected by the Christchurch Mosque shootings He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata, he tāngata, he ... -
Speedrunners gather at Calithon 2019 to support charity
Some of the world’s fastest speedrunners are gathering at Calithon 2019 to support the international charity work of Direct Relief, a humanitarian medical aid organization based in California. The speedrunning ... -
Gamechanger wants to bring joy to all hospital children
Taylor Carol was diagnosed with Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, commonly shortened to ALL Leukemia, in May of 2006. He wasn’t expected to survive. What followed was five years in ... -
13 year old gamer raises £150 for charity
13-year-old Adam Tupper, from Southampton, recently took part in Naomi House & Jacksplace’s gaming event, Game On! and raised money by donating his pocket money for every 30 minutes he ... -
1st ever GDC Sock Drive
Be a Part of the Inaugural GDC Sock Drive The first-ever GDC Sock Drive is being held this year to benefit the homeless community through the St. Anthony’s Foundation. Why ... -
War Child UK’s Armistice Raised $380k for War Affected Children
War Child UK and U.S. partner Children in Conflict have reached an incredible milestone after raising $380,000 in 2018 for children affected by war. As part of its Armistice project, ... -
Gamer marathon for Alzheimer’s Research UK
A gamer from Folkestone is taking part in an online marathon, lasting over an entire day, in aid of charity. Adrian Cremin, 27, will be organizing, hosting and taking part ... -
One of the most successful ways for charities to raise money
Thanks to the millions of eyeballs glued to gaming celebrities like Ninja at any given moment, live gaming streams have become one of the most successful ways for charities to ... -
GameBlast19 smashed the target of £100,000!
YOU DID IT!!! You’ve smashed the GameBlast19 target of £100,000! Please take a moment to watch this message from our CEO Dr Mick Donegan. You wouldn’t believe just how awestruck ... -
JustGiving launches hub to encourage gamers to fundraise
JustGiving has launched a new online hub to encourage the gaming community to donate to charities. The Gaming for Social Good hub provides tools and resources for gamers who livestream their gameplay ... -
LGBTQ gaming group earns high scores for charitable efforts.
There was a time when the word “gamer” conjured images of a lonely nerd playing video games in his parents’ basement. Not any more. Today’s gamers are more diverse and ... -
VIDEO GAMERS BATTLE THROUGH DOUBLE MARATHON FOR CHARITY
Committed video gamer Rob Walker from Shrewsbury attempts to complete two different types of marathon over the weekend to raise money for people with disabilities. In recent years Rob and ... -
Games for Change organizes Disrupt Aging Game Jam
100 years ago, the average life expectancy for someone living in the US was 50 years-old. Today, however, 50% of kids born in the last 10 years are expected to ... -
Fusion Boombox donates to small Starcraft tournament
When you think of your favorite esports star, you usually don't think of them competing in a small town tournament for a couple hundred dollars, if that. However, this very ... -
GDC Partners With Indie Giving To Support Local Homeless Charities
As we prepare for the 2019 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next month, organizers are excited to once again partner with the Indie Giving charity to donate 30 GDC Indie Games Summit tickets ... -
Tom's Jumbo Gaming Marathon Extravaganza 2019
A FUNDRAISING event with a twist for a little-known charity is on the horizon for a Hatch Warren man. Tom Perrett will be playing games on a livestream for more ... -
nonPareil Institute helps Autistic adults learn game development
Mark Theurer knew his son Alexander would not be ready for college after he graduated from McKinney Boyd High School. Unlike most of his friends, Alexander lacked certain soft skills ... -
Unicorn Pirates Studio is hosting a Dog Jam to support the Animal Friends shelter charity
Finnish games developer Unicorn Pirates Studio is set to host a three-day Dog Jam to support the Animal Friends shelter charity look after some 800 homeless dogs. The European Union ... -
Aussie gamer plans marathon charity stream for Trans Youth
Australian gamer Totes Vidya has announced plans to stream himself playing video games for 24 hours to raise money for Parents of Gender Diverse Children (PGDC) – and to spite ... -
Gamer forming e-sports league for charity
Zak Fisher, who is attempting to gather local players into an e-sports league where the champions' purse will be donated to local charities and matched by the company where he ... -
Desert Bus for Hope pulls a record $700K
Desert Bus For Hope, the charity gaming marathon now in its 12th year, finished on Friday after setting records for money raised and hours driven. The fund drive, which benefits Child’s ... -
Microsoft Super Bowl Commercial 2019: We All Win
When technology empowers each of us, it empowers all of us. This Super Bowl, follow the inspirational story of passionate young gamers rising to the top of their game with ... -
Call of Duty Charity Showdown @GG4A
We have set up a charity show down match that will go live on Friday 15th February at 8pm. The 2 captains for our Call Of Duty Charity showdown match ... -
This War of Mine's charity DLC secures $500K for War Child UK
11 bit studios, the studio behind This War of Mine, has raised over $500,000 for War Child UK, a charity that seeks to "protect, educate and stand up for the rights ... -
Manchester Gamers Unite
Manchester Gamers Unite is a bi-monthly games event, which will kick off 2019 on March 26th with its biggest event yet, as it relocates to Manchester’s Impossible. Local and triple-A studios ... -
Charity game app HELP returns to support conflict affected children
A new app that combines games from Gameloft, Wooga, Featherweight Games, and Sports Interactive is on sale now to raise funds to support children affected by conflict. War Child UK, ... -
Fundraising boss completes 24-hour charity stream
The boss of a charity sponsorship website has completed a 24-hour outdoor computer gaming challenge to raise funds for homeless people. Give Penny Chief Executive Lee Clark completed the challenge ... -
Microsoft's Custom Charity Consoles Are Great
Xbox and Make-A-Wish are teaming up again for their Consoles For Kids charity drive, and the latest batch of custom-designed celebrity consoles are looking very pretty. How pretty you find ... -
Registration to Gamers for Giving 2019 has opened!
Gamers rejoice across the land! Registration to participate in Gamers for Giving 2019 has opened! All tickets are sold through our friends at the Intel LANFest series and can be ... -
Games Done Quick 2019 breaks record
The Awesome Games Done Quick event 2019 has raised a record-breaking $2.4 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, after a week of gaming at Rockville, MA. Games Done Quick announced the ... -
CDC awards Stack Up with grant for mental health care
Stack Up, a charity that supports veterans and brings them together with civilians through video games, has announced a grant from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention. The ... -
Game for Good: Max, an Autistic Journey
This old school classic RPG style game is such a fun interactive way to learn more about Autism and the Spectrum. The game starts at the beginning of Max's morning and ... -
Therapists Using VR To Treat Mental Health Issues
Mental health statistics always boggle my mind. In the US alone, 43M adults experience mental illness in a given year, 60% going untreated*. $193B annually is lost in earnings due ... -
extra life UNITED 2019
For over a decade, gamers from all over the world have come together to give back to those who need it most. Through the 5th Annual Extra Life United event, ... -
1st congress member on Twitch charity Stream
Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York checked off a few first recently participating as a guest on H.bomberguy 's stream to raise $200k for Mermaids a UK based a ... -
8-Bit Salute is starting Season 2
8-Bit Salute: Season 2Start earning rewards today!Join Now! Join, then get connected! With over $1,250,000 raised since 2011, 8-Bit Salute unites thousands of gamers around the world via a year-long ... -
Portland Oregon community service opportunity
Portland Oregon community service opportunity at the Oregon Food Bank with Gamers for Good. -
Spotlight on Anxiety Gaming
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It’s almost time for Nintendo World Reports 9th charity live stream on January 26th.
We're raising money for the children! It's time for Nintendo World Report's Charity Live Stream, where we talk about Nintendo for half a day while raising money for the kids. ... -
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GAMERS FOR GIVING 2019 registration has opened!
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Stack up is heading to Pax South 2019 next week.
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EA Establishing Fund, Livestream for Jacksonville Shooting Victims
“Madden NFL” publisher Electronic Arts is making a $1 million contribution to support the victims of the Jacksonville shooting, and it’s starting a fund so others can donate as well, the company announced ...
