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Women in Games International needs funding, and they’re not above selling off their stuff to get it! They’re kicking off the WIGI Celebrity Ebay Auction tomorrow, with more than a hundred bits of video game merchandise and memorabilia up for grabs. Items have been donated from Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios, Electronic Arts – even the Cartoon Network team has chipped in items to help fund the international non-profit organisation that has been working for years to make sure women get a fair shake in the industry.
The items range from pretty spiffy, like this signed copy of the Xbox 360 Collector’s Edition Frontlines: Fuel of War, complete with t-shirt signed by the Kaos team, to the slightly less appealing, such as the book “Mobile 3D Game Development: From Start to Market.” Hit the jump for WIGI’s press release, or check out their auction page for the full list of swag up for grabs.
The Bungie folks are auctioning off the Halo Mountain Dew vending machine that’s been sitting in their office forever. The machine is signed and illustrated by the entire team and features Halo’s Master Chief from the second game. The machine has never actually been used, so it’s in terrific condition. All proceeds for the auction will go to The Make a Wish Foundation. If you’re a HUGE Halo fan this is probably a one-of-a-kind get. The auction is currently at a whopping $15,000 and doesn’t include the shipping charge, which is likely to set you back another $200 to $2,000 depending on where you live in the U.S.
If Bungie really loved children they’d throw in a steak dinner with Luke Smith.
Atari’s history with handhelds is…yeah, not so hot. The “Touch Me” was a disaster, and the Lynx wasn’t much better. At least both of those made it to the marketplace, however. One Atari handheld that didn’t was their portable Super Breakout, of which only two in the world exist, both of them prototypes. One of those is up for auction right now, but we’re not interested in how much it sells for. We’re just appreciating how fantastic the thing looks. Atari prototypes! Atari unreleased handheld! [gameSniped]
We’ve seen people go to extreme lengths for both charity and eBay auctions, but this particular item, a copy of Grand Theft Auto III signed by fan fave Jack Thompson at VGXPO, combines the two in an attractive package. According to the listing, the PlayStation 2 version of the game can be yours (we think) for the low, low price of $US 4,000, the proceeds of which will be redirected in full to the Child’s Play charity. There’s even a picture of the signee and auction lister—who we’re told is not TV’s famous Wil Wheaton—to aid in the proof of authenticity.
What is suspect, however, is whether you actually get the signed copy of the game for your four large, seemingly the entire point of dropping this much cash on a used PS2 game. The eBay listing comes with the unclear note “Please note: I do not actually want to sell this. I am just listing it for show and to hopefully win a contest. However, if you want to spend $US 4000 on this then I will donate 100% of the proceeds to Child’s Play Charity.” The seller does have a 99.9% positive rating, so I wager you’ll be satisfied. If you do decide to give up the cash, let us know when (and if) you get it.
Grand Theft Auto III Signed By Jack Thompson (PS2) [eBay - thanks, Rick!]
Ru Weerasuriya, Ready at Dawn co-founder, dropped me a line to let me know that his studio has put two eBay auctions up to hlp raise money for Child’s Play.
The studio managed to get their hand on one of the last Daxter PSP Entertainment packs around and then had everyone at Ready at Dawn Studios. As if the cool autographed, hard-t0-find PSP weren’t enough, the Ready at Dawn folks are throwing in an autographed piece of original production art from the game.
All proceeds go to Child’s Play. Hit up the link for the U.S. auction, and check out Ready at Dawn’s other auction if you live in Europe.
Child’s Play is getting a lot of love today here on Kotaku (as well it should). Here we have a nice wireless PS2 Guitar Hero guitar for auction up on eBay to benefit Penny Arcade’s up and coming charity. But this isn’t any ordinary GH guitar, this one has been autographed by some of the biggest names to appear at PAX ’07. The (mostly) complete list of autographers includes:
* Tycho and Gabe * Wil Wheaton * Jonathan Coulton * Caitlin Glass (Winry from FMA) * Gus Sorola, Geoff Ramsey, and Burnie Burns (Simmons, Grif, and Church from RvB) * Harmonix Employees (Makers of Guitar Hero): Alex Rigopulos (Co Founder), Sean Baptiste (Community Director), Dan Teasdale (Senior Programmer) * Dave Grossman (Co-Creator of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, and the new Sam and Max) * Ron Gilbert (Co-Creator of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion) * Members of Optimus Rhyme * Members of The MiniBosses * Liz Excitement from Freezepop * MC Frontalot
The item just went up and bidding starts at a modest $US 25. There are nearly ten days left to bid and I’m sure this is an item that will fetch a nice high price. 100% of the proceeds will go to Child’s Play. Just think, if you win it, you can use it to raise even more money for Child’s Play at Funde Razor!
