More than 350 retired server blades — the physical manifestations of World of Warcraft‘s virtual realms — are being auctioned off by Blizzard, which will donate the proceeds to the renowned St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. More »
A UK-based charity treatment group is preparing for what they believe will become the next major addiction issue: Video Games. More »
You’ll never look at interstellar soldiers the same way again after watching this video by the MAKE design studio. The creators there made the clip pro bono — producing work which looks like it took weeks, if not months, to finish — to drum up support for the Child’s Play charity started eight years ago by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, creators of mega-successful webcomic Penny Arcade. More »
Just in time for Desert Bus for Hope’s fifth annual charity drive, the infamous mini-game from Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors for Sega CD is now available on Android and all iOS devices. It is, by all appearances, a straight port of the unforgiving original, which requires you to drive eight hours in real time to achieve a single point. More »
Grace Windrum, a five-year-old girl from the United Kingdom, suffers from cerebral palsy. At the moment, she’s unable to walk. But thanks to a charity drive from an iOS game publisher, she may soon be able to. More »
Maybe what drew you here is the chance to watch someone play a video game using technology that tracks eye movement. But make sure you stick around to hear about the people who make that possible. More »
We’ve seen a lot of generous gamers starting up their own charity events, but we haven’t seen any create a PS3 compatible arcade machine that comes pre-loaded with 350 games… until now. More »
Halo pro gamer and MLG icon David ‘Walshy’ Walsh has announced he is participating in a duathlon for Gamer’s Outreach charity, to benefit his local children’s hospital. It’s a gamer trying to do good, so help out! Spread Word
