Child’s Play

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N-Control Donates $50,000 To Child’s Play

4:15AM January 7, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

Some good may be coming out of the “Ocean Stratagy”/Paul Christoforo customer service debacle. N-Control, the company that makes the Avenger controller formerly repped by Christoforo, announced that they’d be making a large donation to Child’s Play. More »


In Real Life

Space Marines Make Extremely Important Deliveries In This Poignant Video For Child’s Play

8:40AM December 15, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

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 »


In Real Life

The Most Incredible Line-Up Of Gaming’s Leading Ladies

10:20AM November 30, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Artist Ashley Riot created this wonderful bit of original gaming art to donate to the Child’s Play charity dinner auction. More »


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Devs And Publishers Battle It Out For Charity

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10:30AM September 8, 2011 | Tracey Lien

See this video here? It shows a developer from SEGA Studios Australia going up against a Firemint developer in a game of StarCraft II. Tonight, it’ll be CBS Interactive up against the developers at Wicked Witch Software, and tomorrow it’ll be Endgame Studios vs. Desura. So here’s a question: why? More »


In Real Life

The 14-Day Game Challenge For Charity

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3:30PM September 2, 2011 | Tracey Lien

If there’s one thing that the Child’s Play charity has brought out of gamers (aside from generous donations), it’s creativity. And what’s more creative than making a game from scratch in 14 days to raise money for to help sick kids? More »


PC

Indie Bundle Adds Five More Games If You Donate Five Bucks Or More

9:30AM August 4, 2011 | Owen Good

The Humble Indie Bundle 3 has now added five more games, and still is being offered for the super-low price of “whatever you want to pay”. Provided whatever you want to pay is more than the average donation, which is $US4.96 as of now. More »


News

Look Out Naughty Bear, Here Comes Chucky

4:00AM May 20, 2011 | Mike Fahey

A2M’s Naughty Bear, a video game about a deranged child’s toy with murder in its heart, wasn’t the blockbuster success I hoped it would be. Perhaps the concept just needed to be powered by a familiar face. After that it’s all Child’s Play. More »


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Video Game Charity Raises Over $2 Million For Sick Kids

5:00PM January 4, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Child’s Play – a charity founded by Penny Arcade’s Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins – managed to raise over $US2 million during the course of 2010. Amazing. More »


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Get Some Of The iPhone’s Best Games For $1.19

12:00AM December 22, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Inspired by the Humble Indie Bundles, a band of developers behind some of the iPhone’s finest games have banded together to run a little charity drive of their own. Tl;dr: awesome iPhone games for $1.19. More »


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Look At All That Cash That Gears Of War Fans Raised For Charity

10:00AM September 8, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

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You can count on Gears of War fans when it comes to buying virtual goods in the name of doing good. Want proof? Epic Games’ charity campaign tied to Gears of War 3 just raised over $US150,000 for charity. More »