Helping Charity
Scopely is making donations to charity No Kid Hungry with Scrabble Go
Share-athon is running until April 30th
For Charity
Games Done Quick raises $400k for coronavirus relief
Replaced summer 2020 show, all proceeds being donated to Direct Relief
A Good Deed
Playtika's Bingo Blitz is donating meals to Feeding America
10 meals for every virtual meal made by players
Helping Out
EA will donate up to $2m to support coronavirus relief efforts
Publishing giant to match funds raised by staff
Not Alone
Ukie teams up with suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably
Advice for online and family gaming
Donations Double
Apple doubles its donations to China to aid in coronavirus relief efforts
The firm will give ¥50 million ($7 million)
Helping Charity
Updated: Skillz raises $40,000 from charity tournaments to help the American Red Cross
Competitions will held between March 28th and 29th
Helping Charity
CD Projekt Red makes $950,000 donation to help combat the coronavirus in Poland
The money is going to the charity Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy
A Good Deed
Google parent company Alphabet donates $800 million to combat the coronavirus
It will give ad grants to government agencies
Charitable Ads
Miniclip, MAG Interactive, Kwalee and more to donate a portion of their advertising inventory to charities
Free ad space for Make-A-Wish (UK), SpecialEffect, BuildAid and more
Play Apart Together
World Health Organisation teams up with games industry for #PlayApartTogether campaign
Zynga, Playtika, Kabam, Snap Games, Wooga, Glu, and more are on board
"global Fight"
Enthusiast Gaming joins forces with Twitch to raise money against COVID-19
12-hour charity stream for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO
A Legendary Deed
Riot Games gives $1.5 million to help coronavirus relief efforts
$400,000 will go to the Los Angeles food bank
Ninja Generosity
Ninja has donated $150,000 to help those affected by the coronavirus outbreak
Money goes to Feeding America to ensure school kids can still eat
Stream For Charity
Make-A-Wish UK launches new fundraising programme GameStars aimed at streamers
Streamers, developers, gamers unite
New Record
SpecialEffect's One Special Day fundraises nearly $600,000
"Life-changing difference"
Awesome Games Do Good
Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 raises $3.1 million for Prevent Cancer Foundation
Super Cat Tales the only mobile game showcased at the event
Loot Boxes
Royal Society for Public Health urges new UK Government to legislate loot boxes as gambling
"As with any public health issue, this is one that requires a combination of measures focusing on both education and regulation"
A Good Cause
The American Red Cross and Skillz team up to aid US wildfire victims
The competition platform is holding a tournament
Buy, Pay, Donate
One Special Day 2019 charity event kicks off on 4 October
Seriously and Norwich FC join the action
Fourth Year Running
Rovio, Seriously, Supercell and more unite for SpecialEffect's One Special Day 2019
Games developers far and wide will donate all UK revenue made on October 4th to the charity
Charity Event
The mobile games industry is coming together for One Special Day charity event
The fundraising event is designed to include severely disabled people worldwide in the fun of games
Lacking Influence
Futureplay: We blew our brand marketing budget on influencers
"It failed miserably. So we donated $10k to charity instead"
One In Four
Devcom 2019: 26% of the US has a disability that affects them playing games
46 million players across the country
More Than Surviving
This War of Mine has raised $500k for charity after selling 4.5 million units
Developer and publisher 11 bit Studios has a new game in the works with $5.2m budget and a further two projects in preliminary development after that
Charity
Gameloft partners with humanitarian charity CARE for “Stronger Together” Dragon Mania Legends event
Dragon Mania Legends developer vows a minimum donation of $50,000
Puppy Love
Charity fundraiser Dog Jam aims to raise money for homeless dogs by making games
Funds will go to Animal Front, which is struggling to look after over 800 dogs
Dirt
Pokemon Go celebrates the 50th anniversary of the US’s National Rivers & Trails systems
Pokemon Go studio wants to get players out and about across America’s National Parks
Charity
Words With Friends 2 launches tile styles alongside breast cancer charity event
Zynga will donate up to $100,000 to Susan G Komen as part of breast cancer awareness month
Good Cause
Supercell, Rovio, Outfit7 and more back One Special Day charity fundraiser
Takes place on September 28th
Good Cause
Gameloft, Wargaming, Bandai Namco and more support War Child's Armistice 2018 charity fundraising campaign
Money to go toward supporting children affected by war
Charity
Angry Birds Match and Imagine Dragons team up to take down paediatric cancer
Rovio collaborates with the band for a special event during childhood cancer awareness month
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Steel Media wins SpecialEffect’s #ChickenForCharity PUBG tournament as event raises over £10k
Incredible scenes
Charity Dinner
Steel Media on the hunt for chicken dinners in SpecialEffect #ChickenForCharity PUBG tournament
Your favourite b2b journos are entering the fray to raise money for charity
Karma
Can charitable platforms support good causes and also be a driver for player retention?
"Asking your player base to join you in making the world a better place and putting the decision-making in their hands a very powerful message to send to your player community"
A Good Cause
Jagex raises £225,000 for mental health charities
Beats goal of £150k for the year
The Animal
Marvel Strike Force dev FoxNext teams up with Dave Bautista to promote animal charity
The Guardians of the Galaxy actor chose to promote Frankie’s Friends as a part of True Heroes campaign
Good Cause
War Child UK launches retro games-inspired campaign to raise awareness for children affected by conflict
Mobile games developers Ustwo, Kongregate and Social Point take part in Re-Play
Co-op
Nordeus teams up with UK charity to raise awareness for undiagnosed heart conditions
The Top Eleven developer donated its shirt sleeve spot with Stoke City for the football club’s match with Tottenham Hotspur
Good Cause
Esports platform Skillz partners with breast cancer organisation for $100,000 charity tournament
"By supporting Susan G. Komen the Skillz platform will contribute to change"
A Good Cause
“We're constantly struggling with whether we could do more and have a more meaningful impact through games”
Muse Games' Howard Tsao on why it remastered CreaVures as a completely free game, with the option to donate to Unicef
A Very Special Day
UK charity SpecialEffect's One Special Day event raised $635,000 for gamers with disabilities
Mobile developers and more come through
For The Cause
Apple offers free Developer Program Membership to non-profit organisations
Get that $99 fee waived if you're an eligible organisation
The Next Generation
Code.org raises $12 million to provide more computer science education for children
22 million users of its platform, 10 million of which are girls
(red) Candy
King partners with AIDS charity (RED) on three charity IAPs across the Candy Crush franchise
Help fight AIDS and crush some candies while you're at it
War Child Armistice 2017
War Child adds 11 mobile games to its next Armistice fundraising campaign
Dawn of Titans, Total War Battles: Kingdom, and more to donate their revenue
World Food
Google Play launches Apps and Games Against Hunger week to combat world hunger
100% of revenues from IAPs in 12 games and apps go to World Food Program USA
Two Tribes
NetEase reveals Nerds vs Veterans battle in Immortal Conquest to raise $15,000 for charity
Dan Bull and Stephen Machuga lead the charge
Special Day
Games industry raises over £300,000 for charity during One Special Day event
Triple the initial target of £100,000
Relief Support
Rick and Morty mobile game donates day’s proceeds to hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico
Developer supports country devastated by Hurricane Maria