Last May I talked with Rob Slaughter of Bee the Swarm about his mobile application. It’s an endeavor to support charities and good causes through mobile gaming. After a successful Kickstarter campaign and release of two additional titles, Flappy Bee and Ahh Balls!, the team is seeking feedback from charitable gamers. Now they are growing their “swarm”. Bee The Swarm is now creating a social network to connect the communities that have utilized their fundraising…
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Last year was a challenging and exhausting year for many. However, for those doing good work through gaming it was incredibly successful. The charitable gaming communities came together to raise record amounts for the charities they support. Let’s take a look at a selection of video game centric charities and what they did in 2016! The 24 hour marathon for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals in the US and Canada has raised nearly $9 million in 2016 with over…
What do you get when a highly philanthropic gaming platform rallies around the charitable efforts of the gaming community? Well, you get the XBOX Gives Back community event! Xbox community manager are sharing their favorite charities during their regular, weekly streams. You can find stream and event information on the Xbox One Community Calendar app, or through Xbox.com. Donations are accepted from July 17th – July 23rd. This awesome, week-long event will include daily promo…
This week BigHeartedGamers we will be attending a couple of days worth of E3 in Los Angeles, California. We’ll start the week at the E3 Microsoft Press Event and make our way from there to various other press events and then to the show floor. While there have been a few leaks of info about new or revised consoles, there doesn’t seem to have been anything earth shattering leaked so far. Or maybe we haven’t…
We talked about Gamers Outreach in July of last year here at Big Hearted Gamers because they are pretty awesome. The goal of Gamers Outreach is to provide kids in hospitals with recreation and therapy through the power of video games and they’ve done an amazing job. As of publication, Gamers Outreach is helping 78,840 children per year. That’s a staggering number! Think about the city in which you live. Your home city might be…
Stack-Up Launches Their Holiday Campaign, #HomeForTheHolidays Pittsburgh, PA – December 16, 2015 – Stack-Up is officially launching their first campaign, #HomeForTheHolidays, this December! Stack-Up believes the holidays are about making and sharing memories with our loved ones, but our troops deployed thousands of miles away are unable to do so. What better way for us to help our troops than by giving them a way they can spend time with family, friends, and loved ones…
File this one under ones to watch! Save the Children is working on a closed Beta of a new game designed to raise funds through gameplay for real world benefits to children around the world. Recently Save the Children released more info on the various regions that players can create and attempt to build into a sustainable community. I think when you combine education with gaming and a real world benefit you should have a…
As one of the most widely known charitable organizations involving gaming, Extra Life got its start close to home. Well, close to home if your home is in Texas. Now, with your help, Extra Life raises funds close to all of your homes! To date, Extra Life has raised more than $14 million for hospitals in the Children’s Hospital Network. Extra Life started when the Sarcastic Gamer Community was inspired by a young lady named…
Games Aid is a UK Games Industry Charity designed to support smaller charities through a variety of efforts. As an umbrella company, Games Aid supports a number of smaller charities who help disadvantaged and disabled children and young people. Funds are raised in a variety of manners, including: Industry activities, such as social or sporting events Individual and corporate donations and memberships Game compilations sold at retail Digital download bunldes Sales of donated games memorabilia…
Running a series of charity video game marathons, Games Done Quick leverages the power of gaming to generate funds for charities such as Doctors Without Borders and the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The marathon events last for days and feature high-level game play by speedrunners cranking through games at lightening speed. The level of talent by the speedrunners is staggering and the fact that they donate their time and energy over the course of several days…