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“A Singularly Uplifting Experience” – AVICII Invector Trailer Celebrates the Game
Wired Productions and Hello There Games are proud and humbled to celebrate the worldwide critical acclaim for AVICII Invector in a new trailer for the immersive rhythm game. Teaming up with veteran mu...
Fall Guys charity auction raises $1M for gamers’ charity SpecialEffect
The online auction, organised by the game’s creators Mediatonic and Devolver, saw a bidding war that included some of the video game community’s most popular streamers. A last-minute combined donation...
SPECIALEFFECT LAUNCHES MOST IMPORTANT ONE SPECIAL DAY FUNDRAISER YET
The gamers’ charity SpecialEffect today launches its fifth annual One Special Day fundraiser and, in the wake of the financial impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, is joined by some of the biggest names i...
Bring the Fire and Fury with Sea of Thieves’ Free Crews of Rage Update
With recent events on the Sea of Thieves really heating things up, it seems the fiery temper of a certain Skeleton Lord glimpsed in the most recent Tall Tale is having an impact in unexpected ways. In...
GameBlast 2020: SpecialEffect aim for £1M in ‘the best excuse to game ever’
SpecialEffect’s annual GameBlast fundraising spectacular is back over the weekend of 21-23 February 2020, and the charity are inviting gamers to hit £1M raised over the event’s seven-year history. Gam...
ONE SPECIAL DAY – FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER
Today, some of the biggest names from the games industry are uniting behind SpecialEffect, the gamers’ charity, for their annual One Special Day flagship fundraising campaign. Companies from all over ...
The games industry mobile-ises for One Special Charity Day
For the fourth year running, the mobile games industry has come out in force to support SpecialEffect’s One Special Day fundraising event to help more severely disabled people from all over the world ...
SpecialEffect’s GameBlast19 charity weekend raises over £120,000
The total raised for GameBlast19, the UK’s largest charity gaming weekend, has been confirmed at over £123,000 ($160,000). Gamers across the UK and beyond took on gaming marathons and game-themed even...
SpecialEffect’s GameBlast19 weekend is here
Joe, a young man with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is looking forward to powering through a sponsored 12-hour video gaming marathon as part of SpecialEffect’s GameBlast19 fundraising event this weeken...
One month to go! SpecialEffect invite signups for GameBlast19 charity spectacular
Gamers’ charity SpecialEffect has invited gamers everywhere to join the many streamers, studios and student societies already taking part in GameBlast19 over the weekend of 22-24 February. Heralded as...