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Bungie and Destiny 2 players have raised $150,000 for earthquake aid in Turkiye and Syria

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Bungie has joined the surprisingly short list of MMO companies lending their playerbases and pocketbooks in support of humanitarian aid for people affected the...
Hmm. Appears I'm still alive.

PUBG Battlegrounds’ Krafton Türkiye donates $100,000 to earthquake relief

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At least one video game studio is stepping up to help with the immense humanitarian crisis that erupted this past week with the earthquake...

Final Fantasy XIV is among the games showcased at Awesome Games Done Quick charity speedrunning marathon

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Generally speaking, the only conceivable way someone could speedrun an MMORPG would be to get to the level cap in the fastest way possible,...

Ashes of Creation condenses the antics from its 24-hour Extra Life charity livestream in a video

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Earlier this month, the developers of Ashes of Creation took 24 hours out of their day to come together and host a charity livestream...

Guild Wars 2 is about to kick off its Extra Life charity stream – and the patch with April!

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Multiple MMO studios are preparing for a big weekend of raising charity funds for Extra Life today, but our eyes are on Guild Wars...

Jennifer Hale returns to Guild Wars 2 to voice a child character based on a real kid for Extra Life

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As part of its Extra Life 2022 efforts, the Guild Wars 2 team is going all out to celebrate one of the children helped...

Guild Wars 2 promotes this weekend’s Pink Day in LA fundraiser for cancer charity

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Long-time Guild Wars franchise fans know that Pink Day in LA is a staple of the community when it comes to charity, and this...

MMO studios and publishers large and small come together to support Extra Life 2022

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It's about that time of year when charitable drives are on the minds of many gamers, studios, and publishers, and just as last year...

New World shares a lore post as players raise $2300 for St. Jude’s in a player-run fishing tournament

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New World has a story to tell its players. A story about two enterprising pirates seeking the Heart of the Ocean - a jewel...

TennoCon 2022: Digital Extremes’ annual charity focus Indspire supports Indigenous education

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From its inception, Warframe's annual fan convention has selected a local charity to support, with ticket sales and player donations going to help various...

Destiny 2 celebrates summer as Bungie addresses healthcare, racial justice, and its acquisition by Sony

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We're deep into the summertime here in the northern hemisphere, and Destiny 2 is preparing to mark the season by bringing back its Solstice...

Family of former Ultima Online lead designer and game academic opens college memorial fund in his honor

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Back in October of last year, we reported the news that Mike Sellers, best known to our corner of the gaming universe as a...

MMO Business Roundup: Preservation, charity, modding, memes, and Microsoft’s merger

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business. Microsoft ABK: It's not just the US digging into Microsoft's...

Star Citizen and EVE Online unveil a LEGO build-off challenge for prizes and charity

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Last December, we spied the Twitter accounts of both Star Citizen and EVE Online trash-talking each other as a result of a fan-built Vulture...

Destiny 2’s Bungie says it won’t be ‘muzzled’ by Sony when it comes to ‘standing up for what’s right’

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For the last week, we've been covering a WAPO story on the games industry's tepid response for reproductive health rights, which led to a...

Sony subsidiary Insomniac secures new policy, donations for reproductive rights

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Last week, we covered a Washington Post article that sharply criticized the gaming industry for its almost complete silence on the likely overturn of...

RuneScape details charitable bundles for mental health awareness, OSRS acts on Giants’ Foundry feedback

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It's time once again for another bundle of news updates out of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape. We start with RuneScape's usual weekly newsletter,...

MapleStory SEA offers up cosmetics, pets, and mounts for blood donations

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Have you ever seen a particularly nice cosmetic reward in an MMO and thought to yourself, "Boy, I'd literally give blood for that." If...

EVE Online players raised over $500K to benefit Ukraine in latest PLEX for Good charity drive

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CCP Games clearly doesn't deserve the players of EVE Online, considering the rapid burning of bridges it seems to be attempting with its fans...
I hate so much about the ways you choose to be.

Fortnite’s profit donation efforts have already raised $50M for Ukrainian aid

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A couple of days ago we reported on some philanthropic efforts on the part of Epic Games, which announced that it's committing all profits...

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