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Overwatch players raised almost $13M to fight breast cancer in ‘Pink Mercy’ campaign
Remember last spring when Blizzard ran that big "Pink Mercy" charity campaign in Overwatch? The company's run the numbers, and it turns out Overwatch...
E3 2018: Fallout 76 partners with Habitat for Humanity for charity – you can contribute for a song (literally)
Still pumped for the full Fallout 76 reveal from last night? Or maybe concerned over the potential for PvP abuse? Regardless of your current...
Guild Wars 2 plans bonus harvesting weekend, backs player artists crowdfunding a GW2 tarot deck for charity
So here's something Guild Wars 2 doesn't do much: special weekend bonus events. This one's probably more about getting folks to buy harvesting tools...
GDC 2018: Games can help humanity, be profitable, and get support from gamers
Games alone won't make the world better. They won't even make gamers better. We publish some articles that certainly seem pretty pro-games, but we're...
PUBG: Cheaters, China, charity, ping-locks, and running the biggest game in the world without a roadmap
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds isn't giving up on performance optimization and cheater crackdowns, you'll be glad to know. In its most recent Steam post, Bluehole says...
ArenaNet donates $3500 to Guild Wars fan whose game copy survived a deadly housefire
Howasabout another feel-good story? Let's do it! This one comes from Kotaku, which covered a large donation Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet recently made...
EVE Online community donates 3.7 million PLEX to family of fallen developer
Last fall, one of EVE Online's senior software engieers passed away at the age of 35, leaving a hole in the team's heart. While...
RuneScape and Final Fantasy studios sponsor new charity initiatives
Two MMO companies are working on new charity efforts to help those in need.
Jagex says that it's testing a new cash-shop setup that allows...
Get a glimpse into RuneScape’s die-hard fandom
Have you ever found yourself scratching your head and trying to understand the rabid devotion that has grown up around RuneScape? It seems that...
World of Warships is raising money to keep the USS Texas afloat
The USS Texas launched more than a century ago, and at the time she was one of the most advanced warships in the world....
TERA goes on pink overload for breast cancer awareness
We are sure that you are one of the good ones that do not need any prompting to give to worthy causes, such as...
World of Warcraft’s pink Gnomes raise $16,000 for breast cancer vaccine
Pink Gnomes as far as the eye can see, a mass of hopping, big-haired lads and lasses all surging together as they run slipshod...
Shroud of the Avatar sells toilets and wheelchairs for charity
While it still continues on that long road to launch, Shroud of the Avatar is using some of its development time and resources to...
Warframe: New Plains of Eidolon trailer, players host 100-hour charity stream
Digital Extremes told Warframe players yesterday that the Plains of Eidolon expansion was planned to launch "within the next 10 days," and today's press...
WoW’s Running of the Gnomes, BlizzCon’s virtual tickets, and patch 7.3.2 story spoilers
Did you drop $40 on a virtual ticket for BlizzCon 2017? You won't have to wait until the convention starts in November to enjoy...
World of Warships is offering charity bundles for donating to hurricane relief
If you've somehow missed the news, Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma have pretty well pounded the daylights out of the Caribbean, Florida, and eastern...
WoW sells charity pet for hurricane relief, plus more on Overwatch’s Junkertown & Hearthstone’s Oktoberbrawl
We've got a fun roundup of Blizzard's doings, so let's get started! The studio is selling a new "Shadow" fox pet with adorably huge...
Valiance Online puts out a call for hurricane heroes for charity event
When real-life tragedy occurs, it's perfectly OK to give priority to assistance over interest in video games. But what if you could do both?
Valiance...
Final Fantasy XIV players donate money and blood for charity
The Final Fantasy XIV community is large, diverse, and focused on a variety of different issues. But it does seem to be a community...
Final Fantasy XIV players to host in-game events, charity stream for hurricane relief Saturday
Hat tip to MMO blogger Aywren, who picked up on a Final Fantasy XIV-based Direct Relief charity event "to raise awareness and bolster hurricane...
