Childrens mercy hospital

Daybreak Game Company today announced that they have raised over $40,000 USD for Rady’s Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California. The money was raised during the developer’s first participation in Extra LIfe, a charity aimed at raising money for hospitals in the Children’s Miracle Network. Extra Life began in 2008 and has ballooned in popularity as streaming has become more common. In 2017, the charity raised more than $11 million with more than 50,000 participants. Advertisements … [Read more...] about Daybreak Games Raises Over $40k For Rady’s Children’s Hospital

Daybreak Games, the game devs responsible for EverQuest, PlanetSide, and H1Z1, proudly announced today that it has raised over $40,000 for Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, CA. This amount was raised through its first annual participation in Extra Life, a charitable organization aimed to raise money for hospitals within the Children’s Miracle Network by encouraging participants to stream games for online donations from viewers. Daybreak Games raised the third-highest fundraising total among participating game development companies in the United States, and the highest total among any participating gaming studio in California this year. The funds raised help children like eight-year-old Kellan Meehan, a heart patient at Rady’s Children’s Hospital, who celebrated Game Day at Daybreak Games with his two best friends, Nathan and Luke. … [Read more...] about Daybreak Games Raises over $40K for Rady Children’s Hospital

It’s always heartening to see MMO players band together for a good cause, as the Guild Wars 2 community did for the recent Extra Life charity event, during which ArenaNet raised over $65,000 US for children’s hospitals across the country. Of that $65,000, “more than $40,000 was donated by Twitch viewers who tuned in to both the official Guild Wars 2 channel as well as various community streams,” with ArenaNet providing a “$25,000 matching contribution.” Over the course of the event stream, ArenaNet “released never before seen Guild Wars 2 concept art, previewed two new PvP maps, and debuted an original jug band music video for the popular Guild Wars 2 anthem ‘Fear Not This Night,'” which you can enjoy below. The money, of course, will be going to a good cause, benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network “and other hospitals around the country, including Seattle Children’s Hospital, Riley Children’s Hospital in … [Read more...] about Guild Wars 2 devs and players raised over $65,000 for charity for Extra Life

Gamers get a bad rap. Studios are seen as heartless villains. Mainstream media is quick to demonize us, and we can be quick to do the same to developers. But despite the drama (and heavens know there is plenty of that!), our hobby is not inherently negative. There is plenty of good that the gaming community does, both within itself and in the world around us. And that’s exactly why Massively Uplifting is here! We’re going to highlight those generous, happy, inspiring, heart-warming, and uplifting stories that exist all throughout the MMOverse. And we’ll bring those to you on the first Monday of every month — a bright start to your week. Even if mainstream media won’t applaud all that is positive, we will. And we know you know of even more stories, so please share yours here! Then if you run across any others, feel free free to send your tips to us at [email protected] for next month’s compilation. This month we’ll highlight happenings … [Read more...] about Massively Uplifting: Black Desert’s lantern memorial, a gift of sight in Wizard101

Fraudster:a:  a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Meet the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+, a handheld device designed with the backing of Sir Clive Sinclair himself, and a modern representation of everyone’s favorite 80’s computer system designed by Sir Clive Sinclair. The Vega+ was crowdfunded on Indiegogo back in March 2016 to the tune of over half a million pounds, exceeding the goal at 367% with a scheduled delivery date of September 2016. As you’ve probably guessed by this article’s existence, it hasn’t shipped yet. As nature seems to demand in these stories, the actions of Retro Computers Limited and those involved are a much more interesting crapshoot than the actual product itself, which again hasn’t shipped yet. (Full disclosure: I backed the Vega+ to the tune of £110, I fully expect this fact to be used against me but in the interest of disclosure and because my name and contribution are public, I … [Read more...] about Crowdfunding Fraudsters: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+