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EGX

EGX Rezzed: Interview with Jason Orbaum, “NotGTAV”

Jason Orbaum is a veteran of the games industry, having worked as a designer for Domark, King of the Jungle and Virtuality in the 90s. However, as a self-described drifter between games, music and theatre, when Virtuality went ...

Announcements

SpecialEffect Team Fortress pack campaign gains Steam

Last week, gaming charity SpecialEffect announced that they had items pending approval for the Team Fortress 2 store on Steam, the bundle being the brainchild of SEGA’s Director of Digital Distribution, James Schall. The ...

Events

SpecialEffect take to the pitch for fundraiser

I seem to mention SpecialEffect regularly; in part, it is because I think they do very good work in helping people with disabilities play games; but also in part it has to be because they do a lot of work and it feels there are...

Events

The Multiplay Effect: Special Effect named as Multiplay's charity to support in 2013

The Multiplay Effect: SpecialEffect named as Multiplay’s charity to support in 2013

Multiplay are “probably one of the biggest companies you’ve never heard of”, according to one attendee at Friday’s Multiplay Effect event. And it’s true that for millions of gamers, they are likely...

News

Horde 4 Charity announce 48hr Borderlands 2 session

Horde 4 Charity announce 48hr Borderlands 2 session

Horde 4 Charity – a largely Dundee based collection of developers from several gaming companies – has announced they will be playing a 48 hour marathon session of Borderlands 2 to raise money and awareness for the S...

News

London Games Festival Art charity auctions begin

London Games Festival Art charity auctions begin

After being on display at London’s town hall during October for the London Games Festival Art Exhibition, all artworks exhibited are to be auctioned off online during November to raise money for gaming charity SpecialEffe...