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SpecialEffect's One Special Day 2024 raises over £600,000 | News-in-brief

The initiative ran in early October and has been organised for the past eight years, raising over £3 million for the charity

Dec. 3, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Special Effect to win the BAFTA Special Award | News-in-brief

The charity will be recognized for its inclusionary work for disabled people with the use of technology

March 27, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Industry supports One Special Day fundraiser

SpecialEffect's event due to start later this week

Oct. 5, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

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One Special Day raises over £500,000

The 2020 edition of SpecialEffect's fundraising event raised a record amount

Nov. 5, 2020 Marie Dealessandri

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Fall Guys bidding contest raises $1 million for SpecialEffect

Aim Lab, G2 Esports, Mr Beast, and Ninja won the Fall Guys bidding contest and will get in-game skins

Sept. 1, 2020 Marie Dealessandri

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More than 40 companies commit to SpecialEffect's One Special Day

The UK charity will hold its fifth annual fundraiser on October 2, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 lockdown

July 23, 2020 Matthew Handrahan

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One Special Day returns for a fourth year

Over 50 game companies pledge support for gaming accessibility charity

Sept. 26, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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SpecialEffect announces One Special Day 2019

Over 50 game companies join global fundraising effort for players with disabilities

July 31, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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SpecialEffect's Chicken For Charity PUBG Tournament returns tomorrow

Organisation hopes to raise £10,000 towards its working making games accessible for disabled players

July 25, 2019 Press Release

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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Accessibility in games, with SpecialEffect

Latest episode available now, discussing the Xbox Adaptive Controller and ways to help disabled gamers enjoy the latest titles

May 18, 2018 James Batchelor

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Jagex GameBlast18 raised £100,000 for SpecialEffect

24-hour charity event was watched by 340,000 unique viewers

March 8, 2018 Matthew Handrahan

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ESL Battle of the Brands raises £16,000 for SpecialEffect

FIFA, Rocket League, and CS:GO competition smashed £10k funding target

Jan. 30, 2018 Matthew Handrahan

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SpecialEffect raises £446,000 during One Special Day 2017

Supercell, SEGA, and Rovio among games companies contributing to fundraising effort

Jan. 22, 2018 Ivy Taylor

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People of the Year 2017: SpecialEffect

This year has been the video game charity's biggest and most important on record

Dec. 7, 2017 Christopher Dring

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One Special Day set for September 29

SpecialEffect charity sets £100,000 goal as companies donate the day's revenue to further accessibility in games

June 21, 2017 Brendan Sinclair

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David Braben named VP of charity SpecialEffect

Frontier founder and his team have already raised over £46,000 for the organisation

April 18, 2017 James Batchelor

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SpecialEffect's GameBlast raises £120K

"Everyone who contributed will make a massive difference"

March 27, 2015 Rachel Weber

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SpecialEffect's GameBlast marathon raises over £80,000

Still time to donate to charity makes gaming accessible to all

Feb. 24, 2015 Rachel Weber

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Tim Schafer heads up new wave of VPs for SpecialEffect

UK charity also secures Tom Watson, Andy Payne, Jo Twist, Richard Wilson, Kate Russell

Jan. 23, 2015 Dan Pearson

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Industry runners raise £10K for SpecialEffect

"The money will make a big positive difference to many lives"

July 15, 2014 Rachel Weber

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Charity SpecialEffect launches gaming marathon

Sign up for the Gamesblast weekend and raise money for charity

Nov. 12, 2013 Rachel Weber

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SpecialEffect's first Team Fortress 2 item goes live

Support UK gaming charity with the purchase of a Virtual Viewfinder

Sept. 20, 2013 Rachel Weber

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Special Effect launches crowdfunding drive

Campaign to purchase eye-controlled input device hits gambitious

Sept. 13, 2013 Dan Pearson

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SpecialEffect joins forces with Heroes of Video Game Music project

"Throwing down the gauntlet for our industry supporters to come on board"

July 25, 2013 Rachel Weber

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Support SpecialEffect's Team Fortress 2 items

Vote for the charity's viewfinder, cabinet and belt pack and help raise money

July 2, 2013 Rachel Weber