News 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
News Industry supports One Special Day fundraiser SpecialEffect's event due to start later this week Oct. 5, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
News One Special Day raises over £500,000 The 2020 edition of SpecialEffect's fundraising event raised a record amount Nov. 5, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News 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
Stub 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
News One Special Day returns for a fourth year Over 50 game companies pledge support for gaming accessibility charity Sept. 26, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News SpecialEffect announces One Special Day 2019 Over 50 game companies join global fundraising effort for players with disabilities July 31, 2019 Ivy Taylor
Stub 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
News 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
Stub Jagex GameBlast18 raised £100,000 for SpecialEffect 24-hour charity event was watched by 340,000 unique viewers March 8, 2018 Matthew Handrahan
Stub 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
News 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
Feature 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
News 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
News 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
News SpecialEffect's GameBlast raises £120K "Everyone who contributed will make a massive difference" March 27, 2015 Rachel Weber
News SpecialEffect's GameBlast marathon raises over £80,000 Still time to donate to charity makes gaming accessible to all Feb. 24, 2015 Rachel Weber
News 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
News Industry runners raise £10K for SpecialEffect "The money will make a big positive difference to many lives" July 15, 2014 Rachel Weber
News Charity SpecialEffect launches gaming marathon Sign up for the Gamesblast weekend and raise money for charity Nov. 12, 2013 Rachel Weber
News 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
News Special Effect launches crowdfunding drive Campaign to purchase eye-controlled input device hits gambitious Sept. 13, 2013 Dan Pearson
News 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
News 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
News Charity bundle calls for submissions PC gaming bundle will support the work of UK charity SpecialEffect May 16, 2013 Rachel Weber