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The WFP Thanks FarmVille for Their Help in Haiti Disaster Relief
After holding an incredibly successful Sweet Seeds for Haiti Campaign in FarmVille, that saw users donating money to earthquake disaster relief to the tune of over $1 million, Zynga received a bit of personal thanks for the United Nations World Food Programme, who recorded a short video in thanks of the company’s (and the community’s) [...]
Continue reading...Pet Society’s “Help for Haiti” Plushie Continues Disaster Relief Plan
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
While most of the major gaming apps on Facebook have moved into the realm of Valentine’s Day celebrations, Pet Society is continuing in their relief efforts for the earthquake victims in Haiti by offering a “Help for Haiti” in-game plushie. The plushie comes in the form of a brown bear with dreadlocks and a bandage, [...]
Continue reading...Country Story Update Brings Western Items, Charity, and a Contest, Pardner
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Yee-haw! Now this here’s a real Country Story, what with this week’s update from Playfish lettin’ us turn our farms into Western-type ranches. That’s just for starters, though, so hang onto yer hats! First of all, seems Playfish wants to do the neighborly thing for victims of the Haiti earthquake. If all of us can [...]
Continue reading...FarmVille Energy Biscuit Gives Your Character Added Speed
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Like many gaming communities, over the past two weeks, the world of FarmVille stepped up to the plate to help the victims of the tragic earthquake in Haiti. Through FarmVille’s “Sweet Seeds for Haiti Campaign,” over $1 million was added to the Zynga Haiti Relief Fund, and in response to that tremendous community response, Zynga [...]
Continue reading...iPhone App Saves Man’s Life After Earthquake in Haiti
Monday, January 25, 2010
With so much bad news surrounding the recent tragedy in Haiti, it might do everyone some good to hear of something positive that came out of the tragedy, thanks to the good folks at Venture Beat. After the earthquake hit, it left American documentary filmmaker Dan Woolley trapped in Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince. Woolley had [...]
Continue reading...Indie Relief Total: $143,872
Friday, January 22, 2010
The cash has been counted from Wednesday’s Indie Relief efforts, and the grand total for the various recipient charities is $143,872. Primarily raised a dollar at a time via iPhone apps, 141 different developers came together for the fundraiser to donate sales proceeds from their software. Benefiting worthy organizations like Doctors Without Borders and UNICEF, [...]
Continue reading...DriveThruRPG Offering Massive Book Bundle for Haiti Relief
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Admit it — you thought charisma was a dump stat, didn’t you? Well, tell that to the kind and generous folks at DriveThruRPG.com, who are currently offering a massive collection of RPG source material at rock-bottom prices, all in the name of collecting for Haiti earthquake relief. DriveThruRPG, which sells PDF versions of tabletop gaming [...]
Continue reading...Zynga’s Virtual Goods Drive Raises $1.5 Million for Haiti Relief
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Last week, we told you that Zynga, Facebook fishermen and farmers extraordinaire, were adding special in-game goods to their most popular titles to raise funds for Haiti’s earthquake victims. Today, the results are in: A press release issued by Zynga reports that their players helped to raise $1.5 million by purchasing the special items. That [...]
Continue reading...Indie Relief is On!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The independent Mac developers’ charity drive is underway today, and it’s a doozy. As of this posting, there are 141 different ways to donate through Indie Relief, across iPhone apps, MacOS software, and even a hardware purchase or two. That’s right, hardware — you can even pick up a USB subwoofer for your desktop Mac, [...]
Continue reading...Crush the Castle Updates and Donates
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Hate castles? Like charity? TriplePoint client Armor Games has some great news for you — Crush the Castle for the iPhone has received a feature-heavy update, with new levels and new launchable objects. The free update to version 1.2 also includes an easier-to-use level editor, just in case you temporarily like castles before you hate [...]
Continue reading...AppRelief Raises Haiti Relief Funds with Games
Monday, January 18, 2010
If you’re not sure that Indie Relief will carry the apps you want to buy, or you just don’t feel like waiting until Wednesday to donate, another apps-for-charity drive has kicked off today, January 18th. Dubbed AppRelief.com by its creators, the website showcases over a dozen iPhone apps so far, each of which is committed [...]
Continue reading...Hello Kitty Online Holds In-Game Food Collection Event for Haiti Relief
Monday, January 18, 2010
Do you think, just because she is impossibly adorable, that Hello Kitty does not care about disaster victims? She, too, is encouraging gamers to come together and support Haiti relief efforts, via her game, Hello Kitty Online. Starting on Thursday, January 21st, players of HKO will have a chance to participate in the Food for [...]
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