Events

1st
February
2012

Nick's gamescom to Brighton Ride

Nick Haywood, from SteelSeries, will joining Cat on her ride from gamescom to Brighton. Last year Nick got back into mountain biking so when Cat asked for volunteers to do the gamescom to Brighton ride, it seemed like a perfectly insane thing to do. To get into shape he’s taken to walking to the car and not eating the jam filling in his doughnuts. Besides being willingly tazed at CES a few years ago he claims this is the maddest thing he’s done. Please support Nick by visiting his JustGiving Page.

26th
January
2012

SEGA GamesAid Challenge Cup

GamesAid are pleased to announce that the 3rd annual SEGA GamesAid Challenge Cup will be staged again at Kew Green in London in May 2012, anyone interested in taking part should contact Graeme Struthers. Last year, 4 teams of gallant yet intrepid, white flannel clad games industry cricketers contested the trophy and raised £1920 for GamesAid. The SEGA All Stars, captained by John Clarke, Screaming Lord Hatch’s Invitation XI, aka The Media Luvvies captained by Alistair Hatch, Square Leg Nix captained by Ian Livingstone and The Strollers captained by Doron Garfunkel fought it out, with The Media Luvvies narrowly beating Square Leg Nix for the trophy. The day was beautifully recorded by Andi Ewington at Lick Creative who created an astonishing photographic record of the day and after months of sweat and tears, this photobook is now ready for the players to own at http://tinyurl.com/c5uytkv. GamesAid is very pleased to recommend specialist creative agency Lick Creative to all of its members they really are lovely people who know how to make things look great.

23rd
November
2011

The Spriters Resouce - Game-A-Thon

Dazz from The Spriters Resource is intending to carry out a 24 hour retro game-a-thon with his friend Greg. They will be playing through as many retro videogames as they possibly can from start to finish for a straight 24 hours, raising money GamesAid in the process. They'll be streaming the event live online, so you can see the action of the games, as well as what Dazz and Greg are up to during gameplay. You can sponsor them by heading over to their JustGiving Page. To keep up to date with their plans click here.

9th
November
2011

Jeff's Atlantic Sail

Jeff Tawney shall be sailing across the Atlantic with 3 soon-to-be-ex-friends - Mike Dunning, Nigel Dunning and Jan Burgess - in a small, leaky, bouncy boat called Geronimo. They set sail from the Canaries on 1st December and if they head in the right direction they might arrive somewhere near their destination of Antigua about 3 weeks later. It's going to be hell so please sponsor him via his JustGiving Page. All money raised is going to GamesAid.

9th
November
2011

Samantha’s 10K Run

Samantha Whale, who was the UKs first professional salaried female gamer and is currently Marketing & Business Development Executive at Universally Speaking, will be running the British 10k London Run 2012, raising money for GamesAid in the process. To sponsor her please visit her JustGiving Page.

8th
November
2011

NCsoft GamesAid Brighton Marathon

The NCsoft GamesAid Brighton marathon team are ready to rumble. Please show your support for Andy Payne, Gary Knight, David Corless, Cat Channon, Chole Gusti, Mark Ward, Graeme Struthers, Ryan Wiltshire, David Miller & Courtney Bradshaw. Many thanks to their kind sponsors at NCsoft. Please support them by sponsoring them via their JustGiving Page.

1st
November
2011

Namco X Capcom presents: The Industry GamesAid Fight Club Christmas Special!

In the eternal struggle for superiority, sometimes rivals must put their differences aside... Namco X Capcom are doing the unthinkable to bring you: The Industry GamesAid Fight Club Christmas Special on the 2nd December 2011 from 6pm until late at the Namco Station, London.

It’ll be the biggest celebration of the fighting game genre, ever. For once, it’s not about uniques or sales figures, the only unique you will need to talk about is your unique fighting style. For £15, of which all proceeds go to GamesAid, you’ll be able to prove to the rest of the industry that you’re the best at: Street Fighter X Tekken, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Tekken 6, Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3, SoulCalibur V and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. They’ll be hosting a tournament for Street Fighter X Tekken and SoulCalibur V exhibition matches between industry rivals with prizes for those who are victorious.

On top of the gaming action, there’ll be: dodgems, bowling, pool, break-dancers, a DJ, karaoke and of course, a limited free bar to enjoy. To get your tickets and for more infomation visit the JustGiving Page.

29th
October
2011

Calling all darts players

The GamesAid Darts Night returns on Wednesday 23rd November and is being held at the Horseshoe in Clerkenwell London EC1 – the same venue as last time. Entrance costs just £20 – simply register your interest with David Walker at david.walker@live.co.uk

24th
October
2011

Replay Expo Charity After-Show Party

The Replay Expo Charity After-Show Party is being held on 5th November 2011 at the Hilton Hotel, North Promenade, Blackpool. There will be music provided by the awesome Nintendisco, discounted bar, raffle with amazing prizes, obligatory Pub Quiz, plus many other events where you can win limited edition and signed prizes! To grab a ticket, donate £10 via the party's JustGiving Page. Read more about the party here.

21st
October
2011

Zelda Marathon

Students are hosting a Zelda Marathon to celebrate 25 years of Zelda as well as the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword release and are raising funds for GamesAid. The marathon will start at 10am on 11th November 2011. If all GamesAid members could donate just £1 it would make a real difference! - please do this via their JustGiving Page, thanks!

20th
September
2011

Eurogamer Expo Party Sold Out

Tickets to this years Eurogamer Expo Party are now sold out. Thank you to all of those who have bought tickets and we look forward to seeing you from 7pm this Friday at The Pembroke.

12th
September
2011

Retro Game-A-Thon

Dazz from VG Resource is intending to carry out a 24 hour retro game-a-thon with his friend Greg. They will be playing through as many retro videogames as they possibly can from start to finish for a straight 24 hours raising money GamesAid in the process. They'll be streaming the event live online, so you can see the action of the game, as well as what Dazz and Greg are up to during gameplay. You can sponsor them by heading over to their JustGiving page. To keep up to date with their plans head over to http://gameathon.spriters-resource.com/.

9th
September
2011

Rugby World Cup Sweepstake

GamesAid Ambassador Chloe Giusti has organised a Rugby World Cup Sweepstake with entrance costing just £10 to put you in with a chance of winning yourself some official Rugby World Cup 2011 video games goodies courtesy of 505 Games!

Entry is simple - just donate your £10 via the JustGiving page and your name will be put into the hat of entrants. On 2nd October at the latest, they'll draw the sweepstake to determine which team you have and post the list onto the GamesAid website. There are 20 teams participating in the World Cup so we have space for 20 entrants, if enough entries are received then a second round sweepstake will also be run.

9th
September
2011

Sponsored Broadcast

Joe Styrka from GamerFM will be carrying out a sponsored 12 hour live broadcast from epic.SEVEN running between the 20th and 23 October 2011. His broadcast will start at 4.00pm on Thursday 20th October and during the show there will be prize give-aways, interviews and Joe will be having his legs waxed which listeners will be able to view via GamerFM’s live webcam stream. Please support Joe by sponsoring him at his JustGiving page.

1st
September
2011

2K5K Fun Run

GamesAid Ambassador Emily Britt & her colleagues at 2K & Take Two are going to run 5K around Windsor Great Park to raise money for GamesAid on September 15th 2011. Please show your support by sponsoring them here.

22nd
August
2011

Eurogamer Expo Party

The Eurogamer Expo Party, sponsored by OnLive and NCsoft, returns again this year on Friday 23rd September from 7pm onwards at The Pembroke, 261 Old Brompton Road, Earls Court, London, SW5 9JA - just a five minute walk from the Earls Court Exhibition Centre where the Eurogamer Expo is taking place. This is the second year for this laid back drinks party where over 300 of the games industries finest go to drink, eat and dance to celebrate the Eurogamer Expo and raise money for charity. There will be food, free drinks and entertainment provided by DJ’s The Nextmen and A.Skillz. Tickets are priced at £50 with all proceeds going to GamesAid. Last year's event was a blast, raising over £5000 for GamesAid and this year's event promises to better still. Tickets for this years event are now sold out.

22nd
August
2011

Cyclothon UK 2011

Nintendo UK will be entering 2 teams in to the Cyclothon UK at Brands Hatch on the 15th September 2011. One team will take part in an 8 hour challenge (11:30 - 19:30), and the other team in the 12 hour challenge (07:30 - 19:30)! The teams are made up of Nintendo Employees, their agencies and contacts from retail partners. All money raised will go to GamesAid so please support them by sponsoring them at http://www.justgiving.com/Nintendo-Cyclothon-Team.

16th
August
2011

Joel Benton runs and runs for GamesAid

Joel Benton has been running each and every day since January 1st. Originally he just wanted to know how many days in a row he could run without a day off, presuming he’d get to about 25 days before either injury or other circumstances would put an end to it. As of August 16th he is at 228 days and counting which is absolutely fantastic, he runs at least 3 miles a day, sometimes more and he has recently started trying to do 30 a week. He is able to calculate since 4th May that he has run 414.88 miles and spent 61:54:28 doing it. Since June 2nd he has climbed 29,807ft (Everest is 29,002!) and burned 33,258 calories!

However, he is finding it increasingly difficult. He has done everything he can to vary the runs and the people he runs with but he’s finding it VERY difficult and it’s getting worse. The thought of winter fills him with dread. PLEASE help him maintain his motivation and sponsor him to get to January 1st 2011 at http://www.justgiving.com/Joel-Benton. It genuinely will help! Joel is donating all sponsorship raised to GamesAid.

10th
August
2011

Midlifergamer.net raffle at Eurogamer Expo

The guys at midlifegamer.net are meeting up on Sunday 24th Sept right after Eurogamer Expo for a few beers, a pub quiz & a charity raffle at pub nearby. Click the link to learn more - all welcome. The idea is that gamers bring a game or game related merchandise that they no longer want (must be in good condition) and this will be added to the raffle prize table. Tickets for the raffle will be on sale during Friday and Saturday with all proceeds going to GamesAid. If you are interested in attending or donating a prize then visit http://www.midlifegamer.net/forum/annoucements/eurogamer-expo-2011-official-midlife-gamer-meet-ups-details-here-you-coming/.

10th
August
2011

Dolph's 10K run

Dolph, the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of PS3 Attitude, a PlayStation 3 news website is running the UK hardest 10K run in November for GamesAid. He has just a few short months of training before he takes part in Men's Health Magazine's 'Survival of the Fittest', a 10 kilometre running race that has 10 crazy obstacles to overcome along the course! It is going to be tough, but with your donations pushing him on, we’re sure he can do it. He’s set himself a big goal here, so please be as generous as you can. Every little helps, so donate via http://www.justgiving.com/DolphGB10k. Details of his progress will be posted on Twitter, so follow him @DolphGB to find out how he’s getting on (hashtag: #Dolph10k).

10th
August
2011

Roll up, roll up for the The GamesAid Pool Tournament

Chalk your cues for the first ever GamesAid Pool Tournament on Thursday 1st September 2011. The tournament will take place from 7.00pm at Hurricane Rooms, Kings Cross, 368 Grays Inn Rd, London, WC1X 8BB.

The idea is for everyone to have a bit of fun, so experience or skill is definitely not a pre-requisite. We’ll begin with a small group system and then move on to a plate and a cup tournament, with first round losers going into the plate competition and first round winners going on to the cup tournament. Prizes will be provided to both the plate and the cup tournament winners. As with the darts competition we would kindly request players wear appropriate attire for the tournament. We’re looking forward to seeing some exciting waistcoat, shirt and bowtie combinations. Though Pool attire is not necessary to enter the competition, it would be great if players can join us in getting into the spirit of things.

If you would like to play cost of entry is only £20 per person, please make your donation to GamesAid in advance of the tournament at www.justgiving.com/rosemarie-dalton0 then email David Walker and Harry Cole at GamesAidPool@gmx.com to be kept up-to-date on the tournament details. Spectators are more than welcome to come along to cheer on the players. Please let David or Harry know that you would like to attend as a spectator and a small donation of £2 per person to GamesAid would be appreciated. Food and drinks will be available on the evening.

4th
August
2011

John's crazy 'yak adventure

Media Molecule Action Man, John Beech, is planning a little sailboat trip around the UK. We say little, but he’s actually going to be covering 2450 miles! His mission is to Kayak around the country in a bit of plastic shaped like a toy boat, with nothing but his ‘massive arms’, a paddle and a power kite to carry him the distance.

He will be setting off from Guildford town centre on August the 8th, outside the Media Molecule Studio where he works as a games designer, and kayaking through London to the sea. From there he will paddle like crazy in an anticlockwise direction around the UK before finally heading back down through London and finishing back in Guildford. This should take him about 2 months (the current world record for such an attempt) unless someone steals his kayak.

Why, do you ask, is he carrying out this crazy feat? Well that’s because “it seemed like a good idea” and he’ll be raising money for GamesAid!

So if you have read this and find it remotely amusing, horrifying, brave, insane or have pretty much had any emotional response then please sponsor him at http://www.justgiving.com/John-Beech-. You’ll also be able to track my whereabouts via the wonders of GPS at http://www.mediamolecule.com/john/.

3rd
August
2011

Sega Challenge Cup

The Scots are not exactly known for cricket, aside from Mike Denness of course, but that all changed last year when GamesAid Ambassador Graeme Struthers teamed up with John Clark’s boys at Sega to launch the Sega Challenge Cup. On Wednesday September the 7th at Kew Green, the great and the not so good will assemble again to take part in the Sega Challenge Cup - the question is will any of the challengers be good enough to beat last year’s champions?

Four teams are taking part with Alistair Hatch and Doron Garfunkel once again captaining the "All Star" teams whilst Ian Livingstone and John Clarke will be responsible for the mighty Square-Enix and Sega teams.

You can sign up to play for £50 by donating at http://www.justgiving.com/Graeme-Struthers or contacting Graeme at graeme.struthers@getgamesgo.com.

3rd
August
2011

gamescom to Brighton charity cycle ride

Part time Wonder Woman and GamesAid Ambassador, Cat Channon and Games Radar’s very own Chris Hoy, Nathan Irvine, are going to cycle back from gamescom in Cologne, Germany to the NCsoft offices at Mocatta House in Brighton, England. Yep, that's just over 350 miles, after the biggest trade show in Europe, and they're aiming to do it in 3 days! Cat bought her bike just 2 weeks ago which gives her four weekends during which to train, while Nathan agreed to go last week so he's got just three. Chris Hoy, the British Olympic cycling champ rekons you can ride up to 8 hours a day if you're in top physical form, which after 5 days at the games industy's biggest trade show they fully intend to be. To be honest three days is hard enough for the most well practiced cyclists and for Cat and Nathan it's going to be almost impossible but it's all in an amazingly good cause.

They're covering their costs so every penny will go to charity. They're looking for individual donations as well as a couple of corporate sponsors too, so please give generously. All donations are very much welcomed and you can do this easily at http://www.justgiving.com/Catherine-Channon.

3rd
August
2011

London to Paris charity cycle ride

GamesAid Ambassador Des Gayle along with 2 of his mates are cycling from London to Paris on August 18th – that is over 300 miles on a bike! Please help Des reach his target by heading over to http://www.justgiving.com/3guys-3bikes-1boat and donating any amount you can.

1st
June
2011

The 2011 GamesAid/Develop Charity Poker Tournament

GamesAid Charity Poker Tournament All-in for Develop in Brighton

The sixth GamesAid Charity Poker Tournament, sponsored by Relentless Software, will take place from 7.30pm on the evening of Tuesday 19th July 2011 at The Grosvenor Casino, Brighton Seafront.

TO TAKE PART AND GUARANTEE A PLACE REGISTER YOUR £50 BUY-IN ON THE JUSTGIVING PAGE TODAY AT: http://www.justgiving.com/gamesaidpokerdevelop2011

The game is Texas Hold 'Em No Limit with a £50 buy-in. Cash re-buys and add-ons will also be available on the night and a number of exciting prizes can be won, including £300 for first place, £200 for second place and a selection of other great prizes for third, fourth and fifth places.

As always, all levels of players are welcome!

Many thanks to our friends at Relentless Software for their help in making this year's tournament happen and to you for your continued support of GamesAid.

For more information please email mark.ward@warnerbros.com.

16th
May
2011

The GamesTribe and EA sponsor football at Swindon Town FC

Follow in the footsteps of Glen Hoddle, Mike Summerbee and, er, Danny Invincible and play football at Swindon Town’s County Ground and raise money for GamesAid

Thanks to the efforts of one of our Ambassadors, Rich Keith, GamesAid is giving people the opportunity to play football at the home of Swindon Town FC. Courtesy of EA and The Games Tribe, we have the pitch and officials for a full game on the afternoon of Friday, May 20 2011. Kick-off is due to be at 2pm.

For just £25 you can play football with other games industry members on a Football League pitch, with proper kits, refs and changing rooms. You can even have a drink in the bar afterwards (although you’ll need to pay for that!) and bring fans to try and fill some of the 14,700 capacity.

It’s on a strictly first come, first play basis, although if you don’t think you can last a full 90 minutes you can split the fee with someone else and share the game with them.

Just head to the Just Giving page www.justgiving.com/richkeith and pay your money then let Rich Keith (rich@thegamestribe.com) know your details and preferred position.

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/Home Swindon Town FC The County Ground County Road Swindon Wiltshire SN1 2ED

24th
March
2011

Sticktwiddlers Attempt 4 World Records for GamesAid

Props to the lovely people at StickTwiddlers (www.sticktwiddlers.com ) who are aiming to break 4 World, yes 4 records for marathon gaming on March 25th. All money goes to GamesAid so if you can sponsor these lovely people, please spare a penny or two at www.justgiving.com/sticktwiddlersworldrecord/

The event and GamesAid have been featured in The Daily Record newspaper and a full page spread was in the Edinburgh Evening News this past week. They also have another feature in The Daily Record tomorrow. You can follow them on Twitter @sticktwiddlers

9th
March
2011

Mobile Pie Running 10K for Charity GamesAid

Bristol, UK, 9th March 2011 – Will Luton and Daniel Twomey of the award winning studio Mobile Pie (developers of B-Boy Beats and My Star) today announced they would participate in the 2011 Bristol 10K in support of GamesAid.

“We’re delighted to have the opportunity to raise money and awareness for what is an extremely important cause. It’s going to be an arduous and grueling ten kilometers with training starting today, so hope people give very generously,” said Luton.

A Just Giving page has been set up at http://www.justgiving.com/mobilepierunners which allows people to quickly and easily sponsor the pair, with 100% of donations going straight to GamesAid.

We at GamesAid love this sort of initiative we have always strived to be inclusive and applaud all those members who give their time to raise money for the good causes that members’ vote for. Will and Dan are taking on the Bristol 10k in May in the name of GamesAid and need all the support the video games industry can muster. Please support them, it is a bold and brave thing that they do!

The run, organised by Bristol City Council, will take place on Sunday 15 May 2011 and loops around some Bristol’s most delightful scenery.

2011 Bristol 10K: http://www.runbristol.com/10K/5/Home.aspx

7th
March
2011

GamesAid Cheltenham Festival Tipping Competition

GamesAid has announced newest fundraising initiative around the forthcoming horse racing event, The Cheltenham Festival.

The Festival features four days of top class jump racing and hundreds of equine stars at the peak of their talents for what is the showpiece event for National Hunt racing. GamesAid has launched a tipping competition where the racing pundits and fans within the games industry will have the chance to put their skills on the line and win a Nintendo 3DS in the process.

Kindly donated by our friends at Konami, the 3DS comes with a copy of PES 2011 3DS, the latest version of the PES franchise and the first in 3D! In addition to that, our equally lovely pals at Nintendo have also donated three further launch titles, Super Street Fighter IV, Pilotwings Resort and Nintendogs.

Winning this prize couldn’t be easier. Wannabe tipsters need to pick twelve horses from a pre-selected list of entrants scheduled to run at the Festival from March 15th to March 18th. Depending on how the horse runs, they will either score or lose points for players and the highest total takes the first prize.

For more information, simply head to http://gamesaidtipping.wordpress.com for the full lowdown on how to enter, the horses and where to donate your entry fee.

2nd
March
2011

GamesAid Darts Championship

Sharpen your ‘arras for the first ever GamesAid Darts Evening on Wednesday 9th March. Starting from 6.30pm at The Horseshoe, 24 Clerkenwell Close, London, EC1R 0AG

The idea is for everyone to have a bit of fun, so experience or skill is definitely not a pre-requisite. It will be a doubles competition so the not-so-confident players can team up with those who claim to know their 180’s from their Shanghais. The first stages will be on a round robin format so that everyone gets good go and is not limited to just one game each.

Come in appropriate darting attire, so the more ill-fitting polyester the better. The one thing that will be compulsory is walk on music, so start thinking about what tune you’ll want to make your entrance to and bring it along on the evening on your ipod ready to be played through the sound system at the pub.

Please email David Walker at david.walker@live.co.uk. You can either enter as a pair, or if you don't yet have anyone to play with, we will make up pairs from the single entrants. What we ask is that if you enter as a pair, please ensure that one of you is a not-so-confident player so that everyone has a fair chance of winning.

The cost for the chance of darting immortality is only £20 per person

You can donate here www.justgiving.com/Graeme-Shearer0

13th
October
2010

Gilo's Marathon Challenge

Gilo Armstrong is a GamesAid Ambassador who also works at Relentless Software. This brave man has started his preparation for the Brighton Marathon next spring. You can sponsor Gilo at http://www.justgiving.com/the-gilo-marathon-challenge and all proceeds will be going to GamesAid - hurrah!!

7th
September
2010

Eurogamer Expo Party - for GamesAid

There's going to be a big games industry party at this year's Eurogamer Expo!

It's taking place at the end of the first day of the show (Friday 1st October), just around the corner from Earls Court. Top DJs Krafty Kuts and A-Skillz will be spinning the tunes on the night, and the ticket price includes free drinks and food.

Tickets are £50+VAT and all profits from the night will be donated to GamesAid. Contact Rupert Loman to buy tickets for you and your colleagues now!

7th
September
2010

The inaugural Cricket Challenge Cup

Tomorrow sees the inaugural GamesAid Cricket Challenge Cup hosted by the lovely people at SEGA at Kew Green in London.

The competition comprises of four teams competing in 10/10 matches and is on track to raise over £2,200 for GamesAid

We have the SEGA All-Stars, captained by John Clark. Square Enix captained by Ian Livingstone. The Outcasts an assembly of industry personalities captained by Doron Garfunkel and Screaming Lord Hatch’s Invitational XI captained by Alistair Hatch and compromising of various industry PR’s and journalists. All players have donated £50 for a chance to play and all proceeds go towards GamesAid.

If you would like to sponsor the players or teams you can do that online by simply going to www.justgiving.com/Graeme-Shearer.

23rd
July
2010

The Sky's The Limit

Louise Powell, one of the GamesAid Ambassadors has organised a tandem skydiving day along with her colleagues from Gem on the 1st of August.

The team is 20 right now, so we are wishing them all the very best of luck with this - brave stuff. All proceeds go to GamesAid, and you can help by sponsoring her and he intrepid team at www.justgiving.com/gemskydive

21st
July
2010

Ian Livingstone's Poker Aces

Ian Livingstone is running his Poker Aces for GamesAid at the Joystick Junkies party - you can enter at www.justgiving.com/ian-livingstone

Joystick Junkies, the British fashion label, are celebrating their 10th birthday in style at the stunning Home House on Portman Square in aid of children’s charity DEBRA and GamesAid

Thursday 22nd July Home House,21 Portman Square, London. W1H 6LW 7pm-3am

20th
July
2010

Joystick Junkies 10th anniversary party

Joystick Junkies, the British fashion label, are celebrating their 10th birthday in style at the stunning Home House on Portman Square in aid of children’s charity DEBRA and GAMESAID

Thursday 22nd July Home House,21 Portman Square, London. W1H 6LW 7pm-3am

Expect two floors of our legendary party antics and a summer soundtrack to remember.

With Disco Funk & House from - Carlone - Katya - Robin Burrowes & special guests!

Play Room with - LOST Junkies Photobooth - The Joystick Junkies Girls Xbox 360 challenge - Joystick Junkies Twister! (fresh from Los Angeles!)

Plus - International Magician Kasrani - Ian Livingstone’s Pocket Aces Poker Tournament for GamesAid - Joystick Junkies fashion show

Dress Code – cool and relaxed, but the more outrageous the better!

It all kicks off at 7pm and for those who get there early we've got a free cocktail before 8pm.

Tickets: As this is a charity event we’ll be asking for a donation (anything helps) at the door or you can donate £10 per ticket online through Justgiving.com to receive a free cocktail and limited edition 10th anniversary Joystick Junkies pendant on the night.

You can decide who your ticket money goes to...

To buy a ticket in aid of GamesAid www.justgiving.com/joystickjunkiesgamesaid

To buy a ticket in aid of Debra www.justgiving.com/joystickjunkies

100% of proceeds from tickets and cash donations on the night go to charity, cash on the night will be split equally between both charities. Please be flash with your cash on the night, we’ll make sure you laugh when you remember how you spent it!

If you have any questions, please call us 0207 724 9243 or email chris@joystickjunkies.com

8th
July
2010

The 2010 GamesAid/Develop Poker Tournament

The fifth GamesAid Charity Poker Tournament will take place from 8pm on the evening of Tuesday 13th July 2010 at The Grosvenor Casino, Brighton Seafront.

The game is Texas Hold 'Em No Limit with a £50 buy-in. Cash re-buys and add-ons will also be available on the night and a number of exciting prizes can be won, including £400 for first place, £200 for second place , £100 for third place, Blu-ray and DVD films for fourth place and tickets for a Liverpool FC Stadium tour for fourth place.

TO TAKE PART KINDLY REGISTER YOUR £50 BUY-IN ON THIS JUSTGIVING PAGE TODAY!

Many thanks to our friends at Relentless Software and Eurogamer for their help in making this year's tournament happen and to you for your continued support of GamesAid.

Best of luck on the night!

10th
May
2010

The Gem Golf & Spa Day 2010 for GamesAid

One of GamesAid's partners, Gem have organised the 3rd Annual Entertainment Industry Charity Golf & Spa Day on Thursday 27th May at The Grove in Watford, the venue of Tiger Woods' victory in the American Express Championship in 2006.

This is GamesAid's biggest fund raising event on the calendar and gives folk from the games industry a chance to meet up and enjoy a round of golf, or a spa day followed by a wonderful evening dinner. All the charities that GamesAid's members voted to support last year will be attending and we will have a new video to show on the night, which we will put on this website soon after.

More details available at www.golfandspaday.com

21st
April
2010

British Inspiration Awards 2010

Celebrating the people and the achievements that have helped put the Great into Great Britain, The British Inspiration Awards have been created to recognise those who have contributed to our country’s economic, social and artistic development through creative endeavour.

British excellence around the world is to be recognised in Film, Television, Music, Fashion, the Arts, Design, Science and Technology and Interactive Entertainment. There is also Special Recognition and Innovation, Enterprise and Industry awards.

http://www.britishinspirationawards.co.uk/about.html

The British Inspiration Awards are supporting GamesAid and The Dallaglio Foundation and at GamesAid we raise our hats to them and wish them the very best of luck!

25th
September
2009

G3 2009 - Games Guns Giving

Clay pigeon shooting is safe, easy, exciting and a lot of fun. It involves being outside, making lots of noise and breaking things. What's not to love?

Beginners, shooting instinctively, often have the edge on the old hands who think too much. Women tend to shoot better than men - though no men ever admit it!

Test your skills with real guns under the close supervision and coaching of experienced professional instructors. Will all that time on the d-pad count for anything? Are your reflexes what you think they are?

The G3 event is open to individuals and teams of up to 5 people. For more information please visit: www.gamesgunsgiving.com.

To reserve individual places or enter a team in G3, please email joel.benton@ddmagents.com

For all sponsorship opportunities, please call Joel Benton on +44 (0)7973 718094 or email joel.benton@ddmagents.com

Sponsorship opportunities abound. Please give generously. G3 is an annual videogames industry event regularly attended by over 80 industry professionals who together have so far raised £14,235.81. Please help us beat that total in 2009.

7th
August
2009

GamesAid/Mastertronic 3 Peaks Challenge

On the 7th August 2009 four intrepid but flabby explorers will be setting off to tackle the famous Three Peaks Challenge - trekking over 26 miles up the three biggest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales.

Who are they? Well they are all GamesAid members and all work in the computer games industry for Mastertronic and Just Flight.

Dermot Stapleton - Mastertronic
vo Richard Slater - Just Flight
Martyn Northall - Just Flight
Matthew West-Robinson - Mastertronic

All money raised will be going via GamesAid to help give under privileged kids across the UK a better start in life.

Please dig deep and we very much appreciate every penny that you can spare! You can donate at http://www.justgiving.com/MastertronicThreePeaksChallenge/

14th
July
2009

The GamesAid Charity Poker Tournament at the Develop Conference in Brighton

Sponsored by Relentless Software

The fourth GamesAid Charity Poker Tournament will take place from 7.30pm on the evening of Tuesday 14th July at The Grosvenor Casino, Brighton Seafront.

As always, all levels of players are welcome, from Rupert Loman to Ian Livingstone.

The game is Texas Hold 'Em No Limit and to take part you need to register your buy-in of £50 on http://www.justgiving.com/gamesaidpokerdevelop09. Re-buys and add ons will also be available on the night.

The prize pot will be confirmed in due course. Rest assured it will be a healthy mix of cash and other awesome prizes...

Photos of all the fun at last year's Develop tournament can be found here and Eurogamer Expo tournament here.

Many thanks to our friends at Relentless Software for their help in making this year's tournament happen and to you for your continued support.

Best of luck on the night!

The GamesAid Team.

29th
October
2008

Charity poker tournament - October 29th 2008

The second GamesAid charity poker tournament is taking place as part of London Games Festival.

To sign-up and to find out more details please visit the JustGiving page.

31st
August
2008

PS3 Attitude - Skydiving

PS3 Attitude have taken inspiration from one of the PlayStation Network casual games and decided it was about time they did Sky Diving for real!

On August 31st 2008 the people behind PS3 Attitude, plus a carefully selected crew of gamers and development industry contacts, will leap out of a plane at around 13,000 feet. Fortunately, each person will be connected to one of the Royal Marines at Aldershot that have graciously offered their time and experience to the cause.

Throughout May and the early part of June, PS3 Attitude will be running a 'call for jumpers' that will decide the final group taking part in the event. PS3 Attitude and the entire jump crew will then be running fund raising activities across June, July and August until the day of the event, which will be recorded for their readers to enjoy in the following weeks.

http://www.ps3attitude.com/

29th
July
2008

Charity poker tournament - July 29th 2008 RAISED £3,010

We are holding a charity poker tournament on the eve of the Develop conference to raise money for GamesAid.

Please register your interest with us by sending an email to poker@gamesaid.org.

We will then follow up with a request for your entry fee of £50. Invoicing for the entry fees will be handled by Relentless Software.

Re-buys and add-ons will be available on the night.

The aim of the night is to raise as much money as possible for GamesAid but there will be a £500 cash prize for 1st place and a variety of other prizes.

Places are limited so please bag yours now.

When: Tuesday July 29th 8pm
Where: Grosvenor Casino, Brighton seafront
What: Texas Hold.Em No Limit
How much: £50 (+ optional add-ons & re-buys)