You did it! You game-playing, sleep-battling, cake-buying, auction-bidding, wonderful, wonderful people! Today your GameBlast17 total passed £100,000 and you have the grateful thanks of EVERYONE in the team here at SpecialEffect. You gave up a huge amount of your own time and effort to run your events, and the results...
Totally hyped for the weekend, and it’s all kicking off already! Project168, FishInABottle, Coventry GameBlast, Sparky&Son… just some of the wonderful teams that have already contributed to the amazing £20,000 raised so far!!! Hey, some important news: If you’re streaming, you can now search for GameBlast17 as a game in...
Only a week to go and the buzz around this year’s GameBlast is huge! Over 300 people and organisations have signed up which is like… wow. We’re still humbled that you’re involved, and really hope that you have a fantastic time raising money to help gamers with disabilities! Follow the latest...
Fourteen days and counting! *Yelp* The amazing news is that you’ve ALREADY raised over £9,000 to help people with disabilities experience the magic of gaming! Here’s a couple of breaking GameBlast news items we’ve been bursting to share. What’s that controller?!? Awesome, isn’t it? It’s been made by ExtremeConsoles and...
Wow. Three weeks to go and there’s now well over 200 gamers, groups and communities gearing up to to level the playing field for people with disabilities. If you’ve signed up recently, THANK YOU, you’re part of something amazing! What about a story in your local paper? If you’re up...
It’s here! The glorious GameBlast17 RAGLAN top! Those fabulous folk at Insert Coin have done themselves and us proud yet again and come up with a top quality midsleeve stunner! We pondered long and deep about updating the design from last year, but instead decided to offer it in a...
Under six weeks to go before the big weekend and there are so many amazing people planning to do so many amazing things! it’s truly humbling – thank you so much! Livestreaming? Start planning your forfeits Forfeits really do make for a difference. Things like: ‘For every donation of £20 we’ll...
Fundraising page inspiration! Another mahoosive thank you for signing up for GameBlast17 from all the team at SpecialEffect! You’re going to make a serious difference to so many lives, and yet again it’s been humbling to see so many people already getting involved. We’re well over the 100 mark now!...
With only six weeks to go until GameBlast17, it’s great to see the variety of events and streams being planned to take place the weekend of 24-26 February. eSports teams Barrage and Cognate have thrown their hats in the ring, along with XBox One UK, publishers Ripstone and Wired Productions,...
Well, we made it before Christmas! Signup for GameBlast17 is now live and all the team here are really, really looking forward to it. The target this year is £100,000 and we’re honoured to have the partnership of GAME, Multiplay, Twitch, Faceit, Ukie and Insert Coin. Thank you for making...
