Sometimes, it's nice to remember that videogames can be a force for good in the world—as is the case with , a charity event founded by The Yogscast that's already pulled in £750,000 in its first evening. At the time of writing, that number's already jumped to £1,400,000. Not a bad start, not bad at all.
The event sees about 1,000 creators and streamers joining forces to raise cash for eight charities, the , via fundraising events. Participants include TommyInnit, Talia Mar, [[link]] Smosh, The Spiffing Brit—the whole gang's here [[link]] and already doing a blooming good job.
The charity has also partnered up with over a dozen studios to create a collection of games you'll get if you donate over £35. One of our favourite soulslikes from this year, , is on that list—as is Citizen Sleeper, Fights in Tight Spaces, Frostpunk, and Two Point Campus, along with 13 other games. Here's the full list:
- Another Crab's Treasure
- Citizen Sleeper
- Death Sprint 66
- Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
- Eternights
- Fights in Tight Spaces
- For the King 2
- Frostpunk
- Hadean Tactics
- Mars First Logistics
- Orcs Must Die 3
- Patrick's Parabox
- Scorn
- Shadows of Doubt
- Sticky Business
- Submachine Legacy
- Two Point Campus
- Wildfrost
You've gotta hop to it, though. This bundle only gets given out to the first 100,000 donors, and at the time of writing, the states there've already been 30,000 plus bundles handed out.
If you'd like to have a gander at the upcoming streams, the , with events including a December 6 with the father of the , as well as , a match of commander between Kiwo, RTGame, The Spiffing Brit and M4ngo taking place December 7.
Honestly, the amount of money already raised is staggering. In the time since [[link]] I started writing this article, 's already added an extra £9,000 to the pot, close to over £150,000 for every charity taking part in total. Let's keep at it.