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A two-day digital convention "celebrating digital creators and streamers."

VirtuaCon was announced for December 20-21. This digital convention says it will celebrate "digital creators and streamers" and will feature livestreams by some of your favorite creators.

The convention is put together by Ark Events and WePlay along with several creators and VTuber talent. The goal of VirtuaCon is to "celebrate the culture of digital creation, connect...

Since Florida continues to be synonymous with hell.

Games Done Quick announces that they are moving their annual speedrunning charity event, Awesome Games Done Quick to Pittsburgh, PA. The first AGDQ event to be held in Pittsburgh will be AGDQ 2024, which runs from January 14 through January 21, 2024.

In years past, AGDQ was typically held in venues located in Florida. Once COVID-19 hit (remember that?!), AGDQ turned to being an online-only event for a few years. AGDQ...

The friendly competition between Guardians is now underway.

Each year in Destiny 2 the Hunters, Warlocks, and Titans engage in a little friendly competition called Guardian Games. This event allows you to play the game and push your favorite class to a hopeful victory. The free in-game event starts today and will run for three weeks, ending when the current Season of Defiance ends on May 23.

Like in previous years, players will earn Medallions for performing certain tasks...

13 years and over $41 million raised for charity.

Long-running lead of Games Done Quick, Mike Uyama, says that he will leave the organization that he founded roughly 13 years ago. Uyama says that his departure begins when Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2023 comes to an end. AGDQ 2023 began just this past weekend and is currently scheduled to end on Sunday, January 15.

Set to replace Uyama as the owner and managing director of Games Done Quick is Matt Merkle. Merkle is...

As PlayStation stays silent, Bungie keeps fighting the good fight.

Bungie was one of the first game studios to voice their support for the "essential healthcare rights" after a leaked document showed that the United States Supreme Court seeks to overturn Roe v. Wade. On the flip side, Sony's PlayStation department has been just failing spectacularly. In an effort to avoid any sort of controversy, PlayStation has decided that keeping quiet is the best course of action....

A real win on all fronts.

Epic Games recently filed a lawsuit with the Federal Court of Australia against a Fortnite cheat seller. Brandon "BlazeFN" Despotakis was accused of selling Fortnite cheats as well as in-game accounts to other players. Epic filed suit against him in April 2021.

A ruling by the court found that Despotakis violated the Fortnite EULA and terms of service. The cheats sold include aimbots.

He was also found guilty of infringing...

The two have already raised over $36 million (USD) in the first day.

Just this past Sunday, Epic Games announced that they are donating all proceeds from Fortnite to helping the people in Ukraine that have been suffering at the hands of the Russian invasion. This program will run for a period of two weeks, starting from yesterday, March 20 and through to April 3, 2022.

If you would like to help out, feel free to make new purchases of V-Buck packs, Fortnite Crew, Battle...

The Bungie Foundation donates about $120,000 towards charities that help the people of Ukraine.

Bungie just announced that they are suspending all Destiny 2 sales and commerce in Russia and Belarus for their roles in the invasion of Ukraine. Bungie says that they are suspending all sales and commerce in those regions, but those that already purchased Destiny 2 content will still be able to keep playing what they bought previously.

More importantly, Bungie says that they...

QuakeCon at Home is just a week away and here's what you'll get to see.

We are now just a week away from QuakeCon 2021, or rather, QuakeCon at Home. This will be an online event that will bring most of the action of QuakeCon directly to you. So sit back, relax, maybe take off your pants for the ultimate comfort, and see what QuakeCon has in store for you this year.

Everything kicks off on August 19 at 2PM (ET) with a brief Welcome Message. Right after that a series of...

This move follows a delay until August.

Earlier this year, the speedrunning event that raises big amounts of cash for charity, Summer Games Done Quick, made the decision to delay the event until August 2020. This decision was made due to the still ongoing Covid-19 pandemic that many people seem to think is already over with. Today, the event organizers made another decision that impacts the event and its usual format.

Instead of having a large-scale group event, Summer...

Better late than never.

We're just a few days late in sharing this news with you, but when it comes to charity: Better late than never, right?

The latest annual charity drive (get it?) that is Desert Bus for Hope is well underway. A group of people have already spent three days driving across the desert, in real time, in an effort to raise money for charity. In three days and 6 hours, the crew has already raised over $388,400 for the Child's Play charity. The team is still...