On December 3rd the London Games Festival will present the final exhibits and the art that will be held for auction. Ukie, the organizer of the event revealed that there is still a week to go and already 21,000 euros have been raised for SpecialEffect charity.
“The response has been overwhelming” stated Kirsty Payne,event director of the London Game Festival. “The exhibition attracted a huge amount of interest whilst it was being held – but even we have been astonished by the amount of people are pledging for those wonderful and rare pieces of art. We’ve just unveiled the final batch of exhibits to go under the hammer, so there’s just over a week left to win a stunning one-of-a-kind exhibit, make someone’s Christmas even more special- and donate to a wonderful charity.”
Charity SpecialEffect will receive of the funds from the Ukie organized auction. SpecialEffect, a special charity, who’s sole goal in to help everyone will disabilities have better quality of life through video game, technology, and art.
Shocked by the victory of the auction, Mick Donegan, SpecialEffect CEO commented, “Our huge thanks go to Kirsty Payne and her team at Ukie and every single artist and software house for making this a wonderful idea a reality.
“It has made an amazing and instant impact on our work. Earlier today I saw a blog from a guy with muscular dystrophy we assessed near liverpool just a couple of days ago: ‘… Just had a meeting with Special Effect fantastic charity- will make a huge difference in the quality of my life – need to raise the funds for my controller and some for others less fortunate… ‘Well, this much needed boost to SpecialEffect’s funds not only mean we’ll be able to buy that special loan controller for Lee right now but also for the many of the others he talks about too. Just as important, we’ll be able to take on more specialist at a time to help with our essential assessment and support work, too. For the people SpecialEffect help, both right now and into the future, there really couldn’t be a more welcome Christmas present!”
The auction is being held at londongamesart.com or tinyurl.com/c8okfsz. Standout pieces include Joker’s Death concept art from Batman Arkham City, New Super Mari Bros composite, and a huge signed Football Manager 2013 canvass.
The London Game Festival will be held until December 12th.
**Writer Opinion: The idea of using game art to raise money for a gaming charity is a brilliant idea and I’m glad that gaming can lead to positive experiences.
