The Holiday times are on us once again, and this year to help everyone feel good about the holiday season, you can help BioWare donate to Child’s Play. For those of you who do not know, Child’s Play is the “geeks charity of choice” and does great work trying to raise money to help fund hospitals for sick kids around the world. This year, BioWare is going to try to raise a donation of up to $10,000 with the help of our new Facebook game Gift of the Yeti and our fans.
Gift of the Yeti is a fun and fast-paced social game for people of all ages., Available now as a free Facebook app, the game has been developed at BioWare by the studio’s new R&D group, BioWare Labs. In the Gift of the Yeti game, players have a chance to help a sick Santa by delivering gifts on his behalf. Facebook friends can compete to beat each others’ high scores. The backstory of the Yeti will unfold through a clever Advent day calendar, with each day revealing a new piece of the storyline. Gift of the Yeti also allows players to choose from a variety of different gifts that they can send to their friends to invite them to save the day for Santa, and support the Child’s Play organization.
For every play of Gift of the Yeti, BioWare will donate a minimum of a penny, up to a total of $10,000 to the Child’s Play charity. Child’s Play is a community-based charity grown and nurtured from the video game culture and industry, distributing toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children’s hospitals worldwide. Originally supported by Penny Arcade, more information about Child’s Play can be found HERE
“Gift of the Yeti is BioWare’s digital holiday card to its fans. We use social networking as a powerful tool to connect meaningfully with our tremendous fan community,” said Dr. Ray Muzyka, co-founder of BioWare and the Group General Manager of the RPG/MMO Group at EA. “Gift of the Yeti is a fun, engaging holiday present from BioWare to our fans, the first in a series of compelling social experiences from BioWare Labs.”
“Child’s Play draws the bulk of our support from video gamers and the games industry, and we are honored to be part of BioWare’s Gift of the Yeti campaign,” said Kristin Lindsay, Program Coordinator, Child’s Play. “Now gamers can help support pediatric hospitals in the US, Canada and worldwide simply by playing the game and having fun! When gamers give back, it makes a big difference.”
You can check out Gift of the Yeti, and help BioWare donate to Child’s Play by visiting our Facebook Gift of the Yeti app HERE
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Awesome way to give back to the community, and the fact that we get to help makes it even more fitting
I’ll send this out to as many folks as I can!
as a rule I don’t “DO” the apps. But this is definitely getting played! Thanks Bioware.
I am in
Um I don’t think this is working yet back in the am:)
Played a couple of time, enjoyed and sent to friends, good job. Hope the gamers out there get you up to the 10k donation mark
Not even charity will make us install another web player… why didn’t you make it in flash?
You mean bioware can’t give away $10K on their own without this propaganda?! Please, they should be striving for at least $100K! You guys are cheap! I’m sure coming up with the $100K between all those cheap bastards getting at least $100K bonuses is simple enough.
I’m feeling the holiday spirit more than usual this year, so don’t get me wrong. But Liv sounds like pretty much like he/she was paid to say that.
How about a meter to show us where you/we/EA are at with the donations?
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Great little game and a even better way to give to a charity. I have played at least 10 times since yesterday. I am going to go post a link on my FB profile to share this.
This is a great idea. You get the feel good feeling of gaming with the joy of helping out a great charity. I am sending to everyone I know.
Kudos to BioWare for this great gift.
This is a great idea and the game is fun to play, good work!
Sweet way to give to charity. As well, I’m doing a project on BioWare. Keep up the good work!
Wow, that was easy! I must be really good at helping people.
Ya awesome Idea, u should go on like this and think forward to eastern^^
This is absolutely wonderful! I’ve been enjoying the game a lot since it first launched, and I’m having a blast. I really love the philosophy behind Child’s Play, and having the chance to give something back by playing a fun game like this is amazing. In fact, I have an idea of something I’d like to do to show my support for this cause. It may or may not involve an all-day marathon of Gift of the Yeti, and it may or may not take place on Christmas Eve. I’ll post back on here if I’m going to have the time to dedicate to something like this. Thanks again, BioWare!
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