Gamers Outreach Needs Your Help

November 8, 2011

Gamers Outreach celebrates the fourth anniversary of their military division, Fun for Our Troops this month. The organization provides games and hardware to U.S. military troops - something it has been doing since its inception in 2007. Gamers Outreach collects new and used video game and console donations, which they use to create video game care packages for troops serving overseas in areas of Afghanistan and Iraq. To date, they have sent a total of 332 packages (and over 2000 games) to individual troops, units, and MWRs throughout the world. Their packages have been sent to Iraq, Afghanistan, Qatar, Lybia, Kuwait, South Korea, Africa, and UAE. The group serves all branches of the U.S. military with these packages too.

Gamers Outreach Foundation has just kicked off its second annual Veterans Month fundraising effort. All fundraising efforts in the month of November will go towards their military initiatives as well as contributing 25 percent of the funds raised to the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team. Those initiatives include sending those video game care packages to deployed troops as well as providing portable gaming carts to VA Medical Centers.

“We’re very excited to support the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team. Our organization has traditionally focused on video games and I think this is a great way to branch out to provide other types of gaming for veterans,” said Gamers Outreach Director Stefanie Shea, “The team is absolutely inspiring and is a true example of determination, athleticism, and love for the game.”

Last Night the group held a Modern Warfare 3 launch party at Best Buy in Anne Arbor, Michigan and on December 3 it will host Gears of War 3 (sponsored by Tritton/MadCatz) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 online tournaments. Tournament details and registration information will be posted on the Gamers Outreach website on November 10th.

The Nerd Trek community will also be supporting Veterans Month by hosting a fundraising event that culminates with Nerd Trek writer (and prior service Air Force crew chief) William Reny getting a tattoo inspired by PAX-weekend shenanigans. Artwork submissions for the tattoo will be accepted through December 1. All are invited to donate money to the cause to vote for the tattoo. Voting will end on December 15 and all voters will be entered into a raffle for additional prizes to include a copy of Skyrim, collectable gaming gear, and T-shirts. Contest, prizes, and voting details can be found at nerdtrek.com.

Additional activities will be announced throughout the month on GamersOutreach.org, but you don't need a special invitation to donate some money to this worthy cause. Gamers Outreach Foundation is a 501c(3) video game industry charity organization.

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Andrew Eisen: Well, the Xbox One reveal certainly had an interesting affect on the big 3's stock prices. https://twitter.com/AndrewEisen/status/33705126448977100805/21/2013 - 10:45pm

PHX Corp: http://kotaku.com/so-the-xbox-one-reveal-screwed-up-a-lot-of-peoples-kin-509179256 So The Xbox One Reveal Screwed With Some People's Kinects05/21/2013 - 10:36pm

Zen: On a funny side note...both of my boys have already voted NOT to get the Xbox One as soon as they found out Minecraft won't transfer lol. Some people have priorities damnit! ;)05/21/2013 - 9:27pm

Andrew Eisen: Here's the full quote on EA making Wii U games according to Neogaf: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56112105/21/2013 - 8:19pm

Andrew Eisen: Xbox One may not be always on but that doesn't mean you can use it without an internet connection. http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-50916410905/21/2013 - 7:39pm

Andrew Eisen: Polygon says EA's CFO says it is developing games for Wii U but doesn't provide that quote. http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/21/4351844/ea-developing-wii-u-games05/21/2013 - 7:11pm

Andrew Eisen: Well, I was right. Both Sony and Microsoft's consoles will be out by the year's end and both will be significantly more powerful than the current gen.05/21/2013 - 5:06pm

james_fudge: thnx05/21/2013 - 4:47pm

Zen: Just to let ya know...you called it the "Xbox 260" in the backwards compatibility article lol.05/21/2013 - 4:26pm

Zen: @PHX Awesome, I will hit those up after class tonight. Going back to college finally! :) My kids have had a blast telling ME to do my homework now lol.05/21/2013 - 4:19pm

PHX Corp: @Zen I sent you a friend request on both PSN and XBL, just a heads up05/21/2013 - 4:16pm

Zen: I noticed it with the football players when EA showed off Madden as well.05/21/2013 - 4:11pm

Zen: Is it just me or is call of duty hitting the "uncanny valley" with their nicely modeled faces and dead looking eyes? I found it distracting and seemed actually "less" real to me lol.05/21/2013 - 4:10pm

james_fudge: it sounds like if you have an HD reciever you'll be able to use it with a pass-through cable... not 100 percent sure yet05/21/2013 - 2:41pm

james_fudge: happening now http://majornelson.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-architecture-panel/05/21/2013 - 2:20pm

E. Zachary Knight: Some reading material for Microsoft on its used games blocks. That will hurt the console more than helping. http://ezknight.net/?page_id=20505/21/2013 - 2:18pm

james_fudge: yeah good luck with over the air TV05/21/2013 - 2:12pm

E. Zachary Knight: But what if I want to only watch over the air tv? I don't subscribe to pay tv. I never will. If that is a requirement, then MS wasted 45 minutes telling me how great TV will be.05/21/2013 - 2:08pm

james_fudge: EZK it will depend on your provider, just like HBO Go i'd imagine.05/21/2013 - 2:05pm

PHX Corp: @IanC there's also a chance that those titles might be Xbox one exclusive, but it's too early to tell afaik05/21/2013 - 2:03pm

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