More than 50 game developers around the world raise money to help disabled people play games

October 4th is a special day, especially for people with disabilities, this is the day that the charity SpecialEffect choose to organize the event. One Special Day. This is the fourth year of the activity run by this UK-based charity, with more than 50 game companies claiming to be involved and continue to support the action. It is known that these companies will donate their daily income to help people with disabilities play games without any obstacles.
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One Special Day was officially first held on October 4, 2016, now in its 4th year of activities. In the previous three activities, One Special Day has raised a charity amount of up to £ 900,000 (about VND 25.8 billion), which is used to research and develop devices specifically for people. all defects. For example, a device called EyeMine, it allows players to use eyes to control Minecraft instead of using your hands as usual.​

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Mick Donegan, CEO and founder of SpecialEffect, shared:

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This year’s One Special Day features Sega, Codemasters, Jagex, Zynga, Rare, Rocksteady and many other game developers. By bringing joy and inclusion to people with disabilities as they play games, One Special Day contributes to balance, blurring the lines between them and other normal gamers.​