From Gamasutra and IGDA Montreal:

The Montreal IGDA chapter had a hand in getting Montreal on Child’s Play map. You can give gifts through Child’s Play directly to the Montreal Children’s Hospital through their Amazon wishlist.

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The creators of popular online comic Penny Arcade have opened donations for this year’s Child’s Play charity, which has contributed over $5 million in games and toys to children’s hospitals worldwide since 2003.

In its inaugural year, when it was founded in part as a response to negative coverage of video games and gamers in the media, Child’s Play raised over a quarter-million dollars for the Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle. Since then, the program has expanded to partner with 69 hospitals across six countries.

According to a recent post by Penny Arcade writer Jerry "Tycho" Holkins, this year’s drive has already reached a quarter of its million-dollar goal thanks to early sponsorship by numerous companies including Microsoft, Sony Online Entertainment, Harmonix, Amazon.com, the Super Mario Marathon, and others.

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Tags: charity, child's play, christmas, hospital, igda, penny-arcade