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Train2Game News: Help for Heroes mobile game

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Hero BearsHelp for Heroes launched a new game on mobile devices to help aid their charity featuring the voices of Jeremy Clarkson and Lorraine Kelly.

The game, Hero Bears was launched today and Help for Heroes is aiming to break the record for the fastest downloaded charity game app to help raise money so it can provide support for Service personnel and veterans who have suffered life-changing injuries and illnesses. The previous record holder, Comic Relief in 2013 had 75,000 downloads in three months.

Players of the game will guide two Help for Heroes bear mascots as they hold a stretcher carrying a third bear across an obstacle course. With the nostalgic military tune The Colonel Bogey March playing in the background, the aim of the app is to collect as many tokens along the route while jumping over gaps, changing levels and squeezing through gaps.

The game also has videos featuring patrons of the charity Jeremy Clarkson and Lorraine Kelly. Clarkson gives scathing put-downs to players with low scores while Kelly offers positive encouragement to help spur them on. As fans of the charity, both Kelly and Clarkson thank the public for downloading the app.

The app is the brain-child of Bryn Parry, Co-Founder of Help for Heroes. A former professional cartoonist, Bryn drew the iconic hero bear characters which are used in the app. A rolling water-colour styled background creates a unique gameplay theme.

Hero Bears is available now on iOS and Android and costs £1.99 with £1 of every sale going to Help For Heroes

Train2Game News: Train2Game Students helping Help for Heroes

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Help for HeroesA few of our Train2Game Students have taken it upon themselves to help out Help For Heroes. They will be attempting to break the world record for a gaming marathon.

Christopher Edwards and his friends contacted me a while ago with their plan and they have since got in touch with Guinness. They have had their record accepted and they have the support of Help For Heroes.

They are planning on playing Battlefield 3 for a total of 150 hours, beating the current record of 135 hours. In total, there will be five people competing to beat the time, the game will be played online so other members of the public can join and play with them.

They will rent a server where they will place a banner and a friendly message for players to see before they enter the game, mentioning their pledge to Help for Heroes and the fact it is a Guinness World Records attempt.

The Guinness World Records rules state that the group are allowed a 10 minute break every hour which can be saved up to use when they choose. The location is not yet decided, however, where ever it is staged the attempt is going to be live streamed online and will include a link to make donations.

Chris said “I hope that you find my cause a worthy one and that myself and my friend’s can count on your support and sponsorship. We hope to make a lot of money for charity, if not we may just make it over the hundreds, however we believe any amount could be a great asset to Help for Heroes.”

If you wish to support Chris and his friends you can do so by visiting http://www.bmycharity.com/150hoursgaming4charity

You can also like and follow their progress at https://www.facebook.com/150HoursOfGaming4Charity

I wish Chris and his friends the best of luck!