Freerice
Freerice.com is an interactive vocabulary game in which players donate grains of rice to WFP every time they answer a question correctly, allowing children to simultaneous...
My Life as a Refugee
Every minute, 8 people are forced to flee war, persecution, or terror. If conflict threatened your family, what would you do?
In 2012: UNHCR, the...
World Rescue
Winner of UNESCO MGIEP's* gaming challenge, World Rescue is a narrative, research-based video-game inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
Through fast-paced...
‘Wheel of Purpose’ puts sustainability and learning side-by-side in a digital...
Created by SAP, the Wheel of Purpose encourages a global audience to spin a digital wheel and take a quiz on UNCTAD’s work related...
UNESCO joins Minecraft’s latest ‘Global Build Challenge’
UNESCO is joining Minecraft on the ‘Global Build Challenge 2021: Making Peace with Nature’, as part of its programme to engage students worldwide to...
Path Out
Path Out is is an autobiographical adventure game that allows players to replay the journey of Abdullah Karam, a young Syrian artist that escaped the...
Building Blocks of a Better City: Minecraft’s Role in Urban Development
This World Cities Day, we take a look at the innovative role of Minecraft, a leading video game, in reshaping urban spaces and fostering...
Plague Inc: The Cure – WHO and gamers join forces
Leading disease outbreak experts have come together to show gamers everywhere how to spot and stop a pandemic.
A new expansion of the hit mobile...
The Antidote COVID-19 teaches players how to stay safe
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to sweep through the world, Antidote Laboratories receives a strange package. You are assigned to study it...
Video Games and Violence Against Women and Girls: A Double-Edged Sword...
In an era where digital technology shapes cultural narratives, video games have become a potent medium significantly influencing societal attitudes. This influence becomes crucial...
Online game showcases plight of our planet’s disappearing coral reefs (UNEP)
One of the world’s leading producers of online word games joined a global effort to help protect the planet’s coral reefs, which a new...
WHO and Angry Birds Friends team up for World Mental Health...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on new realities for many of us, such as working from home, temporary unemployment, home-schooling of children, and lack...
The Best Job in the World: How I became a United...
Imagine growing up with your mother telling you to stop playing video games, and then discovering that you have acquired such a useful skill...
UN uses new gaming technology to create environment simulation game for...
NAIROBI, 24 January 2023 – The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Ozone Secretariat today launched a simulator game and avatar using the latest software technology. Apollo’s Edition is...
Gaming industry spotlights threats to the planet (via UNEP)
More than 3 billion people around the world play video games. And as they surf subways and unleash angry birds, a growing number are...