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January 16th, 2010, 19:20
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/2010/01/custom_1263666023877_haiti.jpgToday only, 100 percent of the proceeds from purchases in PopCap's store (http://www.popcap.com/promos/haiti/?cid=BlitzWallHaiti_20100115) - they make Bejeweled and Peggle - will go toward Haiti quake relief. This post is our official open thread on ways to contribute to the recovery.
To recap:
• On Wednesday and Thursday, Bungie is encouraging Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST players to don a Haitian-relief emblem in game, and will contribute up to $77,000 to the cause depending on the number who participate. A special T-shirt also is for sale in the Bungie store, the proceeds of which will go to recovery efforts through the American Red Cross. See this post (http://kotaku.com/5449527/bungie-seeks-halo-heroes-for-haiti) for more details.
• Zynga, makers of games for Facebook and social media, has also opened a fund drive to help Haiti through the World Food Programme. It joins the company's pre-quake philanthropic efforts to help the impoverished nation. More details here. (http://kotaku.com/5448560/zynga-gamers-chip-in-for-haiti-quake-relief)
• PopCap's sale will go until 11:59 pm. U.S. Pacific Time tonight, and will benefit Haiti through Partners in Health. (http://www.pih.org/inforesources/news/Haiti_Earthquake.html)
By no means are these the only ways gamers may contribute. The text-message fund raising campaign (http://gizmodo.com/5449712/haiti-text-message-donations-top-10-million?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+(Gizmodo)) has generated more than $10 million in aid and contributions now may also be made through iTunes (https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/buyCharityGiftWizard) [link will open iTunes]. And certainly there are other worthy means of contributing.
Feel free to list them in the comments here, and please send any game-specific efforts (undertaken by companies, studios, or groups of gamers themselves) to tipsATkotakuDOTcom. I'll be glad to add them to the roundup.
[Photo via International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/News/10/10011401/index.asp)]
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To recap:
• On Wednesday and Thursday, Bungie is encouraging Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST players to don a Haitian-relief emblem in game, and will contribute up to $77,000 to the cause depending on the number who participate. A special T-shirt also is for sale in the Bungie store, the proceeds of which will go to recovery efforts through the American Red Cross. See this post (http://kotaku.com/5449527/bungie-seeks-halo-heroes-for-haiti) for more details.
• Zynga, makers of games for Facebook and social media, has also opened a fund drive to help Haiti through the World Food Programme. It joins the company's pre-quake philanthropic efforts to help the impoverished nation. More details here. (http://kotaku.com/5448560/zynga-gamers-chip-in-for-haiti-quake-relief)
• PopCap's sale will go until 11:59 pm. U.S. Pacific Time tonight, and will benefit Haiti through Partners in Health. (http://www.pih.org/inforesources/news/Haiti_Earthquake.html)
By no means are these the only ways gamers may contribute. The text-message fund raising campaign (http://gizmodo.com/5449712/haiti-text-message-donations-top-10-million?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+(Gizmodo)) has generated more than $10 million in aid and contributions now may also be made through iTunes (https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/buyCharityGiftWizard) [link will open iTunes]. And certainly there are other worthy means of contributing.
Feel free to list them in the comments here, and please send any game-specific efforts (undertaken by companies, studios, or groups of gamers themselves) to tipsATkotakuDOTcom. I'll be glad to add them to the roundup.
[Photo via International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/News/10/10011401/index.asp)]
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