EA to donate nearly £6k to Child’s Play
Battlefield Heroes charity drive works.
EA will donate nearly £6000 to videogame charity Child's Play after the sale of Christmas-themed virtual outfits in free-to-play cartoon shooter Battlefield Heroes raised £3000.
EA launched the money-raising drive at the beginning of December when it pledged to make a $1 donation for every Santa or Nikolaus outfit sold for the PC shooter during the month.
EA raised $4594 from the sales of the suits and decided to match this sum with the same amount of money. In total it will donate $9188 to Child's Play.
"We are very proud of our community and what they managed to achieve," senior producer James Salt told Eurogamer.
"We also decided to match their contribution and are extremely happy to donate $9188 to Child's Play charity."
Child's Play aims to improve the lives of children with toys and games in over 60 hospitals worldwide.
Eurogamer reviewed Battlefield Heroes in July last year, awarding it a 6/10.
-
About Battlefield Heroes
-
140 followers
About Wesley Yin-Poole
Wesley is Eurogamer's news editor. He likes news, interviews, and more news. He also likes Street Fighter more than anyone can get him to shut up about it.
Read more articles from Wesley by visiting the Wesley Yin-Poole archive page.
You may also like...
-
Going Hardcore in Diablo 3
Just how much fun is permadeath, exactly? 33
-
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Review
Techno prisoners. 121
-
Judge recommends US Xbox 360 ban
Motorola vs Microsoft patent dispute heats up. President Obama may have to step in. 144
You may also like...
-
Going Hardcore in Diablo 3 33
-
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Review 121
-
Judge recommends US Xbox 360 ban 144
-
App of the Day: This Could Hurt 2
-
Growing Paynes: How Remedy's Hero Went Rockstar in Max Payne 3 35
-
Diablo 3: Blizzard nerfs monk in first hotfix 48
-
Diablo 3 fastest-selling PC game ever, biggest PC game launch in history 59
-
Diablo 3 Review 242
-
Wii U Darksiders 2 graphics "at least as good" as PS3, Xbox 360 versions' 39
-
Heroes of Ruin Preview: Fantasy Stars Online 4
-
From Dust playable in Google Chrome browser 17
-
Face-Off: Max Payne 3 144
-
Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector's Set announced 18
-
Dragon's Dogma Review 125
-
Japan chart: My Little Sister Can't Possibly Be This Cute takes top spot 21
Comments (21) Latest comment 1 year ago
Comments for this article are now closed, but please feel free to continue chatting on the forum!
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
edit: Check out the Santas with rifles and shottys. Talk about a misguided good deed!
Comment below viewing threshold Show
I mean it's all for charity so obviously it's better than nothing and I shouldn't really complain, but when SDA's Awesome Games Done Quick marathon has raised over $50,000 and counting (http://speeddemosarchive.com/), it seems a bit half-hearted.
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
For a start they're matching what the general public donated, whilst it'd be great if they also donated a huge sum of money, it's over shadow the good work done by their customers.
Secondly i doubt this is EA's sole charitable contribution for the year. It's like me scoffing at you for chucking 20p in the RSPCA bucket, when you might give £20 to Children in Need
Comment below viewing threshold Show
That would actually be something to brag about. 6K is a wet fart, even more so if you consider that EA just matched their customers' contributions.
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
"As of Thursday the 16th we have received a little over $3700 in donations. If we can reach $8,000 by December the 31st, we'll match that total with another $8000. $16000 certainly buys lots of video games!"
On the other hand, making a statement like "$16000 certainly buys lots of video games!" and then only donating $9000 a month later is a little unfortunate.
Comment below viewing threshold Show
How much did Activision/Blizzard donate, or Valve, or Take Two, or Capcom, or...
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Maybe they aren't as desperate for positive media coverage and give without making a big fuss about it?
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Activision/Blizzard donated $1.1m: [link url=http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/02/17/blizzard-donates-1-1-million-to-make-a-wish-from-pandaren-pet-s/
]http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/02/17/blizza...[/link]
Capcom donated at least $25,000: [link url=http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-giving-back-with-kill-big-for-charity--169643.phtml
]http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-giving...[/link]
And I know Valve supported Child's Play with things like the TF2 Golden Charity fundraiser: [link url=http://www.toptiertactics.com/2010/08/golden-charity-fundraiser-ends-at-30179-41/
]http://www.toptiertactics.com/2010/08/go...[/link]
But there is nothing more crass than totalling up donations and condemning those that come near the bottom of the list. People and companies will give what they want to give or what they can give, and every single donation helps.
Comment below viewing threshold Show
Comment below viewing threshold Show
It's not a lot but so what, it's something. I doubt all the people moaning donate a significant amount themselves.
Comment below viewing threshold Show