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A group of video game studios have raised more than £100,000 for War Child as part of the industry’s first Armistice in support of children affected by conflict.
Positech Games, Wargaming.net, iNK Stories and BlackMill Games & M2H developed peaceful playthrough options, DLC or donated a portion of their sales during the campaign to support War Child.
Wargaming.net raised more than $84,798.4 (£68,306.47) by selling packs of three or ten especially designed peace emblems in the EU PC version of World of Tanks as well as creating a ‘For the Children’ bundle for the console version of World of Tanks across Xbox 360, Xbox One & PlayStation
BlackMill Games & M2H raised $21,299.77 (£17,018.73) with a seasonal event in Verdun where a dedicated Christmas Truce winter map allowed players to throw snowballs at each other, play football matches, sing along with Christmas carols and send Christmas cards to their loved ones. Players also received a special Christmas Truce medal called ‘War Child Armistice’ to commemorate this historical event of peace that happened more than a century ago.
Positech Games raised $15,166.92 (£12,118.52) and iNK Stories raised $1275.73 (£1019.32) by donating the net incomes from Democracy 3 and 1979 Revolution: Black Friday respectively.
Wayne Emanuel, Gaming Development Manager War Child said: “At War Child we’re really overwhelmed by the generosity of the studios that took part. We’d also like to thank all the players who downloaded content or showed their support.
“War Child relies on support of partners like those who took part in Armistice to be able to provide our crucial work. We are already excited about the next Armistice where we hope we can build on this year’s fantastic efforts and raise even more!”
War Child aims to make the Armistice an annual event involving more game studios and players around the world.
Source: War Child
