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EA, Pokemon Company, And More Game Companies Donating To Black Lives Matter And Related Causes

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Time Stamp: June 7, 2020 9:30 AM - Modified On: June 7, 2020 - Published By:
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After protests erupted in cities all over the United States in response to the police killing of George Floyd, a large number of studios and other game companies have made donations to the Black Lives Matter and other organizations like the NAACP and Color of Change. Companies from all corners of the industry have made contributions while encouraging others to do the same. Pokemon Go developer Niantic is donating proceeds from Pokemon Go Fest 2020 ticket sales, committing to a minimum of $5 million, to "Black gaming and AR creators

Over 740 Games Included In Itch.io Bundle, All Proceeds Go Toward Racial Justice

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Time Stamp: June 6, 2020 9:47 AM - Modified On: June 6, 2020 - Published By:
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Indie game marketplace Itch.io is offering an enormous game bundle to help support racial justice, and it includes more than 740 projects for a very low price. The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality packs in 743 games for $5, and Itch.io is aiming to raise $500,000 for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as well as the Community Bail Fund. Proceeds will be donated entirely to these two organizations on a 50/50 split. Some of the games included in the bundle are made by relatively unknown developers, but

FTL Composer Is Donating All Weekend Proceeds To NAACP

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Time Stamp: June 5, 2020 6:16 PM - Modified On: June 5, 2020 - Published By:
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FTL and Into the Breach composer Ben Prunty is donating all soundtrack sales from this weekend to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and various community bail funds across the country. Fans can pay-what-they-want for music across his entire catalogue today through the end of the weekend, with proceeds being donated on Monday. Prunty's catalogue includes music for FTL, Into the Breach, Darkside Detective, Gravity Ghosts, as well as many other tracks and albums. His full catalogue can be found on his Bandcamp page. Prunty, who also made music for Subnautica:

Black Girl Gamers’ Wellness Week Streams Are Underway, Don’t Miss Them

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Time Stamp: June 4, 2020 8:54 PM - Modified On: June 4, 2020 - Published By:
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Black Girl Gamers, a collective of black women content creators and streamers, is currently running their Wellness Week series of streams and will continue their fundraising efforts until June 7. Throughout this period (and every week), you can catch a number of different streamers on the Black Girl Gamers Twitch channel--you can see the schedule below so you don't miss out on their streams. Wellness Week is an opportunity for their audience to come to a chill, relaxing stream, but it's also a concerted effort to raise funds for Color

Untitled Goose Game Developer Has Donated $20,000 To Charities And Fundraisers For Black Justice

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Time Stamp: June 4, 2020 1:29 AM - Modified On: June 4, 2020 - Published By:
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House House, the developer of 2019's most viral game, Untitled Goose Game, has pledged donations to numerous charities between the US and their home country of Australia in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests that have taken place in the United States. The charities are all focused on black justice and legal rights. House House has donated $10,000 to an initiative hosted on ActBlue that splits donations between over 70 bail funds around the US. "Complete solidarity with everyone across the US protesting against

Movie Theatre Owner Chief Pleads For Government Bailout — “The Situation Is Dire”

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Time Stamp: March 22, 2020 6:25 PM - Modified On: March 22, 2020 - Published By:
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One of the many industries hit hard by the new lockdown procedures in the United States is the film business. Specifically, movie theatres have been drastically impacted, as thousands of screens have closed due to the COVID-19 crisis.John Fithian, the CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners in the US, has now spoken about the dire situation. He told Variety that the movie theatre business might collapse and go bankrupt if US Congress does not pass the trillion-dollar bailout bill that would provide relief to various industries, including theatres."The