"Activision donates $3 million to the Call of Duty Endowment"

[River_Rat_459]

A big thumbs up to Activision for this one.


In its press release detailing the banner sales of Modern Warfare 3, Activision also announced that it had donated $3 million to the Call of Duty Endowment which supports American servicemen and women, by providing job placement and training services for veterans. The monetary amount was added to the $2 million already donated by the firm to the Endowment, which has provided “more than $1.5 million in grants and scholarships to veterans’ organizations across the country” since CEO Bobby Kotick started the non-profit in November 2009.

SOURCE: http://www.vg247.com/2011/11/11/activision-donates-3-million-to-the-call-of-duty-endowment/

[Ironhide400]

Nice...I agree!

[Xymbolix]

Very good Mr. Kotick.

Seems he's not an entirely heartless bastard after all. At least not on this day.


Well done sir.


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[MARDIGRA21]

Hats off to you Bobby.

On another note mw3 biggest entertainment launch ever.
Ign.com

Modern Warfare 3 Has Biggest Launch Of Anything Ever
Activision claims a mind-boggling 6.5 million sold in US and UK alone in one day.
November 11, 2011
by Keza MacDonald
Activision claims to have sold 6.5 million copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in 24 hours, making it the most successful entertainment launch of anything, ever.

The game took $400 million in sales in one day, according to ChartTrack estimates, beating Black Ops by $40 million and Modern Warfare 2 by $90 million. Both those games set the previous records for day-one sales.

This is only two territories, remember - European, Australian and rest of world sales aren't even taken into account. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick claims that "Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise exceed worldwide theatrical box office for "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings," two of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time."

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has done well critically, picking up a score of 9.0 from us and great scores from many other outlets, but has suffered a fan backlash that's seen its Metacritic user score drop as low as 1.7 over the past few days.

Anyone surprised by these massive sales?