Rockstar Games will donate a portion of GTA Online and Red Dead Online revenue to pandemic relief - scottgrosse

Rockstar Games will be donating a portion of GTA Online and Red Dead Online revenue to coronavirus relief efforts (via OnTechEdge).

"The Rockstar Games community is at the centre of everything we exercise. We love sighted players immersed in exploration of our virtual worlds and conjunctive with each other through them," record the statement posted by the developer to Chitter. "As our teams navigate these difficult multiplication, we see our local communities crosswise North America, the GB, India and beyond being deep affected." In response to the crisis, the companion will be donating five per cent of all revenue gained from in-game purchases in GTA Online and Red At rest Online, from April 1 to the end of May.

"These funds testament equal used to help local communities and businesses struggling with the impacts of COVID-19, both directly and by supporting some of the amazing organisations who are happening the ground helping those affected away this crisis. As things progress, we will share more on these efforts," concluded the statement. GTA Online and Red Dead Online are very lucrative titles for Take-Two Interactive, with the other generating gross profits of $299 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

Other computer game companies that have pledged to help the coronavirus crisis include Compact disc Projekt Red that donated $950,000 to a Polish non-profit to slow the spread of the virus in the country. Ndemic Creations, developer of Plague Inc., donated $250,000 to the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and the World Wellness Organisation's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. Razer has transitioned a number of its manufacturing lines to produce surgical masks, and Nintendo has given away 9,500 respiratory masks to the city of North Bend in Capital, U.S.