Niantic has pledged to donate "a minimum" ﷽of $5 million from sales of this year's GO Fest tickets to black AR creators and communities.
People will look back on 2020🃏 as a year that changed the world. First for the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak, and now fo🃏r the protests against institutional racism as people around the world show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Hopefully, when this year is over, it will be remembered as one that changed the world for the better.
Whether it be by drafting a message or making a donation – people, corporations, and companies are showing their support for the movement and the protests. Countless companies have postponed events or other activities so nothing takes attention away from what is going on. That includes Rockstar going offline, Sony postponing its PS5 gameplay reveal event, and the start of Fortnite's new season getting pushed back.
Niantic has become the latest developer from the video game world to make a huge statement in regard to its stance on these issues. It announced this week that it will be donating a minimum of $5 million from the sales of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokémon GO Fest 2020 𒁃tickets. Niantic boss John Hanke revealed the news via a statement laying out where exactly the money will go.
"Half of the proceeds donated will be used to fund new projects from Black gaming and AR creators that can 🦩live on the Niantic platform," Hanke revealed. "The other half will go to US nonprofit organizatioไns that are helping local communities rebuild." Niantic will also make a separate $100,000 donation (as well as match any employee donations) to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute to support Black trans people.
This year's Pokémon GO Fest will be different from any other. Even though it won't take place until July, Niantic has already revealed it will be a virtual event. That means more people can buy a ticket and take part than ever before. As for the donation, since $5 million is a minimum, the assumption is it will grow🅰 depending on how many tickets are sold. This is promising news, since this will supposedly be the most attended Pokémon GO Fest to date.
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