Call of Duty has raised $1.6M from gamers for LA fire relief, in addition to a $1M donation by Activision.
Call of Duty has raised $1.6M from gamers for LA fire relief, in addition to a $1M donation by Activision.
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Call of Duty raises $1.6M for LA fire relief through gamer in-app purchases

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Activision said it has raised $1.6 million for LA Fire Relief as a result of gamer purchases of the in-game pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty Warzone.

All of the proceeds will be split between the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation (LAFD) and Direct Relief, said Activision, a part of Activision Blizzard, which is now owned by Microsoft.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.