Google Play is donating certain in-app purchases in 12 games to charity.
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Google Play to donate in-app purchases from 12 apps to fight world hunger

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The Google Play app store has partnered with 12 developers of apps and games to fight hunger. Google will donate 100 percent of proceeds from The Apps and Games Against Hunger collection in honor of World Food Day, which is dedicated to eliminating hunger. This starts today.

The goal of the program is to promote awareness and action for the 815 million people who go to bed on an empty stomach every day.

The World Food Day aims to alleviate hunger and ensure food security and nutritious diets for all. Each app has an in-app purchase that is designated for World Food Day. Proceeds from those in-app purchases will be donated to the World Food Program USA, which supports the mission of the UN World Food Programme.

Games have proven to be a good way for charities to raise awareness about their causes. Last week, IGN acquired Humble Bundle, which donates a portion of its game bundle sales to charities.

Here’s the participating apps and games:

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. 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.