{"id":3544,"date":"2020-03-26T07:07:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T07:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/riot-donates-1-5-million-coronavirus-alleviation"},"modified":"2024-07-19T23:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T23:26:03","slug":"riot-donates-1-5-million-coronavirus-alleviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/riot-donates-1-5-million-coronavirus-alleviation","title":{"rendered":"Riot and its co-founders are donating $500,000 each to coronavirus relief"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently wrote about the new game mode in Plague Inc<\/a>, which gives you an option to save the world. The company behind the game, Ndemic Creations, made a $250,000 donation to the WHO and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, in efforts to help the fight against the ongoing pandemic.<\/p>\n

Now, another, much bigger name in the gaming industry, shows humanity. Riot Games, creators of the League of Legends, yesterday donated $1.5 million to help mitigate the crisis created by coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n

This was first shared by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who announced in a press conference that Riot donated “more than $800,000 to local nonprofits.” <\/p>\n

“On top of that financial contribution, Riot Games is working to secure critical personal equipment for LA’s hospitals, like much-needed masks to protect our front-line doctors and nurses,” Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti said in a press conference.<\/p>\n

Shortly after, Riot themselves clarified that the amount is actually quite bigger, $1.5 million total. Riot as a company donated $500,000, and its co-founders Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill are donating $500,000 each. From these funds, $200,000 goes to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, $400,000 will go to the Los Angeles Food Bank, and the remaining funds will go to various nonprofit organisations in Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n

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COVID-19 Response Update from Mayor Garcetti, March 24<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n