You may have seen a mention of this over the weekend, but it’s something that bears repeating. Bungie is offering to donate as much as $77,000 to the Haiti relief fund if enough players hop online and play either Halo 3 or ODST on Wednesday or Thursday while using a special icon. More specifically, for every 1,000 people who play online during the period from 12:01AM PST on Wednesday until 11:59PM PST on Thursday, Bungie will donate $100 to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief fund. In other words, 770,000 people will need to play — certainly not impossible for a game like Halo.
Additionally, any and all profits that Bungie sees from Bungie apparel and accessories sold on the Bungie Store between now and the end of February will also be donated to the relief effort (with the exception of items like Xbox 360 games, HDTVs, and other items Bungie doesn’t see a profit on). There’s even a specially designed Superintendent t-shirt (pictured above) for $20 that is now available on the store.
Keep in mind, you’ll need to use a special emblem in order for your Halo 3 or ODST play session to count towards the relief fund. The directions for applying the emblem are as follows:
Edit your appearance settings so your character is wearing the RED HEART emblem.
- Press START
- Select “SETTINGS” / “APPEARANCE”
- Select “EMBLEM”
- Select “Hearts” ICON, “Circle” BACKGROUND
- Back out to the APPEARANCES menu and select “COLORS”
- Set “EMBLEM PRIMARY” to RED (or MAROON / BRICK / ROSE depending on which game you’re playing!)
- Set “EMBLEM SECONDARY” to WHITE
So do your part and play some Halo this week. It’s not asking much of you and goes towards a very worthy cause.
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