Activision Gives $2 Million To Its Call of Duty Endowment Charity

<p>Although many curse the company of simply releasing the same game year after year and attack the games as being nothing but a cash in&comma; today <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Activision Blizzard" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;activisionblizzard&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage">Activision Blizzard<&sol;a> made a point of saying that it doesn’t all just go into their back pocket&period; The developer has just donated &dollar;2 million to its <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Call of Duty" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Call&lowbar;of&lowbar;Duty" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia">Call of Duty<&sol;a> Endowment Charity which is a non-profit organization that helps soldiers find jobs after they have completed their military service&comma; a worthwhile charity indeed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As well as this&comma; Activision Publishing has announced that it has raised &dollar;1&period;7 million for the Endowment through the sale of limited edition dog tags which were made available to consumers throughout the last holiday season for &dollar;5 at more than 12&comma;000 stores across the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The charity&comma; established in 2009 has helped more than one thousand veterans find jobs to date&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Robert Kotick" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Robert&lowbar;Kotick" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia">Bobby Kotick<&sol;a>&comma; CEO of Activision said in a statement&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<i>&&num;8220&semi;We are committed to our veterans&period; They put their lives on the line for our freedom and security&period; They all have unique experiences&comma; skills&comma; and capabilities that should be highly desirable to any employer&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;activision-blizzard-gives-2-million-to-call-of-duty-veterans-fund-6406584">Gamespot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;149500a8-a166-47cd-b9bb-e214b955f1f5" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;