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GOW 3 Contest Raises $150k for Child?s Play

By pete_gallagher

Allowing gamers to decide the fate of Gears of War 3 character Clayton Carmine will result in the Penny Arcade-backed charity Child's Play receiving a donation of $150,000.

The Fate of Carmine campaign let participants vote on whether or not the third of four brothers to appear in the series will live, or die as siblings Anthony and Ben did before him. Votes were expressed in the purchase of 'Save Carmine' or 'Carmine Must Die' t-shirts, both real and in the form of Xbox Live avatar garb.

While Carmine's fate has been chosen, Epic Games isn't letting the results be known yet, but the company's Cliffy B and Rod Fergusson shot the embedded YouTube video to let the gaming community know about the princely sum raised.

Microsoft also supported the charity drive, which saw 80 percent of the funds raised going to Child's Play, with 20 percent reserved for administrative, bandwidth, and other associated support costs.

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 10, 2010 (boomark / email).