"Stray" cat video game brings some benefits to real cats

[rpannier]

NEW YORK (AP) — The virtual cat hero from the new video game sensation “Stray” doesn’t just wind along rusted pipes, leap over unidentified sludge and decode clues in a seemingly abandoned city. The daring orange tabby is helping real world cats as well.

Thanks to online fundraising platforms, gamers are playing “Stray” while streaming live for audiences to raise money for animal shelters and other cat-related charities. Annapurna Interactive, the game’s publisher, also promoted “Stray” by offering two cat rescue and adoption agencies copies of the game to raffle off and renting out a New York cat cafe.

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When Annapurna Interactive reached out to the Nebraska Humane Society to partner before the game’s launch on July 19, they jumped at the chance, marketing specialist Brendan Gepson said.

https://apnews.com/article/philanthropy-animals-cats-e1fc98d22abb62241994e263b01bc6c4

[AllyCat]

1. This popped up on PSNow and I was intrigued

Will have to download.

[Skittles]

3. heh

I would expect nothing less from "AllyCat"

[Archae]

2. The PC version has mods for it now too.

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