The Red Cross is teaching Fortnite players to save, not take, lives

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Teaching online video game players to save lives, not take them -- that is the aim of a new product developed in an unusual collaboration between ...

A new Fortnite game mode, called Liferun, was developed in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross to teach players the four main activities that Red Cross workers carry out AFP/Johannes EISELENEW YORK: Teaching online video game players to save lives, not take them - that is the aim of a new product developed in an unusual collaboration between the creators of the wildly popular Fortnite games and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

"The ICRC is recognising the growing importance of the gaming community," the organisation said, estimating the number of gamers at 2 billion worldwide.

 

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Very interesting and challenging. It brings a new dimension to this industry. Good article.

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