https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/1...a-donates-10-000-to-family-of-cancer-patient/
Back in September, they brought him an early copy of the game to play because he was scared he'd die before the game came out. They drove 4 hours to him, let him play it, and gave him the Power Armour edition (signed by Todd Howard).
Sadly, he passed away earlier this month. But Bethesda went to the length of donating $10,000 to the family after the fact.
Obviously nothing will make up for the loss of their son, but it's a very sweet and humane gesture. Good on them.
Fuck cancer.
The donation from Bethesda was spotted by people within the Fallout 76community who noticed the GoFundMe page for a 12-year-old cancer patient named Wes had been updated with a sizeable donation and a comment from the studio. By either scrolling through the donations on shown on the right of the page or sorting the donations by the highest amounts given, Bethesda Softworks shows up as a donor of $10,000.
The GoFundMe for Wes was set up to raise money in the hopes of covering living expenses and costs associated with treating Wes, a child who battled stage 4 neuroblastoma for most of his life after being diagnosed at 5 years old. Wes, a Fallout fan from Virginia, passed away earlier in the month, and Bethesda Softworks left a comment on his GoFundMe page alongside the donation that called the boy "an inspiration to the Fallout community and everyone at Bethesda."
"You have been an inspiration to the Fallout community and everyone at Bethesda," the studio's comment said. "We will miss you, Wes. #WesStrong forever!"
Back in September, they brought him an early copy of the game to play because he was scared he'd die before the game came out. They drove 4 hours to him, let him play it, and gave him the Power Armour edition (signed by Todd Howard).
Sadly, he passed away earlier this month. But Bethesda went to the length of donating $10,000 to the family after the fact.
Obviously nothing will make up for the loss of their son, but it's a very sweet and humane gesture. Good on them.
Fuck cancer.
