A weeklong Destiny live stream amassed more than $500,000 for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
The Twitch stream, which as of publishing is in the middle of a bonus stream to continue raising funds, was broadcast ahead of the Destiny Community Convention being held in Tampa, Florida on August 27. All profits from the event will be donated to St. Jude's.
According to CNBC, the stream shatters the the record of previous donations provided to the hospital by gaming community fundraisers, the biggest of which before this stream's was a $250,000 donation.
The group behind the convention and stream originally looked to raise $200,000.
"The amount of respect and love in the community is mind-blowing. Lives have been changed and will continue to be changed because of it," Kevin Murray, coordinator of the stream, told CNBC about the Destiny community's ability to come together for each other and those who need help.
More information about the convention can be found on its official website.
The Destiny Community Convention comes shortly before the launch of Destiny: The Collection on September 20, which combines Destiny with all of its downloadable content in one package, including the game's next major expansion, Rise of Iron, which will also be available for PS4 and Xbox One Destiny players that same day.
For more on Rise of Iron, check out IGN's impressions from Gamescom 2016 below.
Jonathon Dornbush is an Associate Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter @jmdornbush.
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