Fortnite and Xbox Raise $144 Million for Ukraine Humanitarian Relief - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 April 2022 / 4,093 Views
Epic Games and Xbox donated all of its Fortnite proceeds from March 20 to April 3 to raise money for Ukraine humanitarian relief.
Following the two week fundraiser, Epic Games announced the Fortnite community and Xbox raised $144 million.
"Our deepest thanks to everyone who joined us in supporting humanitarian relief efforts for people affected by the war in Ukraine," reads a tweet from the official Fortnite Twitter account.
The money raised is being donated to Direct Relief, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP), and UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency.
Our deepest thanks to everyone who joined us in supporting humanitarian relief efforts for people affected by the war in Ukraine.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) April 4, 2022
Together with the Fortnite community and @Xbox, we raised $144 million USD for @DirectRelief @UNICEF, @WFP, @Refugees and @WCKitchen. pic.twitter.com/lPAa8lmfJn
A number of video game companies are removing games for sale in Russia and Belarus, as well as donating money to humanitarian organizations.
CD Projekt Red is working with its partners to suspend all digital sales and physical stock deliveries of its games in Russia and Belarus due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The company has also pledged to donate 1 million Polish złoty ($230,000 USD) to the Polish humanitarian group Polska Akcja Humanitarna.
Ukraine-based developer GSC Game World announced it has paused development on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, due to the invasion. The studio is focused on helping its employees and families.
The Pokémon Company International has donated $200,000 to GlobalGiving to provide humanitarian relief in Ukraine. John Romero, the original creator of Doom, has developed and released a brand-new level for 1994's Doom 2 called One Humanity that is being sold for €5 with 100 percent of the proceeds going towards humanitarian efforts of the Red Cross and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund.
Square Enix donated $500,000 to provide humanitarian aid for the Ukrainian people. The money is going to The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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As much as I dislike EGS on PC, the company did manage to raise far, far more money to donate than the Pokemon company did, so there's that.
Now if only they can get Artstation to stop censoring Ukraine artwork.
Yeah. The pokémon company and CDPR are giving damn near nothing. I feel like they should be embarrassed to even state those amounts. Epic and Xbox (I imagine it's largely Epics money, but even 10% of that number, if that's what Xbox is share is, is big) made a comparatively gargantuan donation.
What really gets me, is that my own island is in dire straits atm, but even we managed to pool together 500k to donate, and that's without the other aid we're still offering via clothes./food donations, and yet the Pokemon company, one that makes billions worth, cannot afford to drop even 1m (which isn't even a drop in their bucket).
People on here can call wallet watching all they want, but it doesn't look good for them or the company that makes a ton of money, yet cannot be bothered to donate as much as others who are less larger than they are.
We also can't forget that the Pokemon company has been around for years and years, practically one generations lifetime, so it's not like they are some start-up company or anything.
