The proceeds will go to several humanitarian aid organizations
Epic has revealed the total amount raised from its two-week charity efforts. Fortnite proceeds have raised $144 million USD in total for huma🦩nitarian ಞrelief efforts for people affected by war in Ukraine.
For two weeks, Epic and Xbox committed all Fortnite proceeds towards relief efforts. It started on March 20 and within a single day had already raised $36 million. Th🍌is morning, the day after the charity efforts concluded, Epic the total amount at $144 millio💜n.
The contributions will go towards Direct Relief, UNICEF, UN W🃏orld Food Program, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the World Ce♕ntral Kitchen.
Our deepest thanks to everyone wh💝o joined us in supportin🌸g humanitarian relief efforts for people affected by the war in Ukraine.
Together with the Fortnite comꦦ🔜munity and , we raised $144 million USD for , , and .
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame)
Fortnite has been a hot topic too, thanks to the temporary removal of building. Alongside a host of new cosmetics, including Marvel’s Dr. Strange, Fortnite removed the ability to build for a short time during this season. It’s back now, though those that enjoyed the new way to play can still ditch the blueprints in Zero Build mode.
The $144 million raised in Fortnite for Ukraine came from all real-money purchases, including V-Buck packs, gif🗹ted Battle Passes, and cosmetics. Funds were set to be logged and sent to relief organizations as they came in as well.
Other companies have also been supporting efforts in Ukraine. Both Humble Bundle and a large number of indie developers on Itch put togeღther ch🥂arity bundles to raise funds for aid in the region.
Publishers like Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and CD Projekt have halted sales of their products in Russia and Belarus as well. And this morning, World of Tanks studio Waꦰrgaming announced it is leaving both Russia and Belarus, handing operations of its🐎 very popular live service games over to a local studio.
Published: Apr 4, 2022 01:30 pm