Our latest coverage of Ukraine.
The last that we heard from Artificial Core was that several of their employees and their families were hunkered down in bomb shelters in Kyiv as Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital. Most of their staff, however, had already relocated to safer regions in Europe and are continuing to work on Corepunk even while the studio is in “emergency mode.” The [...]
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Trove is celebrating the coming of Spring with the return of the Bunfest Easter event. The event is now live and will run until April 19th, featuring Easter-themed activities such as searching for hidden eggs, taking on shadow bunnies in the Bunfest Delve Biome, and completing daily quests to earn seasonal rewards. The new Sunrise Spring Pack is also available [...]
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In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Wargaming limited their marketing campaigns for World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Warplanes, starting in late February and asked affiliates to do the same. They also donated $1 million to the Ukrainian Red Cross and fired World of Tanks creative director Sergey Burkatovskiy over his pro-Russian remarks on social media. [...]
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Epic Games, in partnership with Microsoft and the Fortnite community, has raised over $100 million which will go towards humanitarian relief efforts in war-torn Ukraine. The funds were raised from all the proceeds from the PC, Xbox, and mobile versions of the popular battle royale shooter since March 20th. “Epic is committing all its Fortnite proceeds from March 20, 2022 [...]
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Amazon Game Studios has blocked Russian and Belarusian players from accessing New World. Presumably, the move is in response to the IGDA’s call to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We say presumably because the studio has failed to explicitly state this, citing “technical and other restrictions” as the reason behind the IP block. “Due to technical and other restrictions, the [...]
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Since the conflict in Ukraine started a few weeks ago, the country has received an outpouring of support from the whole world including several video game companies. Studios that have offices in the affected regions are also doing everything they can to support their employees and their families as events continue to escalate. Among these studios is Corepunk developer Artificial [...]
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Bungie is the latest video game company to join the IGDA’s call to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The studio is currently working with their partners to suspend all Destiny 2 sales and microtransactions in Russia and Belarus. Players in the said regions will still be able to play the game but will not be able to purchase premium currency [...]
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Fans of indie games can now enjoy nearly a thousand games and help those affected by the armed conflict in Ukraine by purchasing Itch.io’s new Bundle for Ukraine. The bundle is available for a minimum contribution of $10 on the indie games platform, the proceeds of which will go towards humanitarian efforts in the war-torn country. Itch.io is looking to [...]
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Activision Blizzard joins other video game companies in supporting Ukraine and condemning Russia for their actions. President and COO Daniel Alegre announced that they will be suspending sales and microtransactions in Russia for all their games and are currently raising funds in aid of those affected by the ongoing conflict. “The company is matching employee donations 2:1 to organizations providing [...]
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Zenith developer Ramen VR joins the growing list of video game companies that have donated money to help humanitarian and relief efforts in Ukraine following Russia’s violent military offensive against the country last week. The US-based indie studio also revealed that they have staff members in Ukraine who have asked them for help. “Our goal with Zenith has always been [...]
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