Epic Games Said That It Will Donate All Fortnite Proceeds Between March 20, 2022, And April 3, 2022, For The Relief Operations
Epic Games will release Chapter 3 Season 2 of Fortnite today. Ahead of the official, the company has announced that it will donate two weeks of proceeds from the game for relief operations going on in Ukraine
The game maker said that it will donate all Fortnite proceeds between March 20, 2022, and April 3, 2022, for the relief operations. These proceeds will include 'all real-money' purchases in the game such as Fortnite Crew, gifted Battle Passes, and cosmetic packs such as the Pack. The company said that all retail store purchases of in-game cosmetics and V-Bucks cards will also be included if they are redeemed in-game during the mentioned time frame. The company also noted that using V-Bucks in Fortnite will not be included as those are not real-money purchases
As a part of the relief operations, Microsoft will also be donating all its Fortnite proceeds during this time so that we can get more aid to the people of Ukraine
Epic Games said that funds will be directed to a host of including Direct Relief, United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United Nations World Food Program and UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency they will be for providing emergency aid, including health support, food and clean water, essential supplies, legal aid, and shelter. The game developer said that it will add more to the list in the coming weeks
Furthermore, the company said that, it will provide these funds as quickly as possible and that it will not for the actual funds to come in from its platform and payment partners. "As transactions are reported, we'll log them and send the funds to the humanitarian relief organizations within days," the company wrote in a post
The news comes roughly two weeks after the game maker announced that it was suspending doing business with, Russia while still giving the people a chance to access its games. "We're not blocking access for the same reason other communication tools remain online: the free world should keep all lines of dialogue open," the company had said at the time
The latest season is getting underway today, which means a lot of people will be buying V-Bucks (so they can get Battle Passes), gifted Battle Passes and Fortnite Crew subscriptions in the coming days, money Epic takes in from those sales is going to humanitarian causes following the invasion by Russia. Retail V-Bucks cards redeemed during that time will be rolled into the donations too
Given how big of a cash Fortnite is for Epic, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the company donating tens of millions of dollars to relief efforts as a result
It’s nice to see Microsoft give the cut of Fortnite revenue it receives until April 3 to causes like UNICEF and the UN Refugee too. Here’s hoping Sony and Nintendo follow suit. All three have stopped selling games and consoles in Russia over the last few weeks, but donating to relief causes will have a more tangible impact on the people of Ukraine
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