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Supercell, Quantic Dream, The Pokémon Company — which other gaming companies came out in support of Ukraine

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Gaming companies around the world are actively supporting Ukraine. In particular, money for humanitarian aid was allocated by Ubisoft, Unity and 11 bit studios. We looked at who else has recently decided to make similar donations. UPDATED: Added information about Room 8 Group.

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The authors of Clash of Clans rarely talk about their donations, but this time they made an exception. Yesterday, on Twitter, the Finnish company announced that it was going to allocate €1 million to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

In addition, Supercell launched an additional fundraising for €1 million. To this money, the company will also add €1 million from its pocket and transfer everything to three more humanitarian organizations: the Red Cross, UNICEF and the International Medical Corps.

Quantic Dream

The French studio also came out in support of Ukraine, deciding to donate $75,000 to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

The Pokémon Company

The creators of Pokémon have announced a donation of $200,000 to the GlobalGiving non-profit organization. According to the developers, GlobalGiving will have to transfer this money to Ukrainian charitable communities.

Assemble Entertainment

German indie publisher Assemble Entertainment is going to donate part of its revenue to Ukraine. He stated that Steam sells special editions of his games (Endzone, Lacuna and others) — “Let’s Save the World”. Funds from their sale were previously sent to various charitable organizations, but now, everything that the company receives in the period from March 1 to March 31 will go to the Ukrainian Red Cross.

Bohemia Interactive

Czech Bohemia Interactive has created a special charity bundle for Arma 3. All income from its sales received over the next three weeks will be donated to humanitarian organizations, including the Red Cross. The bundle includes both Arma 3 itself and the Laws of War supplement — it teaches gamers the principles of international humanitarian law.

Fatshark

Swedish Fatshark, who developed Warhammer: Vermintide 2, also decided to donate money to the Red Cross. She will allocate him 300 thousand Swedish crowns or about $30.6 thousand.

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Room 8 GroupA group of companies, which includes Dragon’s Lake Entertainment studios and Room 8 Studio, also announced donations.

She allocated 5 million hryvnias ($165.4 thousand) for humanitarian aid. In addition, Room 8 Group plans to launch its own charitable foundation together with other game developers.  

In addition, Room 8 Group has created a team of 50 volunteers that helps Ukrainian employees to evacuate to safe zones (the group of companies has formed three such zones in Poland and is preparing to open several more in Romania, Hungary and Moldova). All employees will receive financial payments for February-March, and the families of those who were mobilized or voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to count on an additional $ 1,000.

Earlier, many gaming companies from all over the world came out in support of Ukraine. Among them are Ubisoft, 11 bit studios, Raw Fury, as well as Ukrainian GSC Game World and Frogwares. The day before yesterday, Unity announced its plans to help the citizens of Ukraine, which donated $623 thousand, created a charity bundle and launched a fundraiser in support of the country.

At the same time, CD Projekt and Bloober Team announced the suspension of sales of games in Russia and Belarus.

 

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