Fortnite And Xbox Cap Off Ukraine Fundraising With A Truly Huge Total
The “Fortnite” and Xbox players have completed their fundraising campaign with $ 144 million for humanitarian charities that help the victims of the continued invasion of Ukraine of Russia. The epic games made the announcement in a blog article and on Twitter today thanking the players for their contributions to their cause during the period from March 20 to April 3, 2022.
Our deepest thanks to all those who joined us to support humanitarian relief efforts for people affected by the Ukraine, “Tweeted EPIC with the official account” Fortnite “. The company revealed that the figure of $ 144 million was going directly UNICEF, United Nations World Food Program and UNHCR. Addition of the list of charities is the world’s central cuisine, an organization founded by Chief José Andrés responsible for sending cooks to feed people in conflict regions and natural disasters, starting with Haiti after the earthquake 2010.
March 21, Epic Games announced that it donated two weeks of products raised from game purchases in Ukraine as a result of other Ubisoft gaming companies, Red Projekt CD, Pokemon and humble, which has launched their own efforts to help the country’s torn country. On the same day, the “Fornite” community collected $ 36 million for the aforementioned charities. This means that $ 108 million of products have been added between then and now.
The share of the lion of Fortnite and Xbox raised for Ukraine came from purchases of game purchases made in the last two weeks. This included V-Bucks packs, “Fortnite” crew subscriptions, talented battlements and cosmetic packs sold for real money, although V-Bucks expenses did not contribute to the total.
The Voidlander Pack and the Chloe Kim Pack were the only cosmetics packages that came out during the fundraising campaign. Your money has been well spent if you build to buy one of them in the article store. Meanwhile, Xbox has contributed to all net products of all “Fortnite” content made via Microsoft Store in countries where the game is available.
For content creators who were worried about the campaign affecting their revenues, EPIC said it was not the case. The company previously explained that it previously financed all the “Creator” affiliate payments for banners through code use for those who are part of the Creator Support Program. However, he informed the creators of content that wished to contribute to their creative support income to Ukraine they could associate with a charity of their choice.