As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on, several video game companies have stepped up to try and help provide humanitarian relief for the besieged European country.
As per the latest tally, the quarter of Humble Bundle, itch.io as well as Epic Games and Xbox, has raised a total of over $50 million in just a couple of days. Humble Bundle and itch.io raised $10.6 million and $6.3 million, respectively. The former launched the Ukraine Humble Bundle that contains a mix of hit and indie titles like Mega Crit Games' Slay the Spire and Activision's Spyro Reignited Trilogy, with up to 123 games depending on how much customers are willing to pay. Meanwhile, the latter offers 998 downloads for a mix of both video games and other media for a minimum donation amount of $10.
Epic and Microsoft have raised $36 million in less than two days after pledging that all real-money transactions in Fortnite between March 20 and April 3 would go towards Direct Relief, UNICEF, UNWFP, and the UN Refugee Agency. Epic confirmed that it will add more organizations to the list.
