Activision Blizzard And Epic Join The List of Publishers Halting Sales in Russia
Activision Blizzard and Epic are halting sales in Russia.
Microsoft, CD Project and Electronic Arts have done the same thing.
The company will be suspending new sales of and in our games in Russia while this conflict continues, they said.
The company is matching employee donations 2:1 to organizations providing immediate relief in the region. Together we have raised over $300,000 in this effort.
Next week we plan to add additional charities to choose from for consideration and also will raise the company matching limit from $1,000 to $10,000, Alegre wrote.
The tremendous contributions from our colleagues in Poland, where people have volunteered their time to assist Ukrainian refugees and others in need, He said.
Poland has accepted more than 280,000 refugees from Ukraine, Per the UN Refugee Agency.
Stopping commerce with Russia in our games in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Epic Games announced on Twitter.
Russia will still be able to play its games, though sales will end.
We're not blocking access for the same reason other communication tools remain online: the free world should keep all lines of dialogue open, they said.
Russia is number eight globally with an estimated revenue of $US2.7 billion in 2021 for video games market.
53% of Russians regularly play games on PC.