Epic Games announced last week that it would donate all profits from Fortnite sales from March 20 to April 3 to help people affected by the war in Ukraine.
During that time, the company has raised over $36 million from sales in the game. Epic made the announcement with a tweet from its official Fortnite account.
In the same tweet, Epic also announced that all amounts raised would be donated to a charity including UNICEF, the World Food Program and the UN Refugee Agency. All these charities and organizations are working on the ground to provide people with food, clean water, shelter, first aid and supplies in war-torn areas of Ukraine.
Alongside Epic, Xbox announced via a tweet that they would be partnering with Fortnite to donate all profits from Fortnite over the next two weeks to Ukrainian charity.
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Epic has already said that all real money Fortnite purchases made between March 20 and April 3 will be part of the donation. This includes V-Buck packs, Team Fortnite, skill Battle Passes and cosmetic packs, pretty much everything in the store. Even retail store purchases of in-game cosmetics and V-Bucks cards will be included if used in-game during the 2-week fundraiser.
Epic’s $36 million donation is arguably the biggest crowdfunding a gaming company has ever made to the Ukrainian public. Before Epic, itch.io had raised more than $6 million with the sale of its special pack containing 1,000 games.
