Game companies raise donations for Ukraine, cut Russian ties
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Games have a way of conveying what war is like, and not only from the point of view of glory. 11 Bit Studios, the Polish maker of This War of Mine, created a simulation title This War of Mine to show what it’s like for civilians to survive during war. And now the company is donating all profits from This War of Mine and its content on all platforms to support the Ukrainian Red Cross in light of the horrifying war in Ukraine.
Storefront GOG also said it would donate all profits for the next week from This War of Mine to support Ukraine. On Facebook, Ukrainian developers urged people to donate to the Ukrainian National Bank to support the Ukrainian army. IGN and Axios have stories describing a lot of the reaction and donation campaigns. We also have added our own material about the reactions to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Our own story noted that there are many thousands of game developers in Ukraine working on titles at work-for-hire studios or original games as well. Achievers Hub and UNIT.City Innovation Park compiled a report in 2018 that mentioned 30 recently formed game studios, while Alexey Menshikov of Beatshapers said that he was part of the first Ukraine game studio, Action Forms, in the 1990s.
GSC Game World, which makes the Stalker series set in a radioactive Chernobyl, asked its players for donations to support Ukraine’s army. The company was expecting to release Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl, in the near future.
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And Upland, which makes a virtual real estate game based on real-world locations, said that it is helping its Ukraine-based team find places to live outside the
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