Studios call for support in face of Russian invasion of Ukraine
James Batchelor
Editor-in-Chief
Thursday 24th February 2022
Developers are calling for industry and player support as Ukraine suffers attacks from Russian military forces.
Reports have emerged throughout the day of explosions and gunfire across the country, with the BBC reporting 57 Ukranians have been killed and 169 have been wounded at the time of writing.
Many of the games companies based in Ukraine, including Frogwares, Vostok Games and Sengi Games, have made statements via social media regarding Russia's actions, while some have called for more active support.
Polish developer 11 Bit Studios has announced that for the next week, all profits from sales across all stores and platforms of its acclaimed anti-war game This War of Mine, including its DLCs, will go into a special fund.
After seven days, this fund will be donated to the Ukranian Red Cross to support victims of war in the country.
"We stand against the Russian invasion of Ukraine," the studio said in its statement. "Just words would be empty without a meaningful act though."
It continued: "Let this message resonate with everything you know about this way and how war kills people, devastates their lives and homes. Let us -- players and developers together -- do everything we can to support victims of war in Ukraine."
GOG.com, the PC digital marketplace owned by CD Projekt, confirmed it would be donating all profits from sales of the game and its DLC to the Ukranian Red Cross.
Yevhen8, the indie studio behind Ostriv -- a city-building game set in 18th Century Ukraine -- simply posted a link to a Reddit forum listing 29 charities that are supporting victims of the war, or other issues that face people in Ukraine.
In its tweet, the company said: "If you want to help us
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