The Biggest Gaming News For February 26, 2022
We saw some really strange stories today. The news broke for example that somebody discovered a lost figurine from The Game Awards and then returned the statue to its rightful owner. We also found out that Gabe Newell considers NFTs to be “super sketchy.” In other news, we heard about how companies in the games industry including GOG and Ubisoft have been responding to the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
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Ubisoft has development studios all around the world. This of course includes Ukraine. The company came out today in support of these workers, promising that a variety of different measures would be taken including additional pay and relocation allowances. “Ubisoft is providing housing in neighboring countries where teams and their families can take shelter if they wish and are able to do so,” a representative said. “To ensure we stay closely connected with all teams, we have set up hotlines to respond to their questions and needs and have put in place an emergency communication system should infrastructures grow unstable."
Since the company is based in Poland, GOG has been keeping a very close eye on the events in Ukraine. The latest development is that GOG will be donating its share of the proceeds from This War of Mine to the Ukrainian Red Cross. "Following 11 Bit Studio’s decision to donate all their profits from the sales of This War of Mine and its DLC on all stores and platforms for the next seven days, we have decided to support their action and we will be donating all profits from our shares of the sale of the game on GOG to the Ukrainian Red Cross,” the company announced. This War of Mine is openly anti-war in its themes.
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