The fundraising campaign for Ukraine promoted by Epic Games was a success. Fornite players raised $ 144 million.
Fortnite and Xbox have together raised over $ 144 million for Ukraine . The money was raised with a fundraising campaign that received strong support from both player base. Epic Games announced the success of the initiative with a post published on its official blog.
The funds were raised between March 20 and April 3. They will all go to humanitarian aid in support of the Ukrainian population.
We want to give our heartfelt thanks to all the people who joined the campaign, giving their support to the people affected by the war in Ukraine
he then added the developer to Twitter. The $ 144 million will benefit several humanitarian organizations, including Direct Relief, UNICEF, the UN World Food Program and UNHCR .
On March 21, Epic Games announced that it would donate the equivalent of two weeks of revenue from in-game transactions on Fortnite . On the day of the announcement alone, Fortnite players raised $ 36 million.
In the same period, Microsoft decided to relaunch the initiative by donating all the revenues obtained from the transactions of Fortnite players recorded through the official Xbox console store.
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