Epic Games Pledges To Donate ‘Fortnite’ Proceeds to Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine

Sarah Kearns
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Epic Games has committed to donating all of its Fortnite proceeds for two weeks to humanitarian relief for individuals affected by the war in Ukraine. The donation will be split between the organizations Direct Relief, UN Children’s Fund, UN World Food Programme and the UN Refugee Agency.

Between March 20 and April 3, proceeds from all Fortnite purchases will be distributed, including V-Buck packs, Fortnite Crew, gifted Battle Passes and cosmetic packs. Epic will also count retail store purchases of in-game cosmetics and V-Bucks cards.

Additionally, Epic will donate the fees from existing or re-activated Fortnite Crew subscriptions that are processed during the two-week interval.

Epic said that it will separately fund all creator affiliate payments from code usage during this period, so the earnings of creators won’t be affected by the program.

In other gaming news, the Steam Deck will now support Xbox Cloud Gaming.