‘Fortnite’ will temporarily donate all proceeds from the new season to Ukraine

The popular video game Fortnite will donate all of its earnings to aid organizations in Ukraine over the next two weeks. The developer Epic Games announced this during the update to the new season in the game.

Since Sunday, March 20, 2022, the second season of the third chapter of Fortnite has started. In the period after the start of a new season, Fortnite traditionally a lot of money. This time it won’t go to the creators.

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From March 20 to April 3, all money that Fortnite go directly to aid organizations in Ukraine. The money will be distributed among four organizations that provide assistance to the inhabitants of Ukraine during the attacks from Russia. Microsoft supports this project from Fortnite† It says it will donate revenue from purchases for the Xbox version of the game to aid organizations.

The four organizations to which Fortnite’s money will be distributed are UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN World Food Program (UNWFP), UNRefugee Agency (UNHCR) and Direct Relief.

Millions of dollars

How much money Fortnite will be able to donate to the organizations is difficult to predict. But it will probably be a large amount. Fortnite brought in $9 billion (about 8.2 billion euros) between 2018 and 2019.

In the two weeks after the launch of a new season in the game, the proceeds of Fortnite the highest. This is because a lot of new functions and gadgets are added to the game, which players can purchase. After one day left Fortnite Although we know that it had raised more than $36 million (about 33 million euros), that amount is likely to rise considerably in the coming weeks.