Fortnite owner Epic Games raises $50 million for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine

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And that's just within a few days. They'll continue this fundraising till April 3.

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From the linked story:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60850729

Epic Games says it has raised more than $50m (£37m) to aid humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.

The Fortnite publisher announced on 21 March it would donate all proceeds from in-game sales, including cosmetic in-game items and virtual currency bought in a shop or online, until 3 April.

And Xbox is donating the fee it would usually take on items bought by players in Fortnite.

The amount raised so far is greater than that given by some countries.

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They're also not waiting to get the funds from their payment partners. They're logging the transactions and sending the funds to relief organizations right away.

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