“As transactions are reported, we’ll log them and send the funds to the humanitarian relief organizations within days,” the North Carolina-headquartered company said. On its website, Epic said it is distributing the funds “as quickly as we can,” and it is not waiting for the actual money to come in from its platform and payment partners. “They are on the ground providing emergency aid, including health support, food and clean water, essential supplies, legal aid, and shelter,” Epic Games said, adding that more organizations will be included in the coming weeks. To see more about how the funds are being distributed visit /IETgljrXV8Īpart from shedding light on the incredible amounts of money that hit games are now able to generate, the funds are also a testament to the generosity of Fortnite players as they splash the cash on in-game purchases in order to support a worthy cause.įunds from Fortnite will help support the Ukraine-based work of organizations such as Unicef, the U.N.
And there’s still 10 days to go.Īs of today, we’ve raised $50 million USD together in humanitarian relief funds to support people affected by the war in Ukraine. And if that wasn’t impressive enough, on Wednesday, it said funds had now reached an astonishing $50 million. Just a day later, on Monday, the gaming giant revealed that Fortnite players had helped it raise $36 million. Xbox also joined the effort and is donating its profits from Fortnite during the same period. Fitbit Versa 3Įpic Games announced last Sunday that it would donate the following two weeks’ worth of proceeds from Fortnite to humanitarian relief organizations working in war-torn Ukraine. Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, a senior official with the Indonesia Communication Ministry, has made it clear that they intend on finding a solution to helping people withdraw deposits from PayPal. Fortnite and Epic Game players in the country even started tweeting about this, causing it to trend for Indonesian Twitter users. This has not gone over well in the country, especially with PayPal, as many in the country use the service for their freelance work. Yahoo, PayPal, Steam, Dota2, and Counter-Strike (among others) were smacked down with the band-hammer for not complying with the government’s new censorship laws. This way they can ban, block, or take down any content they feel is unlawful, or harmful to the public. The new rules require any platform to allow the nation’s government oversight on what can and can’t be distributed in the country. So why did Indonesia ban Fortnite? Indonesia bans Fortnite over censorship concernsĪccording to Reuters, Indonesia has banned all things Epic Games for failing to comply with the country’s new licensing rules. Pie in the face, exploding whoopie cushion that sends you into space, stupid violent. Not unless you consider Bugs Bunny and company being on par with Rockstar Games’ most violent foray into video games. So, is Fortnite like, super violent? I mean, not really.
That game was banned from the Pacific-island nation due to the game’s extreme violence.
For instance, when New Zealand banned Manhunt. We’ve seen games getting banned before, but it’s usually for their ultra-violence gameplay. Yet, is it for a reason that makes sense? That’s always the question when a game gets hit with the band-hammer. If they’re getting banned, you know it’s a major story. Fortnite and Epic games have been banned in Indonesia.įortnite and Epic Games are among the biggest, if not the biggest gaming entities in the industry.
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