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Game companies raise donations for Ukraine, cut Russian ties

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 4 min

Games have a way of conveying what war is like and not only from the point of view of glory. Polish developer 11 Bit Studios created a simulation title called This War of Mine to show what it’s like for civilians to survive during war. And now the company is donating all profits from This War of Mine and its content on all platforms to support the Ukrainian Red Cross in light of the horrifying war in Ukraine.

Storefront GOG also said it would donate all profits for the next week from This War of Mine to support Ukraine. On Facebook, Ukrainian developers urged people to donate to the Ukrainian National Bank to support the Ukrainian army. IGN and Axios have stories describing a lot of the reaction and donation campaigns. We also have added our own material about the reactions to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.