Epic Games raised $114m to aid humanitarian efforts in Ukraine

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Epic Games says that it has raised $114m in conjunction with Xbox, to aid humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
The Fortnite maker 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, part of Microsoft, is also donating the fee it would usually take on items bought by players in Fortnite.
Epic expressed its “deepest thanks” to everyone who contributed.
Epic is not the only games company to have been fundraising for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine for example, Humble Bundle, which sells collections of video games online raised more than $20m.