invasion of ukraine
World of Warcraft’s charity pets for Ukraine raise more than $1.5 million
It's really easy to have a pretty negative opinion of Activision Blizzard these days, since the company regularly makes sure of that. But its...
World of Warcraft introduces new charity pets to support BlueCheck Ukraine
If you want to support Ukraine in its continued crisis defending itself against a Russian invasion that has done immense damage to the country,...
War Thunder welcomes Minecraft to the ‘gaming playerbases leaking military secrets’ club
Over the last half week, the intelligence community has been reeling over a serious leak of military documents that apparently were promulgated through a...
Ukraine-based STALKER 2 dev studio has been hacked and blackmailed by a pro-Russian group
We haven't been tracking the development trajectory of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl very closely, particularly since it's projecting a December 2023 launch with...
MY.GAMES says it will ‘exit the Russian market’ and offload Russian licenses
Back in October, Mail.ru sold its MMO subsidiary MY.GAMES to Aleksander Chachava of venture capital firm LETA Capital, for $642 million. The company's MMOs...
Wargaming opens new offices in Europe after Russia exodus
With the war in the Ukraine stretching on into the summer months, it might be more difficult to remember how much various game studios...
From the Depths: Everything we know about Wargaming’s exit from Russia
Mixing gaming and politics is rough. Think back to the Blitzchung fiasco for Blizzard back in 2019. Or when Daybreak was (and then wasn’t)...
Overwatch alters one of Zarya’s legendary skins to avoid any possible association with the Russian invasion of Ukraine
One of Zarya's legendary skins in Overwatch has received an unannounced but very important change with the game's recent patch: The skin no longer has...
EA and Microsoft announce end of sales to Russia, Hi-Rez reroutes Russian profits to Ukrainian aid
Three more major games publishers are joining the ever-growing list of names cutting off Russia from the world over its naked war against Ukraine....
Ukraine implores game companies to block Russian esports participation
"Who had 'writing games industry roundups at the barest edge of a third world war' on their bingo card?" MOP's Chris marveled this morning,...
Zenith’s Ramen VR joins chorus of MMO studios donating to support Ukraine
Large gaming companies, organizations, and esports teams have been raising their voices - and wallets - in support of Ukraine following the Russian invasion...
Neverwinter parent company donates $2M in aid to Ukraine, IGDA calls on industry to condemn invasion
Since last week, we've been covering the game industry's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as game studios and esports teams divert launches, raise...
