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11 Bit Studios donates $688.8k to Ukrainian Red Cross

11 Bit Studios donates $688.8k to Ukrainian Red Cross

The developer of This War of Mine 11 Bit Studios has donated PLN 3 million ($688.8k) to the Ukrainian Red Cross.

This milestone was announced by the Polish studio in a Facebook post - spotted by Eurogamer - and follows the firm announcing on February 25th that all of its profits from sales of This War of Mine being donated to the charity. 

"You are doing something big," 11 Bit Studios wrote on Facebook. "Help the [people] of Ukraine."

The developer continued in an image: “Your support gathered for Ukraine warms our hearts, but we still need you, please, do not stop. Buy This War Of Mine anywhere and support victims of war in Ukraine.”

This comes in the wake of Ukrainian vice president calling for the games industry to take action against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Developer and publisher CD Projekt has cut sales in both Russia and Belarus.


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Alex Forbes-Calvin is a freelance writer and photographer, mostly operating within the games industry. Over his career, he has written for the likes of MCV, Eurogamer, GamesIndustry.biz, The Observer, VGC and Esquire. That's on top of writing books for Dark Horse on RuneScape, Assassin's Creed, Dead Island 2 and more.