On the platform level, Poland's CD Projekt Red was among the first major game companies to block the Russian market, cutting it off from purchases on the GOG online store last week. Activision Blizzard announced late Friday that it will be cutting off games sales and offering a two-to-one match on employee contributions to relief organizations operating in Ukraine.Įlectronic Arts also announced Friday that it is halting Russian game sales, including the sale of virtual currency bundles in its popular games, 'while this conflict continues.' That action comes after EA Sports earlier removed all Russian teams from FIFA 22 and NHL 22, mirroring similar moves from international organizations managing those sports. The new announcements come after a flurry of similar actions taken by large game publishers over the weekend. Take-Two announced a similar move earlier in the morning, telling Mashable that it is stopping 'new sales, installations, and marketing support' in Russia and Belarus, including purchases made through the Rockstar Game Launcher.

Now, after a slow start, many of the game industry's major players are heeding that call and cutting off new sales in the country.įrench mega-publisher Ubisoft became the latest game company to take action against Russian customers Monday morning, telling Bloomberg that it is “suspending its physical and digital sales” in the Russian market. Further Reading Ukrainian gov’t calls for game companies to cut off Russia during invasion Last week, the Ukrainian government put out a public call to 'all game development companies' to 'temporarily block all Russian and Belorussian accounts' in response to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

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