Fortnite raised $144 million for Ukraine relief

In two weeks, the game has raised more than $150 million for relief efforts. Ahead of its most recent season, developer Epic Games said that it would be donating all of its proceeds from the game, along with those from Microsoft, to humanitarian efforts following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The game raised $36 million in its first day, and the final total is more than $150 million. Direct Relief, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund, and the World Food Programme are some of the aid groups that the funds are going towards.

There are several Ukraine-related fundraising initiatives from game developers. Riot Games raised $5.4 million last month, a bundle of nearly 1,000 games on Itch.io took in more than $6 million, and the Humble Bundle raised $20 million.

The current season of the video game has had a lot of changes. The initial launch did not include a key feature: building. Since then, there has been a combat focused Zero build mode for the game, and this past weekend, it re-added building to its core battle Royale.