Activision & Epic Games join other tech firms in halting ops in Russia over Ukraine war

Amid Russia Ukraine war, several companies have stopped ir operations in Russia and Belarus. latest video game companies to halt ir sales in Russia are Activision Blizzard and Epic Games. Both companies have stopped ir sales in Russia. Earlier this week, Electronic Arts and CD Projekt Red also annoucned a similar stand on current situation. Re along to know more.

Activision Blizzard halts sales in Russia 

In an official press release, Activision Blizzard says "we are announcing that Activision Blizzard will be suspending new sales of and in our games in Russia while this conflict continues. We will continue to look at ways to support Ukrainian people." President and COO of Activision Blizzard, Daniel Alegre says in a statement that "I want to reassure you that safety of our employees is our leership team's top priority. We are doing everything possible to assist employees, and ir families, who are being directly affected by this tragedy."

Epic Games joins list of companies to stop commerce with Russia

Shortly after Activision's announcement, Epic Games also announced its stand on Russia-Ukraine war. In a tweet from official Epic Games Newsroom account, company says that it "is stopping commerce with Russia in our games in response to its invasion of Ukraine. We're not blocking access for same reason or communication tools remain online: free world should keep all lines for dialogue open." Epic Games and Activision Blizzard are not first game development companies to halt ir sales in Russia. 

Electronic Arts and CD Projekt have a similar stand 

Earlier this week, video game companies like Electronic Arts and CD Projekt Red also stopped ir sales in Russia. While Electronic Arts has removed Russian teams from its video games like FIFA and NHL, CD Projekt Red has also stopped physical and digital sales to customers in Russia and Belarus. developments come after Mykhailo Federov, vice prime minister of Ukraine reached out to companies like Microsoft and Sony to halt sales of ir latest video game consoles in Russia. 

Popular streaming website Netflix, on Sunday, becomes latest multinational firm to suspend its services in Russia in wake of its war against Ukraine. move was confirmed by a spokesperson who told Politico that decision was taken due to “circumstances on ground”. Russia began its invasion of ex-Soviet state on February 24, triggering a wide range of sanctions from west including suspension of services from entertainment, financial firms.