Ukrainian gov’t calls for game companies to cut off Russia during invasion [Updated]

Enlarge / Mykhailo Fedorov, the vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation of Ukraine, speaks at a December 2021 press conference. (credit: Yevhen Kotenko/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Update (March 3): Poland's CD Projekt Red announced this morning that it has "made the decision to halt all sales of our games to Russia and Belarus." That includes physical deliveries of CDPR-published games and all digital sales on its popular GOG platform. Prior purchases by players in Russia and Belarus will still be accessible, as the company clarified in a follow-up tweet.

"The entire CD Projekt Group stands firm with the people of Ukraine," the company writes. "While we are not a political entity capable of directly influencing state matters and don't aspire to be one, we do believe that commercial entities, when united, have the power to inspire global change in the hearts and minds of ordinary people. We know that players in Russia and Belarus, individuals who have nothing to do with the invasion of Ukraine, will be impacted by this decision, but with this action we wish to further galvanize the global community to speak about what is going on in the heart of Europe."

In an investor note published alongside the decision, CDPR notes that Russian and Belarussian customers accounted for 5.4% and 3.7% of the company's sales in the last 12 months, respectively.

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