Ubisoft provides emergency housing and additional funding for staff in Ukraine

While Ubisoft is based in France, it does have a large studio in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the company has now outlined steps it’s taken to protect its employees in the country. In a news post over on Ubisoft’s website, the company says it has been closely monitoring the situation over the past few months, and with events escalating in mid-February, Ubisoft “recommended all teams take shelter in a place they considered safe.” The company also provided each team member with additional funds to “help cover exceptional costs and paid their salary in advance to account for any potential disruption to banking systems.”When Russia formally invaded Ukraine, Ubisoft says it “worked to reinforce our support and assistance for our colleagues” in the country and has also set up alternative housing in neighbouring countries where its staff and their families can take shelter if they are able to do so. Ubisoft has also created special hotlines to provide employees with “personalised support and aid.” An emergency communication system has also been put in place so Ubisoft can keep in touch with its staff. “We stand by our teams in Ukraine and will continue to adapt and reinforce our support as the situation evolves,” Ubisoft says. Ubisoft has also donated €200,000 to the Ukrainian Red Cross and Save the Children “to help meet the urgent needs of the Ukrainian population.”Many games companies have shown their support for Ukraine, with some donating large sums of money or the proceeds from the sales of their games. After Ukrainian developer GSC Game World called on the industry to help support the country, 11 bit studios announced it would be donating a week’s worth of profits from the sales of its anti-war game This War of Mine to the Ukrainian Red Cross. Numerous other developers and publishers have followed suit and are either doing something similar or have donated directly to charitable causes.



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