CD Projekt Red, developer of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, will stop all sporting goods sales in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine. In solidarity with neighboring Ukraine, the Polish studio of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher. CD Projekt Red have suspended all digital sales and physical deliveries of their games to Russia and Belarus until further notice.
CD Projekt Group, the company behind Cyberpunk 2077 and the developer of The Witcher franchise, strongly opposed the invasion of Ukraine by ending sales of CD Projekt Group products to Russia and Belarus. CD Projekt has announced that it will cease all digital and physical game sales in Russia and Belarus, as well as all game sales on its GOG digital platform. In a new tweet published today (March 3), CD Projekt Red announced that it will suspend digital sales of all CD Projekt Group projects in Russia and Belarus in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 24.
The Polish developer has announced that it will step up support for Ukraine by cutting off digital game sales in Russia and Belarus. CD Projekt Red developer CD Projekt Red’s parent company CD Projekt announced this week that CD Projekt has stopped selling its games in Russia and Belarus following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Halted is now working with CD Projekt, saying it is working with its various distribution partners to end the sale entirely.
— CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED) March 3, 2022
The announcement was posted in a March 3 tweet, confirming that CD Projekt Red is also working to stop physical shipments of games until further notice. You can see the announcement via the official CD Projekt Red Twitter account just below, where CD Projekt Red has decided to suspend sales of digital games, the GOG digital storefront, and other CD Projekt Red related products in Russia and Belarus until further notice.
CD Projekt is located in Poland, a country on the border with Ukraine, which is now suffering from the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine. Just this morning, CD Projekt posted a statement on Twitter saying, “The entire CD PROJEKT group stands firmly by the side of the Ukrainian people.” The decision of CD Projekts is not the first action of CD Projekt Group in support of Ukraine. This comes on top of the $240,000 the Polish developer has already donated to humanitarian work in Ukraine. In other tweets, CD Projekt also said that CD Projekt will support humanitarian relief efforts by donating 1 million Polish zlotys (roughly equivalent to 173,000 PS or $232,000).
The suspension is the latest move by a number of gaming companies since the ongoing conflict in Ukraine began a week ago. Big gaming companies like EA, Epic Games, and Activision Blizzard have stopped the sales of their games in Belarus and Russia. This week, Ukraine expects big game developers and other platforms including PlayStation and Xbox to take a similar stance.
