Epic ‘banned’ Russia from Fortnite. Players from that country cannot win prizes

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Epic overnight confirmed that it is taking serious action against people living in Russia.


During the night, the rules of competitions in which you can win money were changed. You can guess that mainly due to payment restrictions, it has been announced that people living in Russia will not be able to win any prizes.

It is also not a complete ban from Epic Games services. Russians can still play as normal, use the Epic Store, and acquire various cosmetic items as part of the events.

Russia with a payment block

Epic’s decision is due to the general situation where most global payments are not working in Russia. Even if Epic wanted to, it is not able to fully give any cash prizes.

As we read in the official information, if the previously won prizes are not collected by March 22, 2022, they will be frozen until Epic is able to withdraw them normally.

For all of the world’s players, it won’t matter much. Or rather, people from other countries shouldn’t be affected by it.

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