In recent days, a wave of statements and restrictions has swept across Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine.

Esports ban in Russia: what sanctions are imposed against players and organizations

Sberbank bank cards in all cases gave an error. The journalists of the VGTimes portal tested the cards of Tinkoff, Tochka and Sberbank banks. The transaction went through only in the latter case on the second attempt. Earlier in the network there were reports of a similar problem with the PlayStation Store. The store refuses to purchase new games, giving an error about the invalidity of bank cards.

As of today, March 5, PayPal has temporarily stopped working in Russia.

• Russian clubs and the Russian national team will be removed from FIFA and NHL esports simulators.

At the same time, it is not specified whether future projects or already released ones are meant.

The GOG store stopped accepting payments in rubles for an indefinite period.

In fact, regional prices remained unchanged, payment can only be made in dollars. Purchases are available from a local wallet, or you need to change the currency in your profile through technical support.

Russian gamers cannot make purchases on Steam.

Problems are being experienced with Visa or MasterCard cards issued by Sberbank, Tinkoff, Home Credit, Tochka and other banks.

At the moment, users can only pay for their games through the Steam Wallet or PayPal service.

Similar difficulties are observed on the platforms Battle.net, Nintendo and PlayStation Store.

The Russian company Epic Esports Events stopped the Dota 2 Champions League Season 8 tournament.

The official statement speaks of hopes for an early resolution of this situation, but the timing has not yet been said.

• The esports organization HellRaisers has been frozen for an indefinite period.

Club representatives published this information in official social networks, stating that the CS:GO roster will temporarily not play in tournaments. However, the Dota 2 team will continue to participate in championships.

NAVI broke off cooperation with RuHub, VirtusPro, CybersportRu and Epic Esports Events.

The situation with the rupture of relations between Natus Vincere and the ESforce holding occurred after the publication of a provocative post on the company's Twitter account.

ESforce Strategic Communications Director Yaroslav Meshalkin commented in a recent interview that "Virtus.pro did not try to establish contact with NAVI after the conflict, so as not to cause an even greater outburst of emotions."

Developed by S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl is temporarily frozen.

In its Twitter account, the studio published an explanatory video that at the moment the safety of the company's employees is more priority for them, and in such conditions, the development "fell by the wayside."

Virtus.pro and Gambit have been removed from the ESL Pro League.

However, players will be able to take part in the competition under a neutral tag, without sponsors and without representing their country and organization.

The organizer of BLAST banned clubs from Russia from participating in their CS:GO championships.

The teams Virtus.pro, Spirit, Gambit and Forze were banned, and the CIS qualifications were also canceled.

• Ubisoft has decided to stop selling games in Russia.

PlayStation console owners have already faced refunds for the Dawn of Ragnarok pre-order DLC for Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

It is noted that both physical and digital sales of games will be terminated. Ubisoft is known for gaming franchises such as Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, Just Dance, Prince of Persia, Rayman, Tom Clancy's and Watch Dogs.

• Take-Two has decided to stop selling and marketing support for its products in Russia and Belarus

On March 5, Rockstar Games, which is owned by Take-Two, were not available for purchase in Russia. Restrictions apply to both new games and old projects – GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, Bully, Max Payne and other titles.

But on March 8, GTA V for PS5 became available for pre-order. The price is 712 rubles. Whether this is a bug or not is not yet clear.

Take-Two is an American publisher, developer, and distributor of video games. The corporations own the studio and company Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, Ghost Story Games and Socialpoint. The company owns several popular game series, including GTA, Red Dead, Max Payne, Civilization, Mafia and other lines.

• Electronic Arts has decided to stop selling its games and content in Russia and Belarus

Users will no longer be able to make purchases in Russian Origin and the EA app. The company is reportedly in talks with other platforms to stop selling its products there as well.

EA has already announced the removal of Russian teams from FIFA 22 and NHL 22 games.

• Activision Blizzard has decided to stop selling its games and content in Russia

The American corporation Activision Blizzard – the creator of the games World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Diablo, Guitar Hero – announced the suspension of sales of its games in Russia due to the special operation of the Russian Federation to protect the Donbass

Apparently, this also applies to all Microsoft games (including Bethesda), some of their games have already disappeared from the Russian PS Store.