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Microsoft Slashes 10K Jobs, Including At Xbox And Halo Studios
18.1.2023
Following rumors earlier this week from Sky News, tech giant Microsoft has announced a slew of layoffs affecting 10,000 workers, some within its game studios, blaming slowing e-commerce sales and a potential economic recession. Kotaku has confirmed that a number of developers at 343 Industries,...
Ubisoft Employees Asked To Strike Over CEO's Comments, Pay Demands
18.1.2023
Ubisoft hasn’t had the best couple of years. A string of flops and disappointments means the company isn’t in the best shape as it heads into 2023, so in an attempt to get everyone firing last week CEO Yves Guillemot sent an email to staff telling them “The ball is in your court”. It did not...
Huobi Layoffs Spark Controversy and Speculation, Justin Sun Claims Everything Is Fine
6.1.2023
The cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is laying off 20% of its employees, according to multiple reports over the past two days. However, Huobi’s advisor Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, told the South China Morning Post that the layoff reports were untrue. A Huobi spokesperson later confirmed...
God Of War Is Still The GOAT For Opening Boss Fights
5.1.2023
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Hot Damn: Another Activision Blizzard Studio Is Unionizing
27.12.2022
Developers at the Boston-based gaming studio Proletariat announced plans to unionize on Tuesday. If successful, roughly 60 employees there who worked on World of Warcraft’s new Dragonflight expansion would join the growing ranks of organized labor across parent company Activision Blizzard...
300 QA Devs Unionize At Microsoft-Owned ZeniMax Studios
5.12.2022
The gaming industry’s recent wave of labor organizing just exploded. Roughly 300 quality assurance staff at ZeniMax studios, which includes Bethesda and games like The Elder Scrolls Online , announced today that they will unionize with the Communications Workers of America. And unlike union drives...
Pour One Out For The Bosses: Activision Blizzard Loses Second Union Vote
2.12.2022
Activision Blizzard’s playbook came up short again. Despite delays, legal appeals, and threats to workers that organizing would lead to lower pay raises, quality assurance developers at the Diablo production studio Blizzard Albany voted 14-0 to unionize today. The Game Workers Alliance Albany...
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Firing 11,000 After Company Spends $15bn On Metaverse
9.11.2022
Rumors have swirled this week, and now it’s confirmed: Meta, the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Oculus VR, is sacking 13 percent of its workforce, a total of around 11,000 employees out of work. This comes in the wake of the company having spent an extraordinary $15 billion on...
Activision Nickel-And-Dimes New Union As Call Of Duty Enjoys $800 Million Weekend
3.11.2022
Quality assurance staff at Call of Duty studio Raven Software unionized back in May, but over five months later the developers say progress is almost nonexistent on the first union contract at a major gaming company. Activision is apparently still denying unionized staff the raises given to...
Activision Tries To Get Civil Rights Lawsuit Thrown Out Again, Fails Again
26.10.2022
For the second time since this year, publisher Activision Blizzard—the subject of historic allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination—has tried to get the case against it thrown out. And for the second time, it has failed.Read more
Activision's Newest Exec Has Decided To Post Through It
20.10.2022
Lulu Cheng Meservey has been on the job for less than a month and the Activision executive has already antagonized employees at the center of a long-overdue unionization push within the games industry. After over a dozen Blizzard quality assurance testers won the right to hold a union vote...
Blizzard Testers Win Case, Can Now Vote On Forming A Union
19.10.2022
Back in July, a group of 21 quality assurance workers at Activision’s Albany studio—formerly known as Vicarious Visions—announced their intentions to unionise. Today, the National Labor Relations Board have confirmed that their vote can go ahead.Read more
Fired Smash Bros. Ultimate Tester Will Get $25,000 In Nintendo Union-Busting Settlement
13.10.2022
Nintendo, and a former game tester fired earlier this year, have seemingly reached a settlement in an labor dispute that kicked off widespread allegations about bad working conditions at the Mario maker’s U.S. office. Mackenzie Clifton, who worked on games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, will...
A Life Sim Where You Mix Potions For Townsfolk And Healthcare Doesn't Blow
1.10.2022
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US Lawmakers Introduce Bill Allowing Crypto Investments in 401(k) Retirement Plans
1.10.2022
Several U.S. lawmakers have introduced the Retirement Savings Modernization Act to provide 401(k) retirement savers access to a wide range of investments, including crypto assets. “With inflation at record highs, a stock market downturn, and a potential recession on the horizon, many...
Demolition Sim Hardspace: Shipbreaker Devs Join A Labor Union
22.9.2022
The support studio that worked on Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Crossfire Legion, and Secret Ponchos has voted to form a union with The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).Read more
GameStop Rewards Employees For Sticking Around With 50-Cent Raise
14.9.2022
Last month, GameStop announced new stock bonuses for store managers and hourly raises for other employees. It seemed like some relief was finally coming for the staff, who have been through so much these last few years, all while watching investors profit off unprecedented meme stock hijinks. Over...
Australia's new government finally signals its crypto regulation stance
22.8.2022
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers said that his government will improve the way Australia’s system manages crypto assets and provide greater protections for consumers
Nintendo Of America's Testers Say They Faced Years Of Sexual Harassment
16.8.2022
Two years ago, a contract game tester named Hannah (not her real name) had a harrowing experience that led her to quit her dream job at Nintendo of America after nearly a decade. Several employees had created a group chat on Nintendo’s Microsoft Teams server called “The Laughing Zone.” It...
July’s CPI Report Shows US Inflation Cooling — Critics Say ‘US Government’s Formula Understates the Actual Rise in Prices’
10.8.2022
After last June’s inflation report published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reflected a 9.1% year-over-year increase, July’s CPI data has come in lower with a year-over-year increase of 8.5%. Economists polled by media publications...