Workers on Blizzard’s Battle.net platform have voted to unionize under the Communications Workers of America. The nearly 400 workers under Blizzard Entertainment's Platform and Technology department
What began as a trickle has turned into an avalanche. Workers on Diablo are the latest arm of Blizzard to unionize, with Communications Workers of America (CWA) – which helped other
The state of Overwatch 2 in the three-ish years since its release could be mapped onto the “we’re so back, it’s so over” meme chart. Peaks and valleys,
Workers on Blizzard’s Story and Franchise Development team unionized Tuesday, parent union Communications Workers of America announced. According to the CWA, this makes them the “first in-house cinematic, animation,
In 2009, I had been a journalist for, charitably, one year. I was in college, and most of the publications I’d written for paid in exposure rather than cash.
As part of Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs, which have already claimed multiple in-development projects including Perfect Dark, Everwild, and an unannounced MMO from the makers of Elder Scrolls
Overwatch 2 is in the middle of an extended identity crisis. I feel like the game’s worried friend: I’m constantly throwing an eye over to them as they
Today Blizzard announced remasters of its classic fantasy real-time strategy hits Warcraft I and II, the games that put it on the map in the distant, functional past of the
You generally want to avoid being the game that everybody agrees “deserved better,” but that was Spellbreak in a nutshell. The multiplayer battle royale about wizards throwing down the gauntlet
It's been a hellish few years for people employed in the video game industry, as big studios have been laying off workers every chance they get while smaller
Last year it was Hollywood’s turn, but now it’s ours. Between historic union wins at Bethesda and Blizzard and, as of yesterday, a video game voice actor strike
To preface, I know this should not bother me, or really make me feel any sort of way. In an era where nonsensical brand deals that render narratives entirely incoherent
