Labor - Aftermath (Page 2)

Big Week For Unions At Blizzard As Hearthstone Team Also Votes ‘Yes’

Blizzard Entertainment's Team 5—responsible for the development of Hearthstone—is unionizing. A group of around 100 workers voted yes to representation with the Communications Workers of America

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 17 Oct 2025

Heartstone key art, with the words "Across The Timeways" at the bottom

Battle.net Workers Unionize As Microsoft Neutrality Agreement Expires

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

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 15 Oct 2025

Battle.net Workers Unionize As Microsoft Neutrality Agreement Expires

MindsEye Workers Condemn Leadership's 'Disrespect And Mistreatment' In Open Letter

Workers laid off from MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy have sent an open letter and launched legal action against the company. The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain’

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 10 Oct 2025

Screenshot from MindsEye, showing a person with a gun firing at others

Trying To Get A Job In Video Games Right Now Is Like Crawling Through Hell

The application process has become a dehumanising, demoralising grind

By Luke Plunkett

/ 2 Oct 2025

Trying To Get A Job In Video Games Right Now Is Like Crawling Through Hell

Months After Microsoft Layoffs, Zenimax Unions Never Stopped Fighting For Impacted Workers

Back in July, Microsoft laid off 9,100 employees across the company, in particular gutting numerous games teams and leading to a cascade of high-profile project cancellations that included Perfect

By Nathan Grayson

/ 17 Sep 2025

Months After Microsoft Layoffs, Zenimax Unions Never Stopped Fighting For Impacted Workers

Seven Months After Civ VII's Launch, Firaxis Workers Are Being Laid Off

In February, Civilization VII released to what feels like (the internet wasn't around in the 90s!) the worst reception in series history, its major new features dividing fans

By Luke Plunkett

/ 4 Sep 2025

Seven Months After Civ VII's Launch, Firaxis Workers Are Being Laid Off

Diablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs And Dissatisfaction With AI, Pay

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

By Nathan Grayson

/ 28 Aug 2025

Diablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs And Dissatisfaction With AI, Pay

Crystal Dynamics Lays Off Workers Due To 'Evolving Business Conditions', Which Is Putting It Mildly

Storied development studio Crystal Dynamics, famous for their work on everything from Tomb Raider to Marvel's Avengers to Gex, announced earlier today that as a "result of

By Luke Plunkett

/ 27 Aug 2025

Crystal Dynamics Lays Off Workers Due To 'Evolving Business Conditions', Which Is Putting It Mildly

After More Layoffs, Unionized IGN Workers Are Done Picking Up The Slack

It’s been a tough couple years for IGN. Despite parent company Ziff Davis recently reporting strong financials, management decided to engage in some bad old-fashioned ritual bloodletting across multiple

By Nathan Grayson

/ 27 Aug 2025

After More Layoffs, Unionized IGN Workers Are Done Picking Up The Slack

Unionized Workers At Arkane, A Microsoft-Owned Studio, Demand That Microsoft Divest From Israel’s ‘Sinister Project For Gaza’

Earlier this year, the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement added Microsoft to its list of priority targets due to the company’s entanglement with the Israeli military via

By Nathan Grayson

/ 12 Aug 2025

Unionized Workers At Arkane, A Microsoft-Owned Studio, Demand That Microsoft Divest From Israel’s ‘Sinister Project For Gaza’

Hell Yeah, Another Blizzard Union

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,

By Riley MacLeod

/ 12 Aug 2025

IGN Lays Off 8 Staff, 12% Of Union

Following layoffs at parent company Ziff Davis last week, the IGN Creators Guild has announced eight layoffs at IGN today, comprising 12% of the site’s bargaining unit. Today’s

By Riley MacLeod

/ 4 Aug 2025