Labor - Aftermath (Page 3)

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

If You're Going To Reject Someone's Video Game Job Application, You Don't Have To Be A Dick About It

I was on Linkedin again yesterday--I have a problem, I know--and even by that site's low standards I saw something that rocked my socks clean off. It was

By Luke Plunkett

/ 11 Jul 2025

If You're Going To Reject Someone's Video Game Job Application, You Don't Have To Be A Dick About It

There’s No Reason To Keep Putting Up With Microsoft

Some moments force you to step back and take stock of a situation, and last week was as good (read: bad) as any: Microsoft announced that it’s laying off

By Nathan Grayson

/ 7 Jul 2025

There’s No Reason To Keep Putting Up With Microsoft

Games Media Actually Had A Good Week, For Once

The impossible finally happened: We went a full week without a beloved video game publication being gutted or shut down. Instead, The Old Site ended up in the hands of

By Nathan Grayson

/ 4 Jul 2025

Games Media Actually Had A Good Week, For Once