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
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
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
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,
Last week’s massive layoffs at Microsoft--and Xbox in particular--was terrible for all kinds of reasons. Careers were upended (or even ended) for the workers and couples and
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
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
In the wake of Microsoft's latest round of layoffs and studio closures, which brings the number of affected into the thousands since early 2024, you would think that
Following this week’s Microsoft layoffs of around 9,000 people – which led to cascading cancellations of projects like Perfect Dark, Everwild, and an unannounced Zenimax MMO – Communications Workers of
The consequences of the Xbox layoffs are still trickling out, with news of canceled games and closed studios only the vaguest outline of the full effects. Among those caught in
News today that Xbox has cancelled multiple projects and laid off hundreds of workers, on top of thousands more let go in earlier layoffs over the last 18 months, has
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