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Sonic Maker Sega Is The Video Game Industry’s Next Union Battleground
Over 140 workers at Sega of America’s Irvine, California office have announced plans to form a new union to fight for better pay, adequate staffing, and more balanced schedules. It’s the latest front in the video game industry’s growing unionization movement, and the first to move its focus beyond strictly game developers.
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Activision Accused Of Illegally Firing QA Testers Over Remote Work Protest
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) have today filed charges against publisher Activision — a company with a long track record of alleged union-busting — claiming the publisher violated several workplace laws in relation to the firing of two QA testers.
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2022 Was The Year The Video Game Industry Ate Itself
The video game industry went on a shopping spree in 2021. Epic Games bought Mediatonic (Fall Guys), Sony bought Housemarque (Returnal), and Embracer bought Gearbox (Borderlands). It seemed like things might slow down in 2022, but instead they ramped up even more into an acquisition free-for-all. What will the future bring? Nobody knows. But the…