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Reggie Fils-Aime: Companies Need To ‘Embrace’ Unions If That’s What Employees Want

Nintendo

1 month ago

Reggie Fils-Aime: Companies Need To ‘Embrace’ Unions If That’s What Employees Want

Zack Zwiezen

Sony Is Being Sued For Gender Discrimination At PlayStation Again

Computing

1 month ago

Sony Is Being Sued For Gender Discrimination At PlayStation Again

Ian Walker

1

Gaming Gets Its First Union At A Major U.S. Studio

1 month ago

Gaming Gets Its First Union At A Major U.S. Studio

Ethan Gach

2

Reggie Fils-Aimé Weighs In On Nintendo Worker Exploitation: ‘This Isn’t The Nintendo I Left’

Nintendo

2 months ago

Reggie Fils-Aimé Weighs In On Nintendo Worker Exploitation: ‘This Isn’t The Nintendo I Left’

Ethan Gach

Dragon Age 4 QA Devs Say They’re Unionizing Over Bad Pay And COVID Safety

Nintendo

2 months ago

Dragon Age 4 QA Devs Say They’re Unionizing Over Bad Pay And COVID Safety

Ethan Gach

3

BioWare Contractors Supporting On Games Like Mass Effect Seek To Unionize

2 months ago

BioWare Contractors Supporting On Games Like Mass Effect Seek To Unionize

Ethan Gach

2

Digital Store GOG Among First To Offer Menstrual Leave To Employees

2 months ago

Digital Store GOG Among First To Offer Menstrual Leave To Employees

Zack Zwiezen

6

The Nintendo of America Contractors Who Feel Like Second Class Workers

2 months ago

The Nintendo of America Contractors Who Feel Like Second Class Workers

Ethan Gach and Sisi Jiang

Nintendo Worker Files Complaint With National Labour Relations Board

Nintendo

2 months ago

Nintendo Worker Files Complaint With National Labour Relations Board

Call Of Duty Maker Announces Raises For QA Workers Amid Unionization Fight

3 months ago

Call Of Duty Maker Announces Raises For QA Workers Amid Unionization Fight

Ethan Gach

Labor Says Aussies Will Have A Better NBN If They Win The Election

Computing

3 months ago

Labor Says Aussies Will Have A Better NBN If They Win The Election

Asha Barbaschow

Labor Wants To Create 340,000 Additional Aussie Tech Jobs

3 months ago

Labor Wants To Create 340,000 Additional Aussie Tech Jobs

Asha Barbaschow

8 Games For The Labour Revolution

Gaming

4 months ago

8 Games For The Labour Revolution

Where Was Kotaku U.S. Last Week?

4 months ago

Where Was Kotaku U.S. Last Week?

5

Activision VP Posts Shitty Anti-Union Message In Company Slack

5 months ago

Activision VP Posts Shitty Anti-Union Message In Company Slack

Luke Plunkett

11

Call Of Duty Maker Reveals Plan To Squash Union Effort

5 months ago

Call Of Duty Maker Reveals Plan To Squash Union Effort

Ethan Gach

9

Raven’s New ‘Organizational Change’ Breaks Up Union Members

5 months ago

Raven’s New ‘Organizational Change’ Breaks Up Union Members

Luke Plunkett

5

Raven QA Testers Form Activision Blizzard’s First Union

5 months ago

Raven QA Testers Form Activision Blizzard’s First Union

Ethan Gach

1

Xbox Boss Shrugs Off Union Question As Activision Blizzard Employees Push For Better Working Conditions

5 months ago

Xbox Boss Shrugs Off Union Question As Activision Blizzard Employees Push For Better Working Conditions

Ethan Gach

3

Report: Bobby Kotick Meeting Leaves Activision Blizzard Staffers Unimpressed, Worried

5 months ago

Report: Bobby Kotick Meeting Leaves Activision Blizzard Staffers Unimpressed, Worried

4

Riot Games Offers Resignation Bonuses As Company Announces New Direction

6 months ago

Riot Games Offers Resignation Bonuses As Company Announces New Direction

1

BioWare To Adopt Remote Work Options For Employees

6 months ago

BioWare To Adopt Remote Work Options For Employees

So Many Ubisoft Employees Have Quit That They’re Calling It ‘The Great Exodus’

6 months ago

So Many Ubisoft Employees Have Quit That They’re Calling It ‘The Great Exodus’

Luke Plunkett

3

Indie Studio Forms First Video Game Union In The US

7 months ago

Indie Studio Forms First Video Game Union In The US

Ethan Gach

Bungie Joins Growing List Of Major Studios Who Should Definitely Unionize

7 months ago

Bungie Joins Growing List Of Major Studios Who Should Definitely Unionize

Activision Exec To Organising Workers: Pwease Don’t Unionize ????????

7 months ago

Activision Exec To Organising Workers: Pwease Don’t Unionize ????????

Ian Walker

2

Activision Blizzard Devs Announce Work Stoppage And Strike Fund

7 months ago

Activision Blizzard Devs Announce Work Stoppage And Strike Fund

Ethan Gach

1

Australian Video Games Industry Is Getting Its Own Union

7 months ago

Australian Video Games Industry Is Getting Its Own Union

Luke Plunkett

5

Over 1200 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Petition Demanding CEO Bobby Kotick Quit

7 months ago

Over 1200 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Petition Demanding CEO Bobby Kotick Quit

Luke Plunkett

6

Why Everyone Is Talking About Twitch Star Hasan Piker’s New Merch Line

8 months ago

Why Everyone Is Talking About Twitch Star Hasan Piker’s New Merch Line

Ethan Gach

4

Activision Blizzard Devs Win Better Pay And PTO For Contractors

8 months ago

Activision Blizzard Devs Win Better Pay And PTO For Contractors

Ethan Gach

1

Bobby Kotick Takes Another Pay Cut, Waives Arbitration In Letter To Staff

8 months ago

Bobby Kotick Takes Another Pay Cut, Waives Arbitration In Letter To Staff

Brian Ashcraft

18

Activision Blizzard May Have Found A Way To Wriggle Out Of California Lawsuit

8 months ago

Activision Blizzard May Have Found A Way To Wriggle Out Of California Lawsuit

3

The People Who Make Pathfinder Are Forming Tabletop RPG’s First Big Union

9 months ago

The People Who Make Pathfinder Are Forming Tabletop RPG’s First Big Union

Ian Walker

Union Pissed About Meager Activision Blizzard Settlement, Demands Fairness Hearing

9 months ago

Union Pissed About Meager Activision Blizzard Settlement, Demands Fairness Hearing

2

This Is Why; You Should Always Properly — Punctuate Your Social Media Posts’

9 months ago

This Is Why; You Should Always Properly — Punctuate Your Social Media Posts’

Whitney Kimball

9

Eidos Montreal Announces Workers Switching To Four-Day Weeks

9 months ago

Eidos Montreal Announces Workers Switching To Four-Day Weeks

Destiny 2 Maker Ditches Corporate Anti-Worker Policy

9 months ago

Destiny 2 Maker Ditches Corporate Anti-Worker Policy

Ethan Gach

4

Labour Union Suggests $25 Million Activision Blizzard Settlement Akin To Pennies

9 months ago

Labour Union Suggests $25 Million Activision Blizzard Settlement Akin To Pennies

1

Activision Blizzard Settles With Federal Employment Agency For $25 Million (Updated)

9 months ago

Activision Blizzard Settles With Federal Employment Agency For $25 Million (Updated)

Zack Zwiezen

5

Blizzard Reduces Titty In World Of Warcraft, But Not Sexism At The Company

Esports

10 months ago

Blizzard Reduces Titty In World Of Warcraft, But Not Sexism At The Company

22

10 months ago

Nendoroid And Figma Company Sued Over Mistreatment, Sexualised Toys

9

Workers Accuse Activision Blizzard Of Union Busting

10 months ago

Workers Accuse Activision Blizzard Of Union Busting

Ethan Gach

Shout Out To The Developers Trying More Humane Working Conditions

Nintendo

10 months ago

Shout Out To The Developers Trying More Humane Working Conditions

Luke Plunkett

1

Pokémon Oreos Would Be Cooler If Nabisco Workers Weren’t Striking

10 months ago

Pokémon Oreos Would Be Cooler If Nabisco Workers Weren’t Striking

Ian Walker

7

California Accuses Activision Blizzard Of Shredding Abuse Evidence (Update)

10 months ago

California Accuses Activision Blizzard Of Shredding Abuse Evidence (Update)

Ian Walker

6

Ubisoft Studio Under Investigation Over Sexual Harassment, Workplace Discrimination Reports

11 months ago

Ubisoft Studio Under Investigation Over Sexual Harassment, Workplace Discrimination Reports

Luke Plunkett

6

Riot Is Still Delaying Harassment Investigation, California Alleges

11 months ago

Riot Is Still Delaying Harassment Investigation, California Alleges

Luke Plunkett

1

Game Payment Company CEO Sounds Like An Arsehole

11 months ago

Game Payment Company CEO Sounds Like An Arsehole

Ethan Gach

10

Activision Blizzard Workers: Leadership Isn’t Actually Meeting Our Demands

11 months ago

Activision Blizzard Workers: Leadership Isn’t Actually Meeting Our Demands

Ian Walker

2

Activision Blizzard Hires Union-Busting Firm As Workers Start To Come Together

11 months ago

Activision Blizzard Hires Union-Busting Firm As Workers Start To Come Together

Mike Fahey

4

Ubisoft Workers Decry Industry’s ‘Culture Of Abuse’

11 months ago

Ubisoft Workers Decry Industry’s ‘Culture Of Abuse’

Ian Walker

Activision Blizzard Employees Plan Walkout Wednesday To Protest Working Conditions

11 months ago

Activision Blizzard Employees Plan Walkout Wednesday To Protest Working Conditions

Mike Fahey

4

Blizzard Devs Say Some Men Were Sexually Harassed, Too

11 months ago

Blizzard Devs Say Some Men Were Sexually Harassed, Too

Ethan Gach

3

Over 1,000 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Letter Condemning Company’s Response To Allegations

11 months ago

Over 1,000 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Letter Condemning Company’s Response To Allegations

Ethan Gach

3

How Over 25 People Got Scammed Into Working At A Nonexistent Game Company

11 months ago

How Over 25 People Got Scammed Into Working At A Nonexistent Game Company

Cecilia D'Anastasio

5

Activision Blizzard Sued By California Over Widespread Harassment Of Women [Update]

11 months ago

Activision Blizzard Sued By California Over Widespread Harassment Of Women [Update]

Luke Plunkett

17

New Pokémon Cards Might Complicate Things For Players And Collectors

1 year ago

New Pokémon Cards Might Complicate Things For Players And Collectors

Brian Ashcraft

Report: More Layoffs Loom As Activision Blizzard Moves To Close European Publishing Offices

Esports

1 year ago

Report: More Layoffs Loom As Activision Blizzard Moves To Close European Publishing Offices

Report: Despite Covid Emergency, Capcom Made Employees Work At Office After Cyber Attack

Nintendo

1 year ago

Report: Despite Covid Emergency, Capcom Made Employees Work At Office After Cyber Attack

Twitch Removes Amazon’s Anti-Union Ads After Furious Streamer Response

1 year ago

Twitch Removes Amazon’s Anti-Union Ads After Furious Streamer Response

Creators On Twitch, Instagram, And TikTok Will Soon Gain Benefits From A Major Hollywood Union

1 year ago

Creators On Twitch, Instagram, And TikTok Will Soon Gain Benefits From A Major Hollywood Union

2

Gearbox Has Been Bought

1 year ago

Gearbox Has Been Bought

18

The Story Behind DuckTales On NES

1 year ago

The Story Behind DuckTales On NES

GameStop’s Stock Can’t Save You

1 year ago

GameStop’s Stock Can’t Save You

4

Bloomberg Report Reveals Major Dysfunction At Amazon Game Studios

1 year ago

Bloomberg Report Reveals Major Dysfunction At Amazon Game Studios

Ari Notis

4

Baseball Almost Had Its Own NBA Jam, And Now You Can Try It

1 year ago

Baseball Almost Had Its Own NBA Jam, And Now You Can Try It

Ian Walker

1

Discord’s r/WallStreetBets Ban Wasn’t A Conspiracy, Just A Demonstration Of Platforms’ Power

1 year ago

Discord’s r/WallStreetBets Ban Wasn’t A Conspiracy, Just A Demonstration Of Platforms’ Power

Nathan Grayson

4

Report: Activision Blizzard Calls Policy To Make Hiring More Diverse ‘Unworkable’

1 year ago

Report: Activision Blizzard Calls Policy To Make Hiring More Diverse ‘Unworkable’

14

Hitman Studio’s Project 007 Will Feature A New James Bond

1 year ago

Hitman Studio’s Project 007 Will Feature A New James Bond

2

PlayStation Showcase Game Was ‘Stolen,’ Say Former Developers

2 years ago

PlayStation Showcase Game Was ‘Stolen,’ Say Former Developers

Ian Walker

1

Hardspace: Shipbreaker Would Be More Relaxing If Not For The Bone-Crushing Space Capitalism

2 years ago

Hardspace: Shipbreaker Would Be More Relaxing If Not For The Bone-Crushing Space Capitalism

5

Street Fighter V Costume Design Contest Is Asking For Free Labour

2 years ago

Street Fighter V Costume Design Contest Is Asking For Free Labour

11

18 Months After Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Has Made Big Cultural Changes

2 years ago

18 Months After Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Has Made Big Cultural Changes

‘I’d Have These Extremely Graphic Dreams’: What It’s Like To Work On Ultra-Violent Games Like Mortal Kombat 11

2 years ago

‘I’d Have These Extremely Graphic Dreams’: What It’s Like To Work On Ultra-Violent Games Like Mortal Kombat 11

5

New Frostpunk Expansion’s Final Boss Is A Labour Dispute

2 years ago

New Frostpunk Expansion’s Final Boss Is A Labour Dispute

Ethan Gach

Bon Appetit’s Test Kitchen Is The Only Good Job

3 years ago

Bon Appetit’s Test Kitchen Is The Only Good Job

Gita Jackson

YouTube Changes Renew Calls For YouTubers To Unionise

3 years ago

YouTube Changes Renew Calls For YouTubers To Unionise

Nathan Grayson

27

Twitch Streamer ‘Trained For 3 Months’ To Try And Break 566-Hour Streaming Record

3 years ago

Twitch Streamer ‘Trained For 3 Months’ To Try And Break 566-Hour Streaming Record

Cecilia D'Anastasio

6

The Outer Worlds Will Rattle Your Idea Of A Perfect Planet

PC

3 years ago

The Outer Worlds Will Rattle Your Idea Of A Perfect Planet

Gita Jackson

44

The Video Game Industry Can’t Go On Like This

3 years ago

The Video Game Industry Can’t Go On Like This

58

Ubisoft Invites Fans To Make Music For Watch Dogs: Legion, Sparking Exploitation Debate

3 years ago

Ubisoft Invites Fans To Make Music For Watch Dogs: Legion, Sparking Exploitation Debate

4

Report: Amazon Uses Games To Keep Warehouse Workers Engaged

3 years ago

Report: Amazon Uses Games To Keep Warehouse Workers Engaged

Joshua Rivera

Labor Wants To Bring Back The Australian Interactive Games Fund With $25 Million

3 years ago

Labor Wants To Bring Back The Australian Interactive Games Fund With $25 Million

2

Over 150 Riot Employees Walk Out To Protest Forced Arbitration And Sexist Culture [Updated]

3 years ago

Over 150 Riot Employees Walk Out To Protest Forced Arbitration And Sexist Culture [Updated]

Cecilia D'Anastasio and Nathan Grayson

16

Riot Employees Prepare For Walkout Today

3 years ago

Riot Employees Prepare For Walkout Today

Cecilia D'Anastasio

7

Riot Employees Plan Walkout To Protest Company Blocking Lawsuits From Going To Trial

3 years ago

Riot Employees Plan Walkout To Protest Company Blocking Lawsuits From Going To Trial

Cecilia D'Anastasio

3

Report: Fortnite Developers Describe Severe Ongoing Crunch

3 years ago

Report: Fortnite Developers Describe Severe Ongoing Crunch

Cecilia D'Anastasio

13

Survey Of 4,000 Game Developers Says Half Of Them Want To Unionize

3 years ago

Survey Of 4,000 Game Developers Says Half Of Them Want To Unionize

Cecilia D'Anastasio

20

New Technology Changes We’re Excited About For 2019

4 years ago

New Technology Changes We’re Excited About For 2019

A Hotel Strike Was The Talk Of This Year’s TwitchCon

4 years ago

A Hotel Strike Was The Talk Of This Year’s TwitchCon

Nathan Grayson

2

More And More Game Makers Are Talking About Crunch

4 years ago

More And More Game Makers Are Talking About Crunch

8

‘We Were Working 100-Hour Weeks,’ Red Dead Redemption 2 Head Writer Says, Then Clarifies

4 years ago

‘We Were Working 100-Hour Weeks,’ Red Dead Redemption 2 Head Writer Says, Then Clarifies

21

4 years ago

What It Means To Buy A Video Game

Heather Alexandra

7

How Labor Plans To Fix The NBN’s Multi Technology Mess

4 years ago

How Labor Plans To Fix The NBN’s Multi Technology Mess

21

Developers At One French Game Studio Have Been On Strike For A Month

4 years ago

Developers At One French Game Studio Have Been On Strike For A Month

If They Don’t Want To Get Screwed, Esports Players Should Study MLB History

5 years ago

If They Don’t Want To Get Screwed, Esports Players Should Study MLB History

1

Burnt-Out Smash Pros Are Talking About Unionising

5 years ago

Burnt-Out Smash Pros Are Talking About Unionising

Cecilia D'Anastasio

5

I Paid Women To Play Overwatch With Me, And It Was Fantastic

5 years ago

I Paid Women To Play Overwatch With Me, And It Was Fantastic

Cecilia D'Anastasio

16

Popular NBA 2k17 YouTuber Accused Of Paying Crappy Wages To Editors

6 years ago

Popular NBA 2k17 YouTuber Accused Of Paying Crappy Wages To Editors

Cecilia D'Anastasio

9