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Ubisoft’s CEO apologizes for responsibility dodge but fails to mollify strikers
Yesterday, we reported on the impending Ubisoft Paris worker strike and associated demands for better compensation and reduced work hours, provoked by CEO Yvrs...
Ubisoft Paris will strike on January 27 following CEO’s responsibility-shifting
If Ubisoft thought that slashing more games, delaying others (like Skull & Bones), and promising "increased cautiousness over the coming years" would stave off...
MMO Business Roundup: Unionbusting, Kakao, sportswashing, DDOS attacks, plagiarism, and PUBG
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO- and MMO-adjacent industry news. I'm sorry.
Raven Software: The internal Activision studio that saw first a strike and...
Activision’s Raven Software workers end strike pending official recognition of its union
The strike from ActiBlizz's Raven Software, which was kicked off when QA workers were facing surprise firings before the holidays after being told some...
WWII MMO players Foxhole stage in-game labor strike over virtual manufacturing issues
One of the factors that makes Foxhole stand out in the field of World War II games is that it allows players to be...
Raven Software strike extends to its third week as Activision-Blizzard claims management is listening
January 3rd marked the third week during which the staff for Raven Software (responsible for several Call of Duty titles including Call of Duty: Warzone) was...
MMO biz roundup: The voice actor strike, e-sports crime, CCP VR, Crowfall, and new acquisitions for Tencent, EA, and Nexon
Let's end the week talking about money. What could go wrong?
The year-long video game voice actor strike is finally fully over, as more...
Make My MMO: Crowfall adds geomancy and architecture skills (April 29, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Crowfall canceled its weekend playtest, but not before issuing a dev blog updating the community on some of the crafting changes...
Elite Dangerous’ community tool developers have gone on strike
Update: The strike has ended -- see the end of the post for details.
Move over, voice actors guild: Elite Dangerous gamers are going on...
Video game voice actor strike continues, union claims it could aid developers
You might not realize this, but the voice actor strike that started last October is still ongoing in 2017. Video game voice actors have been...
Voice actors union pickets WB Games, disputes game studio claims
Members of the voice actors guild striking against the top echelon of video game companies are today picketing outside WB Games in Burbank, California.
Since...
Game companies launch countermeasures against striking voice actor union with website
A coalition of companies targeted by the voice actor strike ongoing since earlier this month have created a website to argue their point of...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite voice acting in an MMORPG?
The SAG-AFTRA's voice actor strike last week has created a lot of discussion in our comments and elsewhere about the value of voice acting...
The video game voice actor strike is on
The strike that U.S. screen actors guild SAG-AFTRA was threatening against video game studios will be going forward as planned, with the strike starting just after...
