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Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick hit with new accusations, Jen Oneal speaks up, employees walk out
Oh my sweet summer child, you thought Activision-Blizzard might make it a whole week without another story in its ongoing sexual discrimination and harassment...
Activision-Blizzard Day 14: Brack and Meschuk exits, fraud lawsuit, proto-union, and Q2 financials
It's been a helluva Tuesday in the swamps of the Activision-Blizzard sexism scandal: The day opened with the departure of J. Allen Brack from...
Unions in Europe call on Blizzard employees in France to strike against the closure of the Versailles office
Last week we had reported the unfortunate news that Blizzard would be shutting down an office in Versailles, France, displacing 285 employees who handled...
Blizzard staffers confirm ‘honor point system,’ further exposing the company’s wage disparities
This week we've been following Bloomberg's reports on Blizzard employees' attempts to secure pay and equitable pay for the gaming industry. Early in the...
‘Our mentors are leaving in droves’: Blizzard staff are organizing to demand better compensation
Yesterday, we covered Bloomberg's report on how Blizzard employees were circulating a spreadsheet of their wages and raises in an effort to determine whether...
Blizzard staffers agitate against poor worker pay as Activision-Blizzard rakes in billions
Blizzard's labor practices have been under scrutiny over the last couple of years, propelled in large part due to mass-layoffs at the top of...
Nexon agrees to a wage increase after negotiations with its labor union
Well, this is a nice surprise for anyone who had been rooting for the labor unions. After lengthy negotiations following a year of big...
The push for games industry unionization expands with new initiative from major US union CWA
Unionization pushes have become a big discussion across the games industry for the last several years. The tipping point might just have been the...
Nexon Korea employees stage a protest to stop restructuring and call for job security
In late August, we reported on plans for Nexon's union members to protest against efforts to restructure the company and demand assurances that their...
Fresh off sacking Peria Chronicles, Nexon loses a pair of top execs
Earlier this week, we wrote that Nexon had suspended development of MMORPG Peria Chronicles, which began beta testing in Korea this past spring, having...
Nexon has apparently canceled Peria Chronicles as employee union organizes protest
Nexon appears to have suspended development of MMORPG Peria Chronicles, which began beta testing in Korea this past spring.
According to Korean news website InvenGlobal,...
US Senator Bernie Sanders publicly offers support for game worker unionization
That dull, wooden hammering you hear in the background is the attachment of planks to platforms. With the US 2020 presidential campaign season drawing...
Riot Games isn’t budging on labor dispute even after employee walkout
As we've previously covered, employees of the League of Legends studio Riot Games walked out last week in protest over the company's labor and...
MMO Business Roundup: Stardew, Curse, Epic, Niantic, unionization, and HOTS’ wrecked esports scene
Welcome back to another catch-all post of gaming business stuff that might otherwise slip through the cracks!
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, who recently took...
A laid-off Telltale employee is suing the company for violating state and federal labor laws
Though we've streamed some Telltale games with interactive/multiplayer elements, we seldom cover the studio, but we figure you'll forgive us today: At the tail...
Game Workers Unite condemns ArenaNet for Guild Wars 2 developer firings
Grassroots advocacy group Game Workers Unite posted a statement on Pricegate today, "emphatically denouncing" ArenaNet for firing Guild Wars 2's Jessica Price and Peter...
Game industry unionization: Game Workers Unite, IGDA, and GDC
Earlier this week, we covered the emerging Game Workers Unite organization, something many folks in the games industry considered tantamount to unionization, which multiple...
GDC 2018: Game developers push for unionization in Game Workers Unite
Back in 2016, we covered the voice actors guild strike against multiple game companies in its an attempt to secure better compensation and working...
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...
The Daily Grind: Should video game developers unionize?
The New York Times ran an op-ed from Kotaku editor Jason Schreier last week outlining the perils of game industry "crunch": 80-to-100-hour weeks, often...
