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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
A UK university will offer e-sports business coursework, and this is a truly good thing
Most of the people playing e-sports are exceptional gamers, and to get that good at anything, you miss out on a whole bunch of...
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...
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...
The Daily Grind: Should e-sports players unionize?
MCV reported this week that World of Tanks studio Wargaming plans to help organize a union for pro e-sports players. Wargaming...