CultureNewsCultureNewsXbox Execs Reportedly Raved About ‘Blade Runner Meets Destiny 2’ Loot Shooter Before Canceling ItXbox boss Phil Spencer reportedly loved the game when he played it in MarchByKenneth ShepardPublishedJuly 3, 2025
CultureNewsCultureNewsBethesda Devs Win Major Union Contract At Microsoft After Threatening StrikeOver 300 QA testers secured an agreement with MicrosoftByEthan GachUpdatedMay 30, 2025
CultureNewsCultureNewsGame Developers Launch North America's First Industry-Wide Union Anyone Can JoinThe UVW-CWA is a new organization anyone in the industry can joinByEthan GachPublishedMarch 19, 2025
CultureNewsCultureNewsFallout And Starfield Maker Bethesda Game Studios Is UnionizingBethesda is the first major game studio in the country to unionize studio-wideByEthan GachPublishedJuly 22, 2024
EntertainmentEntertainmentChicken Soup For The Soul Kills RedboxThe once-popular DVD rental service will shut down all 24,000 kiosks across the countryByZack ZwiezenPublishedJuly 11, 2024
CultureNewsCultureNewsGame Studio Shuts Down Before Shipping A Game, Blames Internal LeaksPossibility Space was founded by State of Decay creator Jeff Strain, who sent an email to employees on April 12…ByAlyssa MercantePublishedApril 12, 2024
CultureNewsCultureNewsRoblox Boss: We Aren't Exploiting Child Labor, We're Giving Kids In ‘The Slum’ A JobThe popular online game has been criticized in the past for exploiting child labor and its young audienceByZack ZwiezenPublishedApril 4, 2024
CultureNewsCultureNewsGTA 6 Devs Slam Rockstar Games For Return-To-Office MandateThe company’s head of publishing said there are ‘tangible benefits’ for in-person workByLevi WinslowPublishedFebruary 29, 2024
CultureNewsCultureNewsPlayStation Cancels Multiple Games Amid Massive Job CutsSony announces a reduction of workforce across its first-party studios, including the closure of London StudioByWilla RowePublishedFebruary 27, 2024
OpinionCommentaryOpinionCommentaryNot Even Call Of Duty Devs Are Safe From LayoffsFolks at studios like Infinity Ward, Raven Software, and Sledgehammer Games were impacted by the Xbox layoffsByLevi WinslowPublishedJanuary 25, 2024
CultureNewsCultureNewsMicrosoft Cuts Nearly 2,000 Video Game Workers' JobsXbox boss Phil Spencer said the Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax teams have been impactedByLevi WinslowPublishedJanuary 25, 2024
CultureNewsCultureNews89 Days Into 2024 And 8,800+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been AnnouncedPlayStation, Sega, and Microsoft are the latest companies to announce cutsByZack Zwiezen and Kenneth ShepardUpdatedFebruary 28, 2024
CultureNewsCultureNewsStarfield Testers Had To Unionize To Get A Copy Of The GameMicrosoft has recognized a new union of temporary workers at ZeniMax StudiosByEthan GachPublishedDecember 8, 2023
CultureNewsCultureNewsWorkers Accuse Sega Of Threatening Mass Layoffs Over UnionizingThe Sonic publisher has been hit with an unfair labor practice complaintByEthan GachPublishedNovember 15, 2023
CultureNewsCultureNewsAmazon Games Lays Off 180 EmployeesThe company already laid off more than 100 employees in the same division back in AprilByZack ZwiezenPublishedNovember 13, 2023
CultureNewsCultureNewsLaid-Off Dragon Age Testers Will Picket BioWare [Update]Unionized ex-Keywords devs won the right to protest, against EA's wishesByEthan GachUpdatedNovember 7, 2023
CultureNewsCultureNewsReport: Microsoft Staff Losing Free Xbox Game Pass, Complain To Phil Spencer [Update: He Reversed It]The subscription service that provides access to Starfield and Halo will no longer be provided free of chargeByZack ZwiezenUpdatedNovember 3, 2023
CultureNewsCultureNewsEpic Games' Messy Bandcamp Sale Ends With Mass Layoffs [Update]The audio platform popular for gaming soundtracks and other music suffers major cuts in deal with SongtradrByEthan GachUpdatedOctober 17, 2023
CultureNewsCultureNewsCyberpunk 2077 Developers Call Unions 'A Stronger Voice In Times Of Crisis'A new Polish union for games developers opens up after rounds of layoffs at CDPRByJohn WalkerPublishedOctober 9, 2023
CultureNewsCultureNewsAround 100 Devs At Just Cause Studio Are UnionizingWorkers at Avalanche Studios Group have been working toward negotiations since earlier this yearByKenneth ShepardPublishedOctober 6, 2023