OpinionCommentaryOpinionCommentaryWhere Was Kotaku Last Week?I’ve always believed unions are good, but now I have the lived experience to back that upByAlexandra HallPublishedMarch 9, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsActivision VP Posts Anti-Union Message In Company Slack'A union doesn’t do anything to help us produce world-class games'ByLuke PlunkettPublishedJanuary 31, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsCall Of Duty Maker Reveals Plan To Squash Union EffortActivision Blizzard calls for studio-wide vote after refusing to voluntarily recognize Raven QA unionByEthan GachPublishedJanuary 25, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsRaven's New 'Organizational Change' Conveniently Breaks Up Union MembersThe move comes just as workers return from a seven-week strikeByLuke PlunkettPublishedJanuary 24, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsCall Of Duty QA Testers Form Activision Blizzard’s First UnionQA at Raven Software are asking for voluntary recognition by the embattled publisherByEthan GachPublishedJanuary 21, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsXbox Boss Shrugs Off Union Question As Activision Blizzard Employees Push For Better Working ConditionsPhil Spencer says he’s not very familiar with unions despite strike at Call of Duty makerByEthan GachPublishedJanuary 20, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsReport: Bobby Kotick Meeting Leaves Activision Blizzard Staffers Unimpressed, WorriedActivision Blizzard’s embattled CEO showed up late and failed to address actual employee concernsBySisi JiangPublishedJanuary 20, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsRiot Games Offers Resignation Bonuses As Company Announces New DirectionThis comes not long after the League of Legends developer settled a gender discrimination lawsuit for $100 millionByLevi WinslowPublishedJanuary 12, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsBioWare To Adopt Remote Work Options For EmployeesThe global pandemic has presented challenges the Mass Effect developer hopes to address with this new hybrid…ByLevi WinslowPublishedJanuary 6, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsSo Many Ubisoft Employees Have Quit That They're Calling It 'The Great Exodus'Times are bad everywhere, but they seem especially bad at UbisoftByLuke PlunkettPublishedDecember 20, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsIndie Studio Forms First Video Game Union In The CountryA new union at the makers of Beast Breaker even includes contract workersByEthan GachPublishedDecember 15, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsBungie Joins Growing List Of Major Studios Who Should Definitely UnionizeThe developers behind the wildly successful Destiny franchise report sexist and racist remarks, skewed hiring…ByRenata PricePublishedDecember 10, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsActivision Exec To Organizing Workers: Pwease Don’t Unionize 😞🥺Desperate to avoid an employee union, Activision Blizzard management employs the oldest trick in the bookByIan WalkerPublishedDecember 10, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsActivision Blizzard Devs Announce Strike Fund To Support Work StoppageThe ABK Worker's Alliance is raising money as members walk off the job until their demands are metByEthan GachPublishedDecember 9, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsAustralian Video Games Industry Is Getting Its Own UnionWhile workers could previously join other unions, this one is specifically for the video games industryByLuke PlunkettPublishedDecember 6, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsOver 1200 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Petition Demanding CEO Bobby Kotick QuitThe ABK Workers Alliance 'no longer have confidence in the leadership of Bobby Kotick'ByLuke PlunkettPublishedNovember 18, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsWhy Everyone Is Talking About Twitch Star Hasan Piker's New Merch LineThe socialist streamer has launched a new pro-worker merch brandByEthan GachPublishedNovember 10, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsActivision Blizzard Devs Win Better Pay And PTO For ContractorsThe publisher announced contractors will earn a minimum $17 hourly rate and paid holidays offByEthan GachPublishedNovember 9, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsBobby Kotick Takes Another Pay Cut, Waives Arbitration In Letter To StaffThis is part of Kotick's effort to turn things around at Activision BlizzardByBrian AshcraftPublishedOctober 28, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsActivision Blizzard May Have Found A Way To Wriggle Out Of California LawsuitActivision Blizzard has requested extra time to investigate potential DFEH ethics violationsByRenata PricePublishedOctober 19, 2021