CultureNewsCultureNewsBioWare Contractors Supporting On Games Like Mass Effect Seek To UnionizeKeywords Studios staff at the Mass Effect developer's Edmonton office are organizingByEthan GachPublishedApril 25, 2022
ReportReportThe Nintendo of America Contractors Who Feel Like Second Class Workers'Associates' at the famed Japanese publisher complain about bad pay and an inability to voice dissentByEthan Gach and Sisi JiangPublishedApril 22, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsCall Of Duty Maker Says It's Raising Pay For QA, But Not UnionizersActivision Blizzard is making all QA devs full-timeByEthan GachPublishedApril 7, 2022
OpinionCommentaryOpinionCommentaryCall Of Duty Execs Accused Of Using Microsoft Deal To Line Their Own PocketsNew lawsuits argue Activision Blizzard's filings with the SEC withheld important informationByEthan GachPublishedFebruary 26, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsReport: Warzone Devs: 'We F**ked Stuff Up. We Broke It.'In a meeting with content creators, Call of Duty devs admitted the battle royale was in bad shapeByZack ZwiezenPublishedFebruary 11, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsActivision Blizzard Allegedly Wouldn’t Let Call Of Duty Twitch Streamer Run A Team Due To ‘Oversexual’ PostsMeanwhile, a Warzone studio swapped its profile pic to an ass tattooByAri NotisPublishedFebruary 4, 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
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
CultureOdds and EndsCultureOdds and EndsCall Of Duty: Warzone's Flying Car Problem Is Back In Latest MapPlayers of Raven Software’s battle royale have dubbed the hack’s resurgence the ‘Harry Potter meta’ByLevi WinslowPublishedJanuary 19, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsMicrosoft Closing In On $70 Billion Deal To Buy Activision BlizzardThe Xbox owner is close to buying the beleaguered Call Of Duty publisherByJohn WalkerPublishedJanuary 18, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsXbox Boss Not Interested In 'Virtue Shaming' ActivisionPhil Spencer won’t say how Microsoft has altered its partnership with the Call of Duty makerByEthan GachPublishedJanuary 10, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsActivision Sues Call Of Duty: Warzone Cheat Maker For Selling To 'Tens Of Thousands' Of PlayersThe Call of Duty publisher takes EngineOwning to court in its war on Warzone hackersByEthan GachPublishedJanuary 5, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsCall Of Duty Fans Exasperated As Games See Big Problems For DaysModern Warfare and Warzone players report crashes, bugs, and endless queuesByEthan GachPublishedDecember 21, 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
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
CultureNewsCultureNewsGeoff Keighley Opens Game Awards With Disappointing VaguenessThe Game Awards creator called on gamers to vote with their dollarsByEthan GachPublishedDecember 9, 2021
CultureNewsCultureNewsInside The Revolt That Led To Activision Blizzard Workers' Historic Unionization PushBosses could have forestalled unionization if they'd been communicative about RavenBySisi JiangPublishedDecember 9, 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