Jun 17
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Sisi Jiang
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When I left the gaming labor group Game Workers Unite International in late 2019, I had sent them a letter that…
Jun 3
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The effort to unionize game development took another step forward today, as the workers at strategy game publisher…
Jan 21
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Frostpunk’s The Last Autumn expansion, out today on PC, is the city-building game’s best update yet. It adds several…
Nov 12 2019
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FairTube, a group pushing for YouTubers to unionize that has backing from the largest trade union in the EU, has commented on YouTube’s controversial new terms of the service. The new terms give the company “sole discretion” to remove videos that are “no longer commercially viable,” which has led to renewed calls for…
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Nov 11 2019
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To say that YouTubers have an uneasy relationship with the company that hosts their videos would be a massive…
Oct 22 2019
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The very first quest in The Outer Worlds, Obsidian’s highly anticipated first-person RPG out October 25, asked me to…
Oct 3 2019
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The UK’s Independent Workers Union accused Monument Valley and Assemble With Care studio Ustwo Games of…
Oct 1 2019
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We have updated our article about Gearbox’s decision not to sign a union contract to bring back Troy Baker as Rhys in Borderlands 3. Readers had questions about why other union actors are voicing Borderlands 3 characters and whether Gearbox’s excuse valid, which Baker’s union, SAG-AFTRA, responded to.
Sep 30 2019
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Earlier this year, Borderlands fans were devastated to learn that actor Troy Baker would not be reprising his role…
Jul 15 2019
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Last week, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt announced on Twitter that his music production company, HitRecord, would once…
Jun 18 2019
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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has thoughts on the video game industry: “The video game industry made $43 billion in revenue last year. The workers responsible for that profit deserve to collectively bargain as part of a union.” Come on Splitscreen, Bernie.
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Apr 4 2019
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A new opinion piece published in The New York Times today calls for video game developers to unionize. Momentum is building. (The author of said piece might look familiar.)
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Mar 21 2019
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After cracking jokes on stage during the Game Developers Choice and IGF awards at GDC last night, Double Fine boss…
Mar 21 2019
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“I’m not anti-union, but I don’t really think we need them, right?” said Double Fine head Tim Schafer while hosting y…
Jan 24 2019
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In a survey of nearly 4,000 game developers published today by the Game Developers Conference, half of developers…
Aug 14 2018
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Video games are an expensive hobby, often demanding a great deal of trust whenever you buy a new one. Buying a game…
Jul 25 2018
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The game industry is not exactly known for valuing workers. Big studios are rife with soul-destroying crunch and end-…
Mar 22 2018
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SAN FRANCISCO—In a small room yesterday inside the massive Moscone Center meeting complex, roughly 200 people…
Mar 14 2018
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Former Overwatch pro and coach Thomas “Morte” Kerbusch has partnered with sports labor attorney Ellen Zavian to push…
Jun 22 2017
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As more and more money has flooded into the esports industry, player rights have been a hot topic across multiple…