Hundreds of Activision quality assurance employees are joining the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union includes approximately 600 Activision central quality assurance employees in three locations: Austin, Texas; Eden Prairie, Minn.; and El Segundo, California. This makes the union, called Activision Quality Assurance United (CWA), the largest group of unionized video game workers in ...
Grand Theft Auto VI is finally scheduled to be released sometime in 2025. After a few leaks, there are some security concerns at the Rockstar Games studio and therefore the management decided on a questionable policy: From April, the team should completely forego working from home. Specifically, employees will be encouraged to return to the ...
For productivity and safety reasons, all home office employees were ordered back to the office for Grand Theft Auto VI. The hybrid working model at Rockstar Games will end in April. As part of work on Grand Theft Auto VI, all employees will be required to return to the office full-time and will no longer ...
We believed that 2023 had been the worst year for video games, but 2024 is being even worse. To the massive layoffs of almost 2000 people at Microsoft, over 500 at Riot Games, SEGA and other companies are now joined by another one. Sony Interactive Entertainment announced layoffs of around 900 employees, affecting several PlayStation ...
The ongoing crisis in the gaming industry does not stop at the big players. As Sony Interactive Entertainment announced today, around 8 percent of its workforce will be put on the streets. The layoffs in the industry just won’t stop and now even Sony has been hit, despite good sales figures and a strong position ...
The gaming industry has been rocked by massive waves of layoffs in recent months. Many employees had to leave, especially at the Embracer Group. The numerous layoffs in recent months have shaken the entire entertainment industry and many fear that peace will not come any time soon. The layoffs at Embracer Group were particularly severe, ...
Disco Eylsium turned out to be an absolute insider tip at the time and received lots of excellent reviews. The development studio isn’t doing really well, so they had to stop making a new game entirely. A few years ago, Disco Elysium collected a number of awards and excellent reviews; In addition, the title was ...
The Norwegian oil fund lost or failed to generate 86 million dollars due to a simple error in Excel. (Image source: Unsplash/Pepi Stojanovski) Last year, Norway’s 15 trillion crown (NOK, that’s around 1.3 trillion dollars) state pension fund lost or didn’t earn around NOK 980 million due to an error in calculating its benchmark – ...
After salary negotiations failed, a French developer union called for strikes in Paris, Montpellier and Annecy.
This is a unique event that will take place among Ubisoft’s French employees. The latter are called to strike this Wednesday, February 14th. The famous video game studio Ubisoft, in the shadow of Assassin’s Creed or more recently Skull and Bones, is suffering a serious blow. He could lose some of his employees. In fact, ...
