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Nearly 1,900 Blizzard Workers Ratify First Union Contracts, Including Wage Increases And AI Guardrails
Negociated by the CWA, new agreements include wage increases, AI guardrails, enhanced severance, recall rights, and remote-work protections.
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Hundreds Of Blizzard ‘Diablo’ Developers Unionize With CWA: Microsoft Voluntarily Recognizes The Unit
Over 450 Diablo developers have unionized with CWA, securing recognition from Microsoft and joining a growing wave of video game worker organizing.
Microsoft Is Laying Off 1,900 Video Game Workers, Mostly From Its Activision Blizzard Teams
The layoffs come three months after the company purchased Activision Blizzard for $69 billion.
Microsoft Closes Activision Blizzard Acquisition After Receiving U.K. Approval
Approval was granted after Microsoft agreed to sell Activision’s cloud streaming rights for all current and new titles to Ubisoft.
SAG-AFTRA Members Vote To Authorize Video Game Workers Strike
SAG-AFTRA now has the authority to call for a strike if this week’s negations with major studios don’t prove productive.
Communications Workers Of America Backs Microsoft/Activision Blizzard Merger, Says It Will Make Unionizing Easier
The CWA and Microsoft have a labor neutrality agreement that will affect Activision Blizzard workers after the merger is completed.
U.K. Blocks Microsoft’s $68.7B Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority believes the acquisition could harm the cloud gaming marketplace.
Report: 2022 Was The Second-Best Year Ever For Gaming Investment, Mergers, and Acquisitions, And 2023 Could Be Even Better
After two strong years back-to-back, the gaming industry could be looking at a historic 2023 if Microsoft gets its way.
FTC Sues To Block Microsoft’s Acquisition Of ‘Call of Duty’ Developer Activision Blizzard
The gaming company develops billion-dollar franchises including ‘World of Warcraft,’ ‘Overwatch,’ and ‘Diablo.’
A Historic First For Gaming Industry: Workers At Activision Studio Vote To Unionize
Twenty-eight workers at Activision Blizzard’s Raven Software have become the first of the company’s 10,000 employees to unionize.
Activision Blizzard’s Latest Slimy Tactic: Pleading With Workers To ‘Vote No’ On Unionizing
Workers at the Activision Blizzard subsidiary Raven say they’re still in favor of unionizing despite the company’s pleas.
Activision Blizzard Won’t Voluntarily Acknowledge Unionization Effort At Its Subsidiary Raven Software
The workers at the “Call of Duty” developer are now taking their fight to the National Labor Relations Board.
Microsoft Agrees To Buy Activision Blizzard For $68.7 Billion
The tech giant will become the third-largest company in gaming, after China’s Tencent and Sony.
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Has Lost The Workers: 1,600 Staff Call On Him To Go
Meanwhile, Xbox’s boss has spoken out against Activision and nonprofit Girls Who Code has severed ties with the company.
Turmoil At Activision Blizzard: CEO Bobby Kotick Faces Growing Calls To Resign; Stock Downgraded By J.P. Morgan
Activision Blizzard workers are demanding that Kotick step down while the board has reiterated its support for the CEO.
Report: Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Threatened To Have An Assistant Killed In A Voicemail
A “Wall Street Journal” investigation reveals Kotick’s spotty history of handling sexual harassment matters and questions his leadership skills.
Activision Blizzard CEO Responds To Sexual Harassment Scandal: ‘I Am Truly Sorry’
Bobby Kotick has announced initiatives to help clamp down on sexual harassment and discrimination at the game titan.
Activision Blizzard Creates $18M Fund To Settle New Harassment Lawsuit
This isn’t the suit the state of California filed in July. There’s another one.
Blizzard Entertainment President J. Allen Brack Exits Amid Company Sexual Harassment Scandal
The studio will now be led by Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra.
Hundreds Of Activision Blizzard Staff Say Company’s Response To Lawsuit Is ‘Abhorrent And Insulting’
Read the text of a letter that current and former Activision Blizzard employees sent to company management.
California Sues Activision Blizzard Over Alleged Sexual Harassment And Discrimination
The game giant has a damaging “frat boy” company culture, says a state agency.
Blizzard Staff Protest Pay Gaps By Sharing Salaries Anonymously
Pay at the game developer reportedly ranges from $30 million to almost minimum wage.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Animation Studios In L.A. Are Asking Artists To Work Remote (Updated)
Instead of toilet paper, stock up on pajamas because we’re all going to be working from home soon!
After Record Results, Activision Blizzard Will Lay Off Nearly 800 Employees
Activision Blizzard just had the best year in its history. So why did they announce mass layoffs?
Overwatch Characters Get Stop-Motion Treatment For Second Anniversary
Blizzard Activision’s hit game Overwatch is celebrating its second anniversary with a stop-motion makeover.
Netflix Announces 6 New Animated Series
Netflix’s new animated series include shows based on the graphic novel “Hilda,” the videogame Skylanders, and the Dreamworks feature “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.”