UK prime minister Keir Starmer has called the firing of 31 employees from GTA developer Rockstar “deeply concerning”, adding that ministers will look into the controversial dismissals. Last… Continue reading
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“My Staff Have Had Customers Threatening To Rip Their Heads Off” – Retailers And Collectors Tell Of Pokémon TCG Woes
Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life The fact that the Pokémon Trading Card Game has created its own mini-economy isn’t new news – back when it launched in… Continue reading
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Wreckreation dev “forced” to put staff at risk of redundancy because publisher Embracer offers no “enthusiasm or financial support”
UK developer Three Fields Entertainment – the studio behind the likes of Dangerous Golf and Dangerous Driving – says it has been “forced” into placing its “entire team… Continue reading
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav told staff Friday that the company’s pending sale to Netflix is unlikely to lead to sweeping layoffs, as the streaming service’s “intention… Continue reading
Demonschool developer Necrosoft says that it tried “something different” for the credits sequence in the game, opting to list the full duties carried out by staff rather than a… Continue reading
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Former Rockstar Games staff were fired for sharing internal company messages on an employee and union-only Discord server, new report suggests
Former Rockstar Games staff were fired last month due to internal company messages being discussed on a Discord server shared privately between staff and union workers, a new… Continue reading
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“Unacceptable and unlawful” – GTA 6 developer Rockstar hit with legal claim from UK trade union following alleged unfair dismissal of staff
The UK trade union Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has issued a legal claim against Rockstar following what it believes is the unfair dismissal of staff…. Continue reading
Image: EA Sports Despite the negative press and questions surrounding the ethical use of training data, Generative AI is making a significant impact on game development, with many… Continue reading
Massive Entertainment, the studio behind the likes of The Division 2 and last year’s Star Wars Outlaws, is being hit by layoffs, but the way in which the news was shared… Continue reading
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Devs working on Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble join 1900 other Activision Blizzard staff in unionising
Workers in Blizzard’s Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble teams have voted to unionise with the Communications Workers of America. Over 100 software engineers, designers, artists, quality assurance testers, and… Continue reading
