Former Call of Duty designer to lead new NetEase studioBulletFarm is working on an original first-person co-op game.By K. Holt, 02.28.2024
PlayStation is laying off 900 staff across Naughty Dog, Insomniac and other studiosIts London Studio is shutting down entirely. By K. Holt, 02.27.2024
Until Dawn and The Quarry developer Supermassive is reportedly laying off around 90 workersIndie studio Die Gute Fabrik has paused production amid funding difficulties.By K. Holt, 02.26.2024
Amazon, one of the world's largest employers, has called the National Labor Relations Board 'unconstitutional'Amazon's claims are similar to the ones made by Elon Musk's SpaceX and grocery chain Trader Joe's. By P. Dixit, 02.16.2024
Mozilla is laying off around 60 workersThe reorganization comes just one week after the company appointed a new CEO.By K. Holt, 02.13.2024
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is laying off 570 workersYou can thank Congress for not yet finalizing the agency's annual budget.By K. Holt, 02.07.2024
Avatar visual effects workers vote to unionizeThey're the latest group of visual effects specialists to organize amid a broader industry unionization effort. By K. Holt, 02.01.2024
Dead by Daylight studio Behaviour confirms layoffs due to 'changing market conditions'The cuts will affect 'less than three percent' of the total workforce.By K. Holt, 01.18.2024
New Department of Labor rule could reclassify countless gig workers as employeesIt’s scheduled to go into effect in March, but legal challenges await.By W. Shanklin, 01.10.2024
European Commission agrees to new rules that will protect gig workers rightsPeople employed by digital labor platforms can get rights and social benefits.By M. Saleh, 12.13.2023
Microsoft is hiring dozens of ZeniMax QA contractors as unionized employeesOne of the perks is a copy of Starfield, a game the temps worked on and wouldn't otherwise have gotten for free.By K. Holt, 12.08.2023
SpaceX workers face above-average injury rates as Musk prioritizes Mars over safety, report findsA Reuters investigation found hundreds of previously unreported injuries.By C. MacDonald, 11.11.2023
LinkedIn lays off 600+ workers in second round of cuts this yearThe platform is letting go staff from its engineering, product, talent and finance teams.By K. Holt, 10.16.2023
US labor board says X illegally fired a worker in retaliation for critical tweetSoftware engineer Yao Yue told employees to let Musk fire them rather than resign over his new return-to-work policy. By C. MacDonald, 10.14.2023
Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios lays off almost half its staffThe game, which came out just a few weeks ago, reportedly hasn't sold well.By K. Holt, 09.15.2023
Marvel Studios VFX workers have unanimously voted to unionizeAll 32 people who participated gave the union the green light.By K. Holt, 09.13.2023
Baldur's Gate III localization studio apologizes for omitting contract workers from creditsAltagram Group says the issue will be resolved in an upcoming patch. By K. Holt, 08.11.2023
Hitting the Books: In England's industrial mills, even the clocks worked against youThis is one past some lawmakers seem eager to return to.By A. Tarantola, 08.06.2023
Sega of America workers overwhelmingly vote to unionizeThey say AEGIS-CWA is the 'largest multi-department union of organized workers in the entire gaming industry.'By K. Holt, 07.10.2023
DoorDash will start offering couriers an hourly rate while they're fulfilling ordersThe app will soon accept online SNAP and EBT payments for some grocery orders.By K. Holt, 06.28.2023