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Investigation, Stock Market Drops, and Now Employee Strike. Ubisoft's Problems Spring Up
Ubisoft not only has problems in the stock market but also has to face dissatisfied employees. A three-day protest by people employed by the French company is about to begin.
video games
Maciej Gaffke
September 27, 2024
Game Developers Join Forces; Ultimatum For Unity And Protest By Turning Off Adds
A group of mobile developers has turned off Unity's ad system in their games in protest of changes to the terms of use for the company's engine.
video games
Adrian Werner
September 17, 2023
![Cyberpunk 2077's Reddit Flooded With 18+ Content as Protest [Update]](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/426371803.jpg)
Cyberpunk 2077's Reddit Flooded With 18+ Content as Protest [Update]
The recent, rather controversial actions of Reddit's authorities have resulted in a backlash from users. The result is a flood of adult content on Cyberpunk 2077's subreddit.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
July 7, 2023
Protesting Activision Blizzard Employees Excluded From Raises
About 1,100 temporary workers have been given raises and the opportunity to work full-time at Activision. However, this does not include those who had previously joined the protests.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
April 8, 2022
Activision Blizzard Won't Recognize the Union of CoD Warzone Devs
Raven Software didn't get Activision Blizzard's approval to form a union, but the recently striking employees are planning to take matters into their own hands.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 27, 2022
Strike at Raven Software is Over
After nearly two months and the announcement of unionization, a strike by Raven Software studio employees, started in response to recent layoffs, has ended.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 24, 2022
CoD: Warzone Developers Form a Union, Against Activision's Efforts
After weeks of striking, a group of testers from the Raven Software studio has begun the process of forming a trade union. If they succeed, it will be the first such organization formed within a large American game publisher.
video games
Adrian Werner
January 24, 2022
Players Staged Strike in War Game Foxhole
A group of fans organized a strike in the online game Foxhole, and users performing logistical tasks, who participate in it, demand changes related gameplay mechanics.
video games
Adrian Werner
January 17, 2022
Call of Duty: Warzone Devs Protest Against Sudden Layoffs
Activision Blizzard's decision to fire many Raven Software testers didn't sit well with other studio employees.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
December 6, 2021
![Bobby Kotick Said to Have Hushed Down Scandals at Activision Blizzard; Board Has His Back [UPDATED]](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/374836953.jpg)
Bobby Kotick Said to Have Hushed Down Scandals at Activision Blizzard; Board Has His Back [UPDATED]
A Wall Street Journal article has sparked another Activision-related scandal. It claims CEO Bobby Kotick was said to silence sexual harassment cases in the company. Employees are demanding that he be fired, but the board stands behind him. Instead, the publisher got rid of the co-founder of Treyarch.
video games
Adrian Werner
November 17, 2021
Google Employees Oppose Company's Cooperation With Israel
Employees protest against the Nimbus project, a joint initiative of Google, Amazon and the Israeli government. Several of them renounce the anonymity of the petition and at the same time reveal their Semitic nationality.
hardware & software
Arkadiusz Strzala
November 2, 2021
Youtuber Stacks Broken PS4s Demanding Right to Repair
An American youtuber stacked a tower of forty-two PlayStation 4 consoles to draw attention to the serious problem of not having the right to repair electronic devices.
hardware & software
Miriam Moszczynska
October 7, 2021
Activision Blizzard is Feeling the Heat - Another Lawsuit, Employee Distrust
Emotions in the Activision Blizzard case continue to rise, fanned by by the publication of more facts. Company's employees began to unite in a coalition of workers, which strongly opposes cooperation with the law firm WilmerHale. Also the shareholders have lost patience and have decided to file a separate class action lawsuit.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
August 4, 2021
Yves Guillemot Responds to Allegations of a Thousand Ubisoft Employees
Yves Guillemot has responded to the open letter from Ubisoft employees supporting Activision Blizzard's developer protest. Around a thousand people employed by the French publisher have reportedly signed the document.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 30, 2021
Not Just Activision Blizzard - Ubisoft Employees Join Protest Over Discrimination
The protest of Activision Blizzard employees has reverberated widely. The action was also supported by developers from Ubisoft, who complain about the actions of their own employer regarding the 2020 scandal and call for rules on discrimination reports in the game industry.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 29, 2021
![Blizzard Employees Outraged by Exec Response to Latest Lawsuit [UPDATED]](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/365080917.jpg)
Blizzard Employees Outraged by Exec Response to Latest Lawsuit [UPDATED]
Former and current Activision Blizzard employees have written an open letter to the studio's management. In their opinion, the reaction of company's authorities to recent allegations of harassment and mobbing is „abhorrent”.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
July 27, 2021
Work on WoW Suspended Amid Harassment Lawsuit and Community Protests
The controversy over the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard continues. Some employees are not happy with the company's policy, which is expected to result in long delays in work on World of Warcraft.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
July 26, 2021
Wave of Protests in WoW After Reports of Harassment and Mobbing
Allegations of mobbing and sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard are taking their first toll. World of Warcraft community, outraged by the reports, began to organize protests on game servers.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
July 23, 2021
Blizzard's French Branch Plans to Strike
Employees of Blizzard's French branch, responsible for marketing, event organization and localization of the studio's games across Europe, are preparing for a strike. The protest is the result of Activision's announcement of planned complete shutdown of the French branch.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
October 14, 2020
Blizzard Employees Organise Themselves and Demand Pay Rises
Bloomberg reports of further actions of disgruntled Blizzard employees. More than 870 people have jointly developed a list of demands from the company, including longer holidays and wage increases.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 6, 2020