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Raises Instead of Layoffs; Nintendo Positively Surprises

Raises Instead of Layoffs; Nintendo Positively Surprises

Nintendo is not going to follow in the footsteps of other companies and make huge staff cuts. The Japanese company not only does not get rid of employees, but also wants to pay them even more. It has just announced 10 percent salary increases.

hardware & software

Marek Pluta

February 10, 2023

Raises Instead of Layoffs; Nintendo Positively Surprises
Ubisoft CEO Gives Up Part of Salary Due to Company's Situation

Ubisoft CEO Gives Up Part of Salary Due to Company's Situation

The head of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot gave up part of his salary. The reason for the decision are problems in the company.

video games

Przemyslaw Dygas

June 24, 2022

Ubisoft CEO Gives Up Part of Salary Due to Company's Situation
EA CEO's Annual Earnings Halved, but Still Worth Millions

EA CEO's Annual Earnings Halved, but Still Worth Millions

EA's CEO's salary has been cut in half. However, Andrew Wilson has no reasons to complain, as he earned more than $20 million last fiscal year anyway.

video games

Adrian Werner

June 18, 2022

EA CEO's Annual Earnings Halved, but Still Worth Millions
Capcom Will Pay People More And It's No April Fool's Joke

Capcom Will Pay People More And It's No April Fool's Joke

Capcom, on a wave of success, is making management changes. One of them is to increase employee salaries by 30%.

video games

Miriam Moszczynska

April 1, 2022

Capcom Will Pay People More And It's No April Fool's Joke
Bobby Kotick Second Top-paid CEO of 2020 in Gaming Industry

Bobby Kotick Second Top-paid CEO of 2020 in Gaming Industry

The creator of Games One has collected data on the richest CEOs in the video game industry. Surprisingly, Bobby Kotick is not the king of the list.

video games

Miriam Moszczynska

January 14, 2022

Bobby Kotick Second Top-paid CEO of 2020 in Gaming Industry
Ubisoft Gives Raises to Experienced Employees Amid Fears They May Leave

Ubisoft Gives Raises to Experienced Employees Amid Fears They May Leave

Ubisoft Canada raises salaries of its employees, but not like one would expect. The biggest increase goes to those who can already boast impressive salaries.

video games

Miriam Moszczynska

November 8, 2021

Ubisoft Gives Raises to Experienced Employees Amid Fears They May Leave
Bobby Kotick Wants His Salary Reduced to Legal Minimum

Bobby Kotick Wants His Salary Reduced to Legal Minimum

Activision's CEO will be earning significantly less. Bobby Kotick has asked to reduce his salary to the minimum allowed by law. He also revealed a plan to prevent cases of bullying and sexual harassment in his company.

video games

Adrian Werner

October 29, 2021

Bobby Kotick Wants His Salary Reduced to Legal Minimum
Twitch Hacked - Leak Reveals Streamer Earnings and Plan to Compete With Steam

Twitch Hacked - Leak Reveals Streamer Earnings and Plan to Compete With Steam

An anonymous hacker leaked the source code of Twitch. Among the 125 GB of data were also the earnings of major streamers using the service. The amounts are staggering.

other

Hubert Sledziewski

October 6, 2021

Twitch Hacked - Leak Reveals Streamer Earnings and Plan to Compete With Steam
How Much Does a Gamedev Make? Apparently Up to $1 Million

How Much Does a Gamedev Make? Apparently Up to $1 Million

A spreadsheet has been published on Twitter that summarizes the salaries of various positions in the video game industry. The record holder made over $1 million last year.

video games

Miriam Moszczynska

August 17, 2021

How Much Does a Gamedev Make? Apparently Up to $1 Million
Google Slashes Salaries of Remote Workers Based on Where They Live

Google Slashes Salaries of Remote Workers Based on Where They Live

How to earn less at Google? All you need to do is to permanently relocate in remote work mode to some place not too urbanized, it doesn't have to be far from the main office. Thanks to this, your salary could be reduced by up to 25%.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

August 11, 2021

Google Slashes Salaries of Remote Workers Based on Where They Live
5 Billion in 5 Years; Pokemon GO is Making Tons of Money

5 Billion in 5 Years; Pokemon GO is Making Tons of Money

It has been 5 years since the launch of Pokemon GO. Despite the passage of time, the game still generates huge profits and remains a global phenomenon.

video games

Przemyslaw Dygas

July 7, 2021

5 Billion in 5 Years; Pokemon GO is Making Tons of Money
GameDevPaidMe - Developers Reveal Their Earnings on Twitter

GameDevPaidMe - Developers Reveal Their Earnings on Twitter

Hashtag #GameDevPaidMe is trending on Twitter again, and just like a year ago, developers are revealing their earnings and encouraging fellow developers to break the conspiracy of silence.

video games

Adrian Piotrowski

May 12, 2021

GameDevPaidMe - Developers Reveal Their Earnings on Twitter
Jason Schreier on Controversy Surrounding Bonus Distribution at CD Projekt

Jason Schreier on Controversy Surrounding Bonus Distribution at CD Projekt

In his latest article published on Bloomberg, Jason Schreier touched on the subject of bonuses received by the bosses of CD Projekt and how they compare to the amounts received by other employees. The disproportion is very large.

video games

Milosz Szubert

April 30, 2021

Jason Schreier on Controversy Surrounding Bonus Distribution at CD Projekt
Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick Agrees to 50% Salary Cut

Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick Agrees to 50% Salary Cut

Bobby Kotick agrees to cut his salary and annual bonus by 50%. Activision Blizzard's CEO will stay in his position until at least March 31, 2023.

video games

Angelika Kaldus

April 29, 2021

Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick Agrees to 50% Salary Cut
Activision Blizzard Investors Concerned About Bobby Kotick's Bonuses

Activision Blizzard Investors Concerned About Bobby Kotick's Bonuses

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will receive further bonuses despite continuing layoffs at the company. The situation has the investors worried.

video games

Przemyslaw Dygas

March 17, 2021

Activision Blizzard Investors Concerned About Bobby Kotick's Bonuses
Elon Musk Became the Richest Man in the World

Elon Musk Became the Richest Man in the World

Thanks to the dynamic increase in the value of Tesla's stock prices, its founder, Elon Musk, climbed to the top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

January 8, 2021

Elon Musk Became the Richest Man in the World
Elon Musk Takes Over Bill Gates as World's Second Richest Man

Elon Musk Takes Over Bill Gates as World's Second Richest Man

Thanks to the stock market success of Tesla, its founder - billionaire Elon Musk - earned as much as $100.3 billion this year. Thanks to that he overtook Bill Gates in the ranking of the richest people in the world.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

November 24, 2020

Elon Musk Takes Over Bill Gates as World's Second Richest Man
EA Executives Won't Get Their Huge Bonuses

EA Executives Won't Get Their Huge Bonuses

Electronic Arts was going to award great bonuses to its directors. They won't get them, though, as during a recent meeting, the shareholders refused to approve bonuses for Andrew Wilson, among others.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

August 13, 2020

EA Executives Won't Get Their Huge Bonuses

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

Blizzard Employees Organise Themselves and Demand Pay Rises
Blizzard - Frustrated Employees Fight for Higher Wages

Blizzard - Frustrated Employees Fight for Higher Wages

Employees of Blizzard Entertainment, reached by journalist Jason Schreier from Bloomberg Technology, complain about the amount of wages in the studio. A sheet is circulating around the company, in which people write their salaries anonymously. One employedd also added the remuneration the company's CEO, Bobby Kotick.

video games

Bart Swiatek

August 4, 2020

Blizzard - Frustrated Employees Fight for Higher Wages