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Over 500 World of Warcraft developers at Blizzard have voted to form Microsoft’s biggest wall-to-wall unionIf this is a competition let’s keep it going please
If this is a competition let’s keep it going please
Image credit:Activision Blizzard
Image credit:Activision Blizzard
Yet again, some good food. Following the news earlier this week that241 Bethesda Games Studios staffershad formed what was at the time the biggest wall-to-wall under Microsoft,The Vergereports that over 500World Of Warcraftdevelopers have voted to form their own union, alongside the Communication Workers of America (CWA).
The World Of Warcraft GameMakers Guild consists of workers from every department - hence ‘wall-to-wall’ - including designers, engineers, artists, and producers, across offices in California and Massachusetts. It’s now the second-largest union at Microsoft overall, after 600 Activision Blizzard QA workersformed a unionin March, despite the publisher’s history of attempting toshoot down similar efforts.
Last year,an estimated10,000 people lost their jobs due to games industry layoffs and closures. From January to June of 2024, that number is around 10,800 already. God fucking speed, you beautiful people who make all our lives more fun and interesting. Let’s keep up the momentum.
