Gaming titan Take-Two Interactive has purchased mobile studio Zynga. Strauss Zelnick's studio announced its purchase of all of Zynga's outstanding shares earlier today, with the total "enterprise…
January 10, 2022 | 07:45 EST
British publisher Team17 has made two new acquisitions. The first is World War II shooter IP Hell Let Loose, which debuted on PC and consoles last year. The second is mobile publisher The Label,…
January 6, 2022 | 09:27 EST
Gavin Raeburn, head of Forza Horizon and Fable studio Playground Games, is departing the company after co-founding it 12 years ago. Fellow co-founder Trevor Williams is to take over as studio head…
January 5, 2022 | 09:44 EST
Ken Levine's Ghost Story Games has been working on a major project for over half a decade, and a new report based on accounts from anonymous employees says that it's still a long way off. There are…
January 3, 2022 | 01:59 EST
You would be forgiven in thinking this has already happened, but Vodeo Games-developer of Beast Breaker-now has North America's first gaming union in Vodeo Workers United. The union is partnered with…
December 15, 2021 | 09:59 EST
Activision Blizzard has reportedly responded to union organization attempts by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in an email to employees. Several employees at Activision Blizzard are…
December 10, 2021 | 03:55 EST
Australia is getting its first dedicated gaming union next year. The Australian branch of Game Workers Unite is rebranding as Game Workers Australia, a trade union that will offer several membership…
December 8, 2021 | 08:43 EST
The world of tabletop gaming has just taken a big step forward. In a surprising move, Paizo Publishing, the studio behind the fantasy tabletop RPG Pathfinder, has officially recognized the United…
October 22, 2021 | 11:59 EDT
30+ employees have formed a Paizo Union, making the United Paizo Workers one of the first real efforts at labor organization in the tabletop gaming space. Paizo is best known for the Pathfinder and …
October 14, 2021 | 04:06 EDT
The Communications Workers of America union has filed an NLRB complaint against Activision Blizzard over alleged violations of federal labor law. Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard was sued by…
September 14, 2021 | 02:30 EDT
The French union Solidaires Informatique has formally launched a complaint against Ubisoft and several of its key execs. Named figures include CEO Yves Guillemot and former chief creative officer…
July 16, 2021 | 10:57 EDT
UPDATE (23/07/2020): A representative from Solidaires Informatique told us that it decided to act because the revelations "didn't stop" after the initial wave. Marc Rutschlé, who oversees the Ubisoft…
July 22, 2020 | 11:02 EDT
According to a report by journalist Jason Schreier, Ubisoft intentionally blocked Assassin's Creed from starring female protagonists for a number of years. The report alleges that this was part of a…
July 21, 2020 | 08:42 EDT
Paradox Interactive has announced that it is to sign a collective bargaining agreement, or CBA, with its employees' labor unions. The agreement is expected to be finalized within the current…
June 3, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Summerfall Studios co-founders David Gaider and Liam Esler took to Twitter to announce that they're moving their upcoming crowdfunding campaign from Kickstarter to Fig following an apparent anti-…
October 4, 2019 | 07:32 EDT
Ustwo Games — developers of the critically-acclaimed mobile title Monument Valley — has been accused of union-busting over the dismissal of programmer Austin Kelmore. The Independent Workers Union…
October 3, 2019 | 11:11 EDT
On November 9th, Electronic Arts announced its decision to acquire Respawn Entertainment, a development studio that is best known for its work on the Titanfall series. In addition to being…
December 4, 2017 | 10:06 EST
Square Enix has announced that it is officially withdrawing from IO Interactive, the Denmark-based studio working on Hitman. The Japanese game developer and publisher announced this in a notice on…
May 11, 2017 | 11:30 EDT
Much like Christmas perpetually being around the corner, so is the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The yearly trade show in Los Angeles opened the gates to the public, making the E3 way more attracted…
April 28, 2017 | 11:15 EDT
Studio Istolia, Square Enix’s newest Tokyo studio, is working on a role playing game entitled Project Prelude Rune. Few details of the project were released in Square Enix’s press release, but we…
February 22, 2017 | 04:50 EST
For those hoping to visit the small town of South Park this March, your flight has been delayed. Ubisoft announced in its recent earnings report that South Park: The Fractured But Whole would be …
February 10, 2017 | 12:45 EST
While the hype surrounding Pokemon Go has certainly passed its peak for a while now, it seems like the popular mobile game is still raking in a pretty sum on a daily basis. According to a new report…
October 4, 2016 | 10:55 EDT
Update: James Romine got back to us with some details on the situation and a few thoughts in general. There are a couple elements here, and the rest can be found below: It is important thing to…
September 29, 2016 | 03:24 EDT
Jade Raymond, executive producer on some of Ubisoft's biggest games and managing director of Ubisoft Toronto, has announced she is leaving the company. A statement from Ubisoft reads: Today,…
October 21, 2014 | 09:55 EDT