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2026-06-18 2 stories

• UK employment tribunal denies Rockstar's request to have 'blacklisting' claims removed from upcoming trial
• Burger Motorsports to Pause Operations for GTA 6 Release Day

2026-06-17 3 stories

• "Rockstar thought they could control the narrative. They're wrong" - tribunal rules against GTA 6 developer's request to remove union's blacklisting claims from ongoing legal dispute 4 sources
• Destiny 2 Final Update’s Success Hasn’t ‘Moved the Needle’ at Bungie 3 sources
• "The world is built": Skyblivion devs call for extra quest-making hands to help overcome the massive mod's "final roadblocks" to release

2026-06-16 1 story

• Weeks After Launching A Great Game On Game Pass, Dev Lays Off Its Staff 4 sources

2026-06-15 3 stories

• Treyarch Head Mark Gordon Steps Down from Call of Duty Studio 3 sources
• Jobs digest: moves at Lego, Supercell, Appcharge, Tilting Point, Scopely, Rovio, more
• HR veteran Liz Prince awarded MBE for services to the games industry and diversity

2026-06-13 1 story

• "There's nothing worse than an AI-generated pitch": Bloober, Jagex, 11 bit and indie devs on the bruising hurdle of funding a videogame prototype

2026-06-12 2 stories

• DOJ Approves Paramount’s $111 Billion Warner Bros. Deal 2 sources
• Sega is beefing up the Sonic Team on its 35th anniversary, hiring across multiple key roles

2026-06-11 1 story

• Xbox reportedly preparing for "significant" lay-offs, as Asha Sharma's big "reset" plan comes into full force 8 sources

2026-06-10 4 stories

• Xbox reportedly planning more layoffs as "CEO calls for "Xbox reset" 10 sources
• Yet more layoffs reported at Ubisoft, this time in San Francisco 2 sources
• Old Persona 4 voice actor is 'deeply grieving' being recast in the remake: 'Everything in life is transient… Thank you for sharing the journey'
• Microsoft AI chief backtracks on job loss fears — while Satya Nadella pushes for AI agents to be treated like employees

2026-06-08 1 story

• LCK Coach Faces Disciplinary Action after Sexual Reference in Post-Match Interview

2026-06-05 1 story

• New Lara Croft Actor Reveals How She Busted Up Her Arm Making The New Game

2026-06-03 1 story

• Team17 has laid off members of its marketing and communications department

2026-06-01 4 stories

• Tekken 8 game director Kohei Ikeda leaves after 20 years at Bandai Namco, amidst on-going series woes 9 sources
• Rockstar employees form union amid ongoing legal claims 2 sources
• Microsoft’s own data suggests AI is more expensive than hiring humans, as a mystery firm burns USD 500 million on Claude in one month
• Jobs digest: moves at Miniclip, Supercell, Scopely, Socialpoint, Ares and more

2026-05-31 1 story

• Mass Effect and Metal Gear actor Jennifer Hale calls on studios to take responsibility for their AI use: 'Ain't nobody making you do it'

2026-05-29 1 story

• "We're determined to win justice for the 31 fired workers" - Rockstar Games workers publicly launch union, as legal battle with the GTA 6 maker rages on

2026-05-28 5 stories

• The Rockstar Game Workers Union breaks cover 3 sources
• The Book of Life Director Sparks Significant Backlash Over New AI Amazon Animated Series, Vows to Report Death Threats
• Samsung workers to take home $340,000 on average thanks to union's vote to approve historic profit-share deal
• Global Game Jam launches micro-grant program to support indies and emerging talent
• Epic devs discuss the shock of mass layoffs: 'We only had a slight hint that the company revenue wasn't doing well'

2026-05-27 2 stories

• Wizards of the Coast writes to staff to explain "how union representation works" as studio prepares to vote to unionize
• Report: Payment for some TheGamer staff now tied to per-article sessions

2026-05-26 4 stories

• TSMC employees reportedly following Samsung workers in threatening to strike over bonus cuts despite record profits
• Report: Wizards of the Coast is trying to discourage workers from unionizing
• Oner Shockingly Won’t Appeal His Asian Games Omission
• 'I don't think we're going to have the kind ​of jobs apocalypse that some…advocate or talk about': OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'delighted to be wrong' about AI-induced job cuts

2026-05-22 3 stories

• Bungie reportedly eyeing up "significant" layoffs, no plans for Destiny 3: what happens after Destiny 2's final update in June? 8 sources
• 3 years on from laying off over 1,000 people, Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast are sending daily emails and physical letters encouraging the survivors to not unionise
• "It emulates and it replicates, but it doesn't innovate" - Troy Baker isn't afraid of 'AI art', because he doesn't believe it can ever actually exist

2026-05-21 2 stories

• Quantic Dream cutting jobs after scrapping Spellcasters Chronicles 2 sources
• Samsung has swerved a planned South Korean factory strike with a last-minute deal, so the memory machine rumbles on

2026-05-20 3 stories

• Ubisoft Has Reduced Its Headcount By Over 1,000 Employees In The Last Year
• TSMC employees can now buy company-branded shoes modelled by CEO C.C. Wei, or a chip-themed rice cooker with a 'wafer-shaped steaming plate'
• 'If engineers are becoming three or four times more productive, then we just [want to] do three or four times more stuff': Google DeepMind CEO reckons AI-induced job cuts aren't inevitable

2026-05-19 3 stories

• Sektori's Switch 2 Launch Has Proven A Huge Success For Its Solo Developer
• Former Halo art director accuses studio leadership of ethics violations and calls for an outside investigation into Halo Studios’ culture
• Assassin's Creed: Black Flag star Matt Ryan says the term 'voice actor' is outdated: 'You see the performances in the eyes, it blows me away'

2026-05-18 2 stories

• Microsoft's head of AI says white‑collar jobs could vanish "within the next 12 to 18 months" — as automation bots replace you
• Jobs digest: moves at Roblox, Scopely, Supercell, Playtika, King, Miniclip and more