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Happening at #AMaze2026 at 11:30

Our talk about bosses fighting #unionization in the #gamesindustry with members of @STJV @gameworkers.co.uk and @csvi_cgt

Join us!

https://amazeberlin2026.sched.com/event/2LvHW/the-empires-strike-back-union-busting-and-corporate-backlash-to-worker-organizing-and-why-international-collaboration-of-union-efforts-is-key-to-fight-back

In #Berlin and attending #AMaze2026?

Come to our panel discussion with awesome comrades from France's @STJV , the UK's @gameworkers.co.uk and Spain's @csvi_cgt

We are going to talk about what the #gamesindustry is going through these days from a worker's perspective.

https://amazeberlin2026.sched.com/event/2LvHW/the-empires-strike-back-union-busting-and-corporate-backlash-to-worker-organizing-and-why-international-collaboration-of-union-efforts-is-key-to-fight-back

"We tried something different": Looking back on SiN Episodes: Emergence, the Valve-backed shooter that tried and failed to kick off an age of episodic gaming

https://piefed.world/c/pcgaming/p/1100059/we-tried-something-different-looking-back-on-sin-episodes-emergence-the-valve-backed-sho

#Sony reports record profits after mass #layoffs
Business as usual in the #gamesindustry

https://thisweekinvideogames.com/news/playstation-reports-record-profits-for-fy2025-despite-second-bungie-impairment-loss/

PC gamers buy way more games that cost less than $30 at launch compared to PlayStation and Xbox players, analysts say, and it's "reshaping the PC market"

Schedule 1, Peak, and REPO lead a big year for small games

Is the video game industry about to crash? Luke Plunkett of @Aftermath says that's the wrong way to think about things.

https://flip.it/.FZDVy

#VideoGames #Gaming #GamesIndustry #GameDev

"Keeping teams together doesn't seem to matter to people, but for us it did": Star Wars Zero Company's director on what the industry can learn from XCOM 2

In an industry that is facing wave after wave of layoffs, Greg Foertsch details how keeping the XCOM team together made for a better sequel.

"Keeping teams together doesn't seem to matter to people, but for us it did": Star Wars Zero Company's director on what the industry can learn from XCOM 2

In an industry that is facing wave after wave of layoffs, Greg Foertsch details how keeping the XCOM team together made for a better sequel.

"Keeping teams together doesn't seem to matter to people, but for us it did": Star Wars Zero Company's director on what the industry can learn from XCOM 2

https://piefed.world/c/games/p/1017302/keeping-teams-together-doesn-t-seem-to-matter-to-people-but-for-us-it-did-star-wars-zero

Wer sind wir? Wir sind die Game Workers, eine Gruppe.vom #GameDev.s und Arbeitenden aus der Deutschen #GamesIndustry.

Was wollen wir? Wir wollen gute Spiele machen - ohne Mismanagement, ohne Crunch, ohne Belästigung am Arbeitsplatz, mit fair bezahlten und stabilen Jobs.

Und wir haben jetzt eine Website, damit man uns finden und beitreten kann.
Join us!

https://game-workers.de/

Who are we? We are #gamedev.s and other workers in the German #gamesindustry!

What do we want? A #gamesindustry without mismanagement, crunch, underpayment and harassment.

And now we have a website, so you can join us! ✊️

https://game-workers.de/

Yet the #gamesindustry is not dying, it is being killed. By a managerial class that treats #gamedev.s not as creatives or even assets, but merely as a financial liability. Their actions undermine not only the future of their own business, but of games as a viable career path.

It is high time to #unionize and fight back, because otherwise in a few years only AI slop filled to the brim with microtransactions will be the only "games" left.

Only a few days ago Brenda and George Romero called the current state of the #gamesindustry to be even "crashier" than during the collapse of Atari in the 80s.

With yet more layoffs, at Epic, Pixelberry and Eidos among others, it is hard to disagree with them.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/we-were-there-in-the-80s-for-the-crash-and-this-is-definitely-crashier-john-and-brenda-romero-reflect-on-the-industry-crisis

Fewer People Playing Fortnite Is Just One of Epic's Many Problems, Analysts Say

https://piefed.world/c/games/p/999043/fewer-people-playing-fortnite-is-just-one-of-epic-s-many-problems-analysts-say

There's nothing 'euro' about 'eurojank,' says Stalker dev

Steam's new "golden age" is special because so many genres are popping off at once, indie expert says: "It's almost like the player base was drinking and their inhibitions lowered"

Friendslop is just the tip of the iceberg, and also a chunk of the iceberg

It's brutal out there: Deus Ex and Unreal composer says he's submitted 50 resumes and gotten one interview in the last year

AI’s impact on audio production has, of course, become a hot topic in the game music world.

Looks like someone left in a hurry...

We’re thrilled to show off some of the incredible props from our latest community challenge already integrated into our game's environments!

Some models are already free to download here:
https://polyhaven.com/all/collection:%20project_lighthouse

Want to see your own work featured in-game? Enter the Challenge here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sKLwMzcis0

#cc0 #free #pbr #b3d #Ue5 #indiedev #games #gamesindustry #environmentart

Epic Games has laid off over 1,000 employees, with CEO Tim Sweeney telling staff a "downturn in Fortnite engagement" led the company to "spend significantly more" than it makes. Here's the full story from @GIbiz.

https://flip.it/JUCCa3

#VideoGames #GamesIndustry #Technology #Epic

Do you ever think there are too many PC games? So did Ultima's Robert Garriott—in 1989

“The consumer doesn’t really know what to buy for their computer,” Garriott said in 1989, while also pointing to the popularity of Nintendo’s newfangled game console.

"We have no desire to be a media empire," says Palworld publishing head, but Pocketpair would be stupid to let the survival game die out

https://piefed.world/c/games/p/975910/we-have-no-desire-to-be-a-media-empire-says-palworld-publishing-head-but-pocketpair-woul

LinkedIn is full of bad takes, but this is the worst one I've seen in a while.

"Sometimes the best path is the one fewer people are on" is a really, really troubling statement considering that a major reason for these empty halls was... fascism.

#GDC #GDC2026 #GamesIndustry

Was ist der #GameDev Round Table?
Zwei unserer Mitglieder sprechen im #Verdi-Podcast über die Entstehung, die Erfolge und die weiteren Ziele für bessere Arbeitsbedingungen in der #GamesIndustry.

#union #unionize

https://podcast.aktiv-vernetzt.de/

Electronic Arts has laid off an undisclosed number of employees across the game studios behind the Battlefield franchise, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect and Motive Studios. Battlefield 6 was the bestselling game of 2025 in the U.S. EA told @ign: "We’ve made select changes within our Battlefield organization to better align our teams around what matters most to our community."

https://flip.it/xDxQUf

#ElectronicArts #EA #Battlefield #GamesIndustry

GameDeveloper.com reports:
> 82 percent of US-based game developers support unionization

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/survey-82-percent-of-us-based-game-developers-support-unionization

#Unionize the #GamesIndustry!

Baldur's Gate 3 director agrees with No Rest for the Wicked lead that Early Access is "a positive thing" for games like their two RPGs – when it works

https://piefed.world/post/826175

"It is out of the question to let a boss run rampant" - Ubisoft workers strike against "disastrous" cutbacks

https://piefed.world/post/805029

Deck Nine Takes Back GDC Award From Laid-Off Devs After Failing To Send Anyone To Accept It:

https://aftermath.site/gdc-awards-deck-nine-laid-off-developers-life-is-strange-double-exposure/

“I keep thinking about all of the opportunities that were denied to us because of our exclusion [...] All of us have [...] been laid off from Deck Nine, and most of us are still looking for jobs. I have been out of work for a year. Imagine what it could have done for our careers if we had been allowed to go on stage and speak?"

#GamesIndustry #DeckNine #GDC #Layoffs #LifeIsStrange

"The horror is almost secondary to the menial task": From Crow Country to Resident Evil 9, here's how horror games keep us scared

https://piefed.world/post/743050

According to new filings discovered by the Wall Street Journal, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is set to own 93.4 percent of Electronic Arts if the proposed $55B acquisition goes through. Here's more from Eurogamer.

https://flip.it/Ixqzdl

#ElectronicArts #EA #Gaming #VideoGames #GamesIndustry #SaudiArabia #PIF

New on GamesMarkt, an interview with Verdi about the #unionization of the German #GamesIndustry (unfortunately paywalled)

https://www.gamesmarket.global/en/gamesmarktplus/union-interview-game-dev-roundtable-verdi-a-growing-push-for-unionisation-d8130f5bb7243204632399eb0967ed8a

Why is Nintendo's Development Culture so Different? 🎮 🤔

This week on Nintendo Pow Block Podcast, Edward Varnell, Stephanie Klimov, and I discuss Virtuos’ optimism for Switch 2, the controversy over missing VRR support in docked mode, and Shinya Takahashi’s reaffirmation of Nintendo’s supportive, developer-first culture amid industry-wide layoffs.

#nintendoswitch #nintendoswitch2 #donkeykongbananza #zelda #gamingculture #gamesindustry #wearebossrush #bebetter

A council made of CEOs will represent the views of the CEOs, not the majority of people of the sector. For that we have @gameworkers.co.uk
https://mastodon.social/@GIbiz/114827389510374519
#gamesindustry #gameworkers

Why is Nintendo's Development Culture so Different? 🎮 🤔

This week on Nintendo Pow Block Podcast, Edward Varnell, Stephanie Klimov, and I discuss Virtuos’ optimism for Switch 2, the controversy over missing VRR support in docked mode, and Shinya Takahashi’s reaffirmation of Nintendo’s supportive, developer-first culture amid industry-wide layoffs.

#nintendoswitch #nintendoswitch2 #donkeykongbananza #zelda #gamingculture #gamesindustry #wearebossrush #bebetter

The games industry is broken. How do we fix it?
Let's figure it out together at the game developers unConference!

An open forum where the attendants create the day's agenda on the spot and freely exchange information. It's not about business. It's about discourse and having fun. Sign up for free!

👉 https://gameworkers.co.uk/unconference 👈

📍 April 5th in Jerwood Space, London, UK

#gamedev #gamesindustry #videogames #conference #unConference #gameworkers #union

Concept artists define the look of video games. For Aftermath, Luke Plunkett spoke to a number of them, from indie freelancers to those at AAA (major) studios and everything in between, to learn about the work they do, why much of it is unseen, and the gnarly nature of contracts and NDAs. "...the implicit expectation is that a studio will own the work you make forever. One particularly hostile contract stated they would own my work in perpetuity for the rest of my life, or my children's lives. Not sure if that one will hold up in court," says Daisy, a AAA veteran now working in independent development.

https://flip.it/9BZgSC

#Art #ConceptArt #VideoGames #GamesIndustry #GameDevs #NDAs #Devs #AAA #GameDevelopment

German #GameDev.s have made their voices clear: The German #GamesIndustry needs to change.
With support by UNI Global and @wirsindverdi they have held a press conference at #Devcom

https://uniglobalunion.org/news/verdi-game-workers-devcom-union/

#Unionize the German #GamesIndustry - English version!

Germany's big trade union Verdi organized a #gamedev round table to find out what's needed to improve working conditions. It turns out: Quite a lot!

Read more about it here:
https://www.gamesmarkt.de/development/unionising-the-games-industry-gamedevs-roundtable-at-verdi-formulates-demands-for-fair-conditions-in-the-games-industry-16f4a0e9c254f9f41f268620cccb2bdf

#devcom #gamescom

#Unionize the German #GamesIndustry!
Verdis #GameDev Round Table stellt der Öffentlichkeit seine Forderungen für bessere Arbeitsbedingungen vor!

https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/games-entwickler-betriebsrat-gewerkschaft-200824/

#gamescom #devcom

In the 1980s, arcade manufacturers such as #Atari, #MidwayManufacturing and #WilliamsElectronics donated equipment to the tournaments for #PlayersWithDisabilities. They also supplied Gary with spare parts to build the custom mouth interface that his brother needed.

The path from 1980s #arcade and #pinball to today's multimillion-dollar mainstream #VideoGames is neither a straight line nor a story of constant improvement for #PeopleWithDisabilities. Some game genres came and went, as did some game companies. Players with disabilities were #gaming all along, but it wasn't until the 2010s that advocacy for these players started getting wide recognition.

Over the years, the #GamesIndustry had been slow to include players with disabilities in the #GameDesign processes where they could address systemic issues of #accessibility. Advocacy organizations have worked in this space for more than a decade, with one landmark being the #IncludificationProject published in 2012 by #AbleGamers.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/technology/how-people-with-disabilities-got-game-the-surprisingly-long-history-of-access-to-arcade-and-video-sports/ar-AA1ol2Xn

#DisabledGamers #GamersWithDisabilities #AccessibleGaming

A statement from the IWGB about the recent layoffs in the games industry: https://iwgb.org.uk/en/post/game-worker-layoffs/
#gamedev #gamesindustry #layoffs #unionize #gameworkers

Congratulations to #FlyingWildHog who have successfully #unionized, as well as Game Dev Union Poland who helped them to achieve this goal.

https://twitter.com/gamedevunionpl/status/1758094606560858211

#union #gamedev #gamesindustry

🔥🔥🔥🎮🏠🎮🔥🔥🔥
In this week’s episode of House of Games, Anthon Fynn-Williams is back to guide us through the Game Analytics Mastery Framework (#GAMF), discuss #AI, and answer questions from a simpleton (Otto)! Stay tuned for great insights!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1DXjl1VF6EbYFYNeay4VYX?si=5b1584a390304382
YouTube: https://youtu.be/OXWFJVFjrjs

#podcast #interview #videogames #gamedevelopment #gamesindustry #indiegames #indiedeveloper #edutainment #HouseOfGamesPodcast #gaming #gameanalytics #gameindustry #gamecreation #gamedesign

"Lost Boys Interactive made the difficult decision to restructure our studio to ensure we can succeed in spite of headwinds facing the industry right now," reads the statement. "Unfortunately, this does mean we will separate from some of our team members and we’re working closely with those affected. We know this is a hard time for this talented and experienced group of people and will provide support and assistance through this transition to those leaving."
- Lost Boys Interactive spokesperson, to @eurogamer

The astounding effort not to say the term "layoff" is almost impressive.
#gamesindustry #layoffs #lostboys

The Sinking City was the first non-indie game city I worked on. Very happy to see Frogwares finally (and properly) owning it.

⬇️news link

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/frogwares-is-now-publisher-of-the-sinking-city

#gamesindustry #gamedev #news #frogwares

Kotaku: We Have To Talk (Again) About How War Games Depict The Middle East https://kotaku.com/war-games-muslim-arab-call-of-duty-palestine-1851055848 #gaming #tech #kotaku #palestiniannationalism #secondbattleoffallujah #palestinianidentity #firstpersonshooters #sixdaysinfallujah #gamesindustry #tamoorhussain #khaledalasad #windowsgames #infinityward #palestinians #jacobminkoff #nadiashammas #saniyaahmed #ramseyclark #younesrabii #gitajackson #activision #petertamte #ramiismail #farahkarim #alex

Kotaku: We Have To Talk (Again) About How War Games Depict The Middle East https://kotaku.com/war-games-muslim-arab-call-of-duty-palestine-1851055848 #gaming #tech #kotaku #palestiniannationalism #secondbattleoffallujah #palestinianidentity #firstpersonshooters #sixdaysinfallujah #gamesindustry #tamoorhussain #khaledalasad #windowsgames #infinityward #palestinians #jacobminkoff #nadiashammas #saniyaahmed #ramseyclark #younesrabii #gitajackson #activision #petertamte #ramiismail #farahkarim #alex

From #Bioshock to #Borderlands; #SpecOps to #StarWars...

In SIGNIFICANT ZERO, author Walt D. Williams pulls back the curtains, offering an insider's look at the #VideoGame industry, and a path forward that imagines how games might inspire the best in all of us.

👉 https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/significant-zero-heroes-villains-and-the-fight-for-art-and-soul-in-video-games

#Gaming #VideoGames #Gamer #Games #GameDev #NarrativeDesign #GameDesign #Biography #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Mafia #TheDarkness #2KGames #Memoir #GamesIndustry #GameIndustry #PCGaming

Zur Erinnerung: Heute um 17:00
Get-together für #Gamedev.s mit Verdi. Lasst die #Gewerkschaft wissen, was Euch in der #GamesBranche umtreibt.

Reminder: Today at 5:00PM
Get-together with the #union Verdi. Let the #union know about conditions in Germany's #gamesindustry

https://forms.gle/zAkvd9s8DNM5RKQH8

Tomorrow: Ver.di virtual get-together for #gamedev.s in #Germany. Tell Ver.di about problems in the #gamesindustry and what you want them to do.
Thursday, March 23rd 17:00.
More info and RSVP in the link below

Morgen: Digitales Treffen mit Ver.di für #Gamedeveloper in #Deutschland. Lasst Ver.di wissen, was Eure Probleme in der #Gamesbranche sind und was Ver.di für Euch tun kann.
Donnerstag, den 23. März, 17:00.
Weitere Infos im Link.

https://forms.gle/zAkvd9s8DNM5RKQH8

#gewerkschaft #games #union