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The strike is expected to run until mid-July.

Some team members working at Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege support studio Ubisoft Barcelona are going on strike through July to protest mass layoffs across all of Ubisoft's studios. The strike will seemingly only take place every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from June 30 through to July 17.

Earlier in June, Ubisoft announced that they were letting go of roughly 380 people as part of their ongoing restructuring. The biggest...

It's over.

While the tentative agreement with video game studios won't be fully considered until June 12th, SAG-AFTRA says that the strike is over. The strike officially came to an end at noon PT today, meaning SAG-AFTRA members can return to work under the Interactive Media Agreement (IMA) as well as being able to promote their work produced under the IMA.

Should the tentative agreement be approved during tomorrow's special session, notice will be "sent out for...

A sliver of light finally emerges.

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has reached a tentative agreement with video game development studios and publishers. These studios include Activision, Blindlight, Disney Character Voices, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Formosa, Insomniac Games, Take 2 Productions, and WB Games.

The terms of the agreement will reportedly be finalized with employers soon. Until such a time, the members...

ZeniMax Workers United-CWA voted to authorize a strike.

Hundreds of workers at the Microsoft owned ZeniMax Media have voted to authorize union leadership to call for a strike.

These video game workers at ZeniMax Media are represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA) Locals 2100, 2108, and 6215 (ZeniMax Workers United-CWA). The vote to authorize a strike at Microsoft was supported by over 94% of those who voted.

This strike vote comes after about...

Issues over remote work and outsourcing quality assurance are at the forefront of this strike.

Unionized employees at ZeniMax went on strike today after parent company, Microsoft, failed to come to the bargaining table over growing employee concerns. There are reportedly hundreds of unionized ZeniMax workers participating in this strike.

Members of the ZeniMax Workers United-CWA (Communications Workers of America Union) are on a one-day strike as they try to urge Microsoft...

A year and a half later and negotiations have apparently gone nowhere.

The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has called for a strike. This strike will begin at 12:01AM on July 26, 2024. This strike comes after SAG-AFTRA unanimously agreed earlier this week to call for a strike at will in an effort to protect voice actors from generative AI technologies.

This strike comes "after more than a year and a half of negotiations...

The threat of a strike looms ever nearer.

Word came in late in the day on September 28 that scheduled talks between SAG-AFTRA and members of the video game industry have come to an end. Unfortunately, those talks led nowhere as no new deal or terms were agreed upon by both parties.

The studios in discussions with SAG-AFTRA include: Activision, Blindlight, Disney Character Voices, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Formosa Interactive, Insomniac Games, Take 2 Productions, VoiceWorks...

SAG-AFTRA members voted almost unanimously in favor of strike authorization.

On September 25, members of SAG-AFTRA voted to approve strike authorization for video game performers. The authorization was approved with 98.32% voting in favor of strike approval. In total, 34,687 members cast ballots, though this represents just 27.47% of all eligible voters.

Voting to approve a strike does not necessarily mean there is a strike. It simply opens the door wide open for video...

The announcement comes from the ABK Workers Alliance.

The group of Activision Blizzard employees known as the ABK Worker's Alliance, have announced that they will be striking against their employer. The group says that they will cease working until their demands are met. This move comes shortly after the Activision owned Raven Software had their QA department stage a walkout earlier this week following a contentious round of layoffs.

The ABK Worker's Alliance made their...

Over 2,600 employees, past and present, have signed a letter in support of the lawsuit.

On Wednesday, July 28, Activision Blizzard employees will stop work and stage a walkout. This walkout is being done in protest of the disgusting response from company leadership to a lawsuit filed against them that highlights the sexual harassment, inequality, and discrimination within all levels of the company.

The lawsuit was filed on July 22 by the California Department of Fair Employment...

We have some great news today for video game voice actors, video game companies, and video game fans. SAG-AFTRA and various video game companies have reached a tentative agreement to end the strike by voice actors that has been going on since October 21, 2016.
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We have some great news today for video game voice actors, video game companies, and video game fans. SAG-AFTRA and various video game companies...