@videogameworkers
We are United Videogame Workers, an industry-wide union working to build a game industry that works for us. βπ½βπΏβπΌβπΎ Affiliated with CWA and CODE-CWA. JOIN US: https://uvw-cwa.org/membership
At this yearβs DICE Awards, Ghost of YΕtei VA @erikaishii.bsky.social used their platform to demand that video game workers are treated fairly and with respect.
If you want to be part of our fight to build a better industry, reach out and get connected with an organizer.
Congratulations, Erika! πͺ
With GDC only a few days away, I added @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social's brilliant gaming union zine/explainer to archive.org. The previous host for the PDF added a monthly subscription.
Please feel free to print and share as you wish!
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A quote on a black background with a crowd of cartoon raised hands at the bottom. The quote reads, "I have never been able to grow my career despite continually having great feedback from managers and coworkers because of constant layoffs and having to start over again every time, including one time I was laid off while 7 months pregnant."
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βWe deserve better.β
Add your voice here: actionnetwork.org/forms/were-d...
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Responses to the Weβre Done Playing Petition responses are often brutal. The layoffs game developers experience are shocking, callous, and wreak havoc on their lives, and the lives of the people closest to them.
Have you signed the petition? Add your voice here: actionnetwork.org/forms/were-d...
We canβt all have parents who are IMAX executives and handed us our first job doing award shows at 14, Geoff. Some of us actually work in this industryβ¦
Ghost of Yotei star: 'workers need more protections' in game development
Updating: it feels like this in 2026, too.
uhhh
Sometimes the fight for workers' rights involves a little rebellion.
#solidarity #toronto #gwu
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A stock photo of a mother putting a basket of toys up on the highest shelf of a children's playroom. A child next to her pouts, looking up at the off-limits toys.
Putting the games industry up on the highest shelf until executives learn how to sustainably run a business
A boom-or-bust game industry is partially to blame, but a company not preparing any runway to pay employees for at least six months outside of an infamously capricious Tencent has to take some of the blame here.
#GG25 2000 workers on strike, more than 10 rallies, 3 countries : one year after the biggest strike in the history of video games, what are its outcomes ? A detailed evaluation of the orientations presented by the STJV in January 2025.
Please sign AND share if you can! Every signature helps when we ALL deserve better β
A quote on a black background with a crowd of cartoon raised hands at the bottom. The quote reads, "I was laid off twice in the past year, despite nearly 20 years in the industry, lots of references and contacts, and many people claiming theyβre eager to speak well of me."
A quote on a black background with a crowd of cartoon raised hands at the bottom. The quote reads, "I have never been able to grow my career despite continually having great feedback from managers and coworkers because of constant layoffs and having to start over again every time, including one time I was laid off while 7 months pregnant."
A quote on a black background with a crowd of cartoon raised hands at the bottom. The quote reads, "We deserve better."
βWe deserve better.β
Add your voice here: actionnetwork.org/forms/were-d...
A quote on a black background with a crowd of cartoon raised hands at the bottom. The quote reads, "Iβve been laid off 12 months after moving my family to another continent."
A quote on a black background with a crowd of cartoon raised hands at the bottom. The quote reads, "During my first games role out of college, I experienced a medical event 6 months into my role, and was let go while in the hospital."
Responses to the Weβre Done Playing Petition responses are often brutal. The layoffs game developers experience are shocking, callous, and wreak havoc on their lives, and the lives of the people closest to them.
Have you signed the petition? Add your voice here: actionnetwork.org/forms/were-d...
Join us LIVE for a cozy evening in the hypercapitalist hellscape of Armored Core 6!
Get in the robot with us at 7:45 PM ET /4:45 PM PT over at twitch.tv/uvw_cwa
tumblr post from user threedollarsdotcom: "weve decided not to move forward with you at this position because a meteor has hit our office and destroyed the whole shit big mode. we hope your job search goes well"
games industry
State of the Union? Uhhhh weβre doing pretty good thanks how about you
I'm only interested in an Indie vs AAA split if its for wrestling or something cool not dividing the working classes
anyway labour exploitation is labour exploitation. acting like thats gonna go away when AAA companies collapse is wilfully naive at best. only actual organzation can change things. if you're the owner of a studio of any size who wants real change put your money where your mouth is, make it a co-op
The @videogameworkers.bsky.social union put on a game jam!
I worked on my first game in Unreal Engine (that shipped) for this:
gamemakermiller.itch.io/end-this-run...
we need a rom-com that unites the people in revolutionary struggle
Updating: it feels like this in 2026, too.
Despite relentless attacks, union representation hit a 16-year high in 2025. Nearly half a million more workers are covered by a union contract. Even as the Trump administration tried to weaken our rights, we kept organizing and building power.
The video game industry decided to discontinue their product, the video game, in exchange for trying to make Fortnites. They have in recent years found out this doesn't work, so they have pivoted from making Fortnites to making ????????????????? nothing I guess
βMake bad game? Fired. Make good game? Fired. Make incredibly successful game? Believe it or not, also fired.β Original source of meme is from Parks and Recreation.
the video game industry is a mess
