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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Damn, you've got to imagine Rockstar never envisioned a speech like this one happening when they fired those 34 workers, huh?

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Austin Kelmore @austinkelmore.com · 10/09/2026

Closing out the rally, @nershly.bsky.social beautifully speaks about her experience being fired by Rockstar and how they try to use fear.

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 30/06/2026

Our campaign for a union at Rockstar continues! Today, we've filed for recognition with @rockstargames.com, asking Rockstar to meet with their workers to agree a deal for good working conditions, fairness and a say at work. We await Rockstar's response. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Grand Theft Auto workers seek union recognition after mass firings

Exclusive: Staff at Rockstar Games hope move can be completed before release of GTA VI scheduled for November

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UnderDeveloped 2026 @underdevelopedconf.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

UnderDeveloped is back for 2026! A relaxed unconference to celebrate all things games and play, join us once again on the beautiful lawns of Brighton Square on Wednesday 15 July between 13:00-16:00. You can find out more about the event and register at the link below.

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UnderDeveloped 2026 · Luma

We’re back this July for another round of talks, playtests, doodles, walks, and more. UnderDeveloped is a relaxed unconference to celebrate all things games…

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Jo Summers @profaniti.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

UKIE Board Chair, leading trade body for the UK games industry, which by their own stats "grew 7.4% in 2025" to £8.76 billion claims that there is no way the industry can offer long-term job security, and a company in the UK "with pensions and so on" is unsustainable. aftermath.site/video-game-j...

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'We've Been A Little Bit Too Romantic About The Idea That We Should Have Employees And Give People Long-term Job Security' Is An Extraordinary Thing For A Video Games CEO To Say On Record

'I've been in the industry for 20 years, and those of us who joined in the early 2000s, we had it very good'

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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Alternative Games From The Fringes Of Cyberspace (fighting for art and something better in this dystopian digital world) www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/alt... "It seems more pressing than ever to stand up to that type of fascist censorship that is eating digital culture." #GameDev #IndieGame

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Alternative Games From The Fringes Of Cyberspace (fighting for art and something better in this dystopian digital world)

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.

STJV demonstrate outside the Paris offices of Take Two, holding flags, banners and flares.

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 11/11/2025

“Say sorry, be nice is a Rockstar slogan, it has been for many, many years. At least in this instance, it doesn’t seem like the company is interested in living by it.” Watch the video of our demonstration & interviews with dismissed workers at Rockstar North here!

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IWGB @iwgbunion.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Rockstar: tries to bust unions🦹‍♀️ Us: Hold my controller 🎮🔥🔥 We're fighting back 💥💥 IWGB organized a protest in front of the @rockstargames.com parent company Take-Two Interactive in London today We'll make sure the credits are rolling on their corporate greed ❌️ @gameworkers.co.uk

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 31/10/2025

This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity. We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 10/10/2025

We stand in solidarity with employees and ex-employees at Build a Rocket Boy as they file legal claims through our union and publish an open letter, condemning the way in which they’ve been mistreated and discarded by the studio’s millionaire executives. www.gameworkers.co.uk/barb-open-le...

Open Letter to the Executive Leadership at Build A Rocket Boy

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 02/10/2025

🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌 Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 31/07/2025

We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...

Open Letter Relating to the UK Video Games Council - full version on our website https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-regarding-the-uk-video-games-council/

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 23/06/2025

Over 100 developers at risk of redundancy. It's time for every game dev to have job security and good working conditions. If you work in the UK games industry, join our union here: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 24/06/2025

Protections against arbitrary dismissals, a policy around AI and credits for QA workers? 😍 Every game dev deserves a union! Congratulations to @codecwa.bsky.social for achieving union recognition with ZeniMax. 🙌 If you work in the UK games industry, join our union at: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

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Games Transformed @gamestransformed.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🚨 TICKETS ARE LIVE! 🚨 How do we kick the fash out of gaming? Join devs, players & organisers (and @chrisbratt.bsky.social!) July 11–12 at Pelican House , London to find out. Tickets on sale now → buytickets.at/gamestransfo... #SmashTheFash #GamesTransformedFestival

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Jo Summers @profaniti.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Helped make a horrible Doom mod on Saturday at the "Dada Doom!" Mod Jam in London, with a bunch of other very lovely folks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz1T...

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Mod Jam #01 - DADA DOOM

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.

Alt-Txt: Two people stand before multi-color strips of paper with text on them that stretch down an entire wall and onto the floor. The title of the installation "I Agree" appear in all caps on the wall, too.

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Jo Summers @profaniti.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Donate to @goodlawproject.bsky.social and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8

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Jo Summers @profaniti.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Any indie games studio folks, or product managers familiar with publishing platforms willing to have a chat with me before a job interview tomorrow? 💜

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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This has got rather out of hand already. FKFJ website should be up within a week or so. If you're interested in running an affiliated event, DM me, or drop me an email to get listed: jonty@jonty.co.uk

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XR Brighton Drummers @xrbrightondrummers.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

On Saturday, as world leaders gathered for the UN’s annual climate negotiations at COP29, we took to the streets as part of a worldwide call to demand climate justice. There is no more time to delay our transition away from fossil fuels. It must happen now.

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