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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Are you a cis man feeling disgusted at the news? Good. Use that. Talk to your fellow men about what you're going to do to make our industry and our world safer. And then actually do it. You may lose friends or opportunities, but a better and safer industry and world starts with you.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

GDoC is this week, make sure to get your tickets! I'll be doing a short talk on pixel art tools on Wednesday!

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

First thing the Blizzcon attendees see as they join the queue for this year’s show.

The Blizzard union stall set up outside of Blizzcon 2026

A sign reading “Unionized Blizzard Gamemakers. We make the games!”

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

BREAKING: Blizzard union workers have ratified a historic contract that has secured guardrails around AI usage, layoff protections, remote/hybrid work benefits, and much more.

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Blizzard union workers ratify contract covering 1,900 employees

Union members have secured guardrails around generative AI usage, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and more.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 09/09/2026

After years of company stalling, Blizzard workers win mega-contract that applies to all unionized teams aftermath.site/blizzard-union...

the famous orc statue outside blizzard's HQ in irvine, california

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Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

congratulations specifically to this one poster on the Vietnam subreddit from a year ago

a post from r/Vietnam of Duskbloods character wearing an ao dai and non la hat titled "Yo, is anyone thinking what I'm thinking?" implying that the character is Vietnamese, which is seemingly confirmed from their name, Trang Lanh

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Justin Đoàn @soundaholism.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'M SORRY?? VIETNAMESE PLAYABLE CHARACTER IN A FROMSOFT GAME???

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 13/08/2026

Alright y'all, this is it! The final stretch for the game industry hardship fund. We've got $13k to raise in 14 hours to meet the final goal, I think we can do it. itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Finally went and played through Myst after seeing that Project Anglerfish demo. Was not prepared for how much of this game is being bitched at by various sociopaths who've been trapped in books (positive)

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Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

btw if the ESA or any of these studios wanted to put together an initiative to provide financial relief to laid off game workers, they have ~$60M in total assets that they could allocate towards one. They're welcome to reach out to me if they need info on how to set one up.

Tax filing data for the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which shows a total revenue of 40.7M in 2025, and 59.3M in total assets in 2025.

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Hard not to feel this is going to be one of those points in 10 years where we all go “Oh, that fucked the industry, we should not have let that happen.”

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Game industry hardship fund by Necrosoft Games and 109 others

Game industry hardship fund: 127 items for $10.00

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐌 @gcbaccaris.itch.io · 24/07/2026

I'm helping organize this jam! It starts in January, but we're putting in on your radar in advance 👀

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Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Odyssey: Matt Damon suffers consequences from breaking the social contract Oppenheimer: Cillian Murphy suffers consequences from breaking the social contract (feat. Matt Damon) Tenet: so a temporal pincer is a strategic move monitoring events as they take place both forward AND backwards in ti

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Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

got visited by that demon that what causes men to chop all their hair off

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The next series (the trainings are in a 3-class set) starts TOMORROW, JULY 12TH! There's still time to register!

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This week, Microsoft GUTTED Bethesda, Zenimax, iD, & more. The C-suites treat the workers who make the games we love as disposable and don’t care they’re destroying the future of the industry! Let them know it has to STOP here: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

If you are one of the many valuable workers callously laid off for corporate interests today, please consider applying to our hardship fund.

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Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

There's only one serious way that Xbox is gonna reach 1 billion players a day and that's Universal Basic Income

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 06/07/2026

wait did xbox really in their announcement they were laying off 3200 people really make a point to mention that they have a positive profit margin. they arent even losing money

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

asha sharma going "we want 1 billion players a day" a nice reminder that these execs are fundamentally incapable of understanding that their customers do not have infinite money or even just that time is finite. they just think you haven't been fed the right marketing yet to get you on board

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Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Really hate the framing of these layoffs as a reset when they've been doing layoffs again and again for the past two years. Despite admitting they had a 3% profit margin (AFTER all their acquisitions) this fiscal year. Profitable, Just not as much as their competitors. So lay everyone off I guess

All these layoffs are occurring almost one year to the day after a previous wave of huge cuts at Microsoft that impacted 9,100 individuals company-wide and which resulted in 200 individuals laid off from Candy Crush maker King, a canceled Perfect Dark reboot and the closure of studio The Initiative, a canceled MMORPG at ZeniMax, and the cancellation of Everwild amid restructuring at Rare. That layoff came less than a year after an earlier mass layoff of 650 across Xbox, which itself was only nine months after a layoff of nearly 2,000 across the gaming division in January 2024

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Proud to announce our HARDSHIP FUND: uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun... If you've been recently laid off and need support, we got you.

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!

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Lis @thewritegame.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

South of Midnight’s dialogue is a masterclass in laying down words that leave you raw but opens up the world in return. @zeestermeester.bsky.social and @epistellar.bsky.social helped make that happen. Follow their work and hire their expertise. You’ll receive an evocative story as a result.

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Zaire @zeestermeester.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

If anyone is looking to hire a Peabody and BAFTA winning senior writer, I am looking for work. I’ve got six years experience in games. Everything from indie to AAA. I am not married to staying in games. I am hoping to relocate to the Bay Area. I am keeping my ears to the ground.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It's true: we're organizing a games industry hardship fund! This is the kind of mutual aid that can happen when workers get organized, too. And we've got a lot of irons in the fire 💅

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Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

heck yeah! This is so awesome to see

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Indrani @indrani.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

CONTENT CREATOR + JOURNO PALS: The India Games Showcase is part of #SummerGameFest! 40+ indies, all from Indian game devs, packaged for you in one fun showcase. Help us amplify this so we can get these games the attention they deserve. 🔗 Press Kit & fun info: www.indiagamesshowcase.com

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India Games Showcase

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

losing my shit because the dev of Butterfly Soup is making a new game that's like if Pentiment was set in Chinese folklore and had a Disco Elysium skill tree, and the music is being composed by the same person who's doing Delphinium kotaku.com/butterfly-so...

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Butterfly Soup Dev's Next Game Is Pentiment As A Chinese Folktale

Pentiment, the Chinese folktale

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

SCOOP: double fine is unionizing

ouble Fine, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Psychonauts and, more recently, experimental fare like Keeper and Kiln, is set to unionize, per a petition filed to the National Labor Relations Board.

The petition, filed May 7, says that like other Microsoft games division studios that have unionized to date, Double Fine workers are making their unionization push in conjunction with Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union will include all “regular part-time and full-time employees”—a total of 42.

“On May 7, the workers at Microsoft studio Double Fine Productions announced their decision to form a union with CWA to preserve and extend the studio’s commitments to creative excellence, diversity and inclusion, and worker quality of life," CWA said in a statement to Aftermath. "In tandem with requesting voluntary recognition from the company, workers have also filed an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to secure union representation. We appreciate that Microsoft has taken a neutral approach and agreed not to interfere in any way with worker’s rights to organize unions.”

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

US GAME WORKERS: Let’s talk healthcare. UVW is exploring union-sponsored solutions and we need your input. Workers based in the US are invited to complete this survey — union and non-union welcome! Take the survey: uvw-cwa.org/healthcare-t...

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UVW Healthcare Town Hall Survey

Hello! This survey is being sent out in advance of UVW's Healthcare Town Hall in June, in order to assess participants' relationship with and sentiments about healthcare. These responses will be refer...

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Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

WATCH PARTY THREAD 📢 There are 16 watch parties across the US, Canada & beyond where you can connect with your fellow workers IRL! Find out where your nearest watch party is! gameworkersconference.org/watch-parties

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AAPI in Gaming @aapiingaming.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Want to do something meaningful this AAPI Heritage Month? Buy a game. The first-ever AAPI Games Steam Sale (May 1–10) features games made by Asian-American and Pacific Islander developers. 🎮 Shop the sale: tinyurl.com/AAPISteamSale #AAPIHeritageMonth #IndieGames #AAPI #Gaming

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AAPI Games

Shop the first-ever AAPI Steam sale May 1-10 to support Asian-American and Pacific Islander developers!

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Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

TALK ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Sarah Elmaleh & Zeke Alton | SAG-AFTRA In this talk, Sarah & Zeke provide insight into how performers do their jobs, share details from the 2024/2025 Interactive Strike, and answer some questions from their fellow Game Workers

Game Workers Conference May 22 - May 23, 2026
Performers Are Game Workers: SAG-AFTRA Answers Our Questions!
Sarah Elmaleh & Zeke Alton | SAG-AFTRA
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starling 🦆 @starlingoboe.itch.io · 28/04/2026

our Kickstarter is now LIVE!! please check it out if the aesthetic appeals to you at all (or if you like mind-bending murder mysteries, butterfly soup, asian diaspora themes or all of the above...) it's an amazing project and i'm truly honoured to be writing music for it!

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Brianna Lei @briannalei.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The Kickstarter for The Crane Rider's Tale is now live! Fly passengers around a fantasy town inspired by Chinese folktales and unravel a mindbending mystery with multiple endings. Zero Escape meets Disco Elysium 🗡️🎲 LINK: www.kickstarter.com/projects/psy...

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Walaber @walaber.com · 28/04/2026

If you've liked my previous gamedev explainer videos, you might like my new (25-minute!) video about the arcade car physics in Parking Garage Rally Circuit, and how a possibly misguided observation about Mario Kart started it all: youtu.be/wOAAitKoV9M

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Arcade Drift Car Physics Explained (from Parking Garage Rally Circuit)

YouTube video by Walaber Entertainment

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 27/04/2026

Magic: The Gathering Arena team unionizes at Wizards of the Coast aftermath.site/magic-the-gath...

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 23/04/2026

📣 Titanium Court is OUT NOW! ⚾ To the detriment of humanity, the IGF award-winning game has escaped to Steam “Delightfully weird” and "incredibly clever" have been used to describe this game. We wouldn't dare to try... Stop reading this and play the game!👇 🏰 bit.ly/TC-Steam

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Sherveen Uduwana @suduwana.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I am 100% for funding more mom games and women led teams because we should absolutely have had a goty contender by now where a woman has her child swapped with a changeling and has to go on a quest to get their kid back, and along the way they slowly grow to view the changeling as family too

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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 15/04/2026

What are the secrets to getting in as a speaker for a games conference? 🗣️ 1) Clear takeaways ✅ Watch our guide for the other 2! Just 3 days remain to apply for Game Devs of Color Expo 2026: gamedevsofcolorexpo.org/apply #gamedev

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