…Dubbed United Wizards of the Coast—CWA, the new organisation will push for better protections against layoffs, return to office policies, generative AI adoption, and mandatory crunch. "This isn’t just something…
…Valentine pointed back to layoffs, mandatory RTO, and genAI use as decisions made for short-term profit that ultimately harmed the game and team in the long-term. He says the workers…
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…both through the past games we've released, and the show coming out," Rush tells me. "I wouldn't say it's been a lot of pressure, because we have more ideas…
…The group said it is attempting to unionize to "increase staff wellbeing" by pushing for generative AI guardrails and layoff protections. More than 30,000 people have signed a public petition calling…
…nature of the games industry right now is putting a lot of pressure on these studios, and that is outside of anything to do with AI. "If anything, AI is going to…
…A colleague immediately organized a voluntary OpenClaw training workshop and had attendees fighting for a front-row seat at the event. “The pressure [to use AI] sometimes comes from the company expecting…
…5 billion and $68.7 billion, respectively. Those seismic deals preceded years of widespread layoffs, studio closures, and project cancellations across Xbox Game Studios. Microsoft has also faced pressure from the Palestinian…
…Microsoft was planning to do this with the Xbox One, but a backlash from publishers and game resellers forced the company to abandon the plans. * Microsoft starts layoffs at LinkedIn. Microsoft is…
…pressure from the tech and business world to adopt generative AI tools — even as employers use those same tools to justify hiring freezes and mass layoffs. While polling shows that students and…
