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People are focusing on Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast labor relations and corporate decisions affecting workers, including missed timelines for voluntary union recognition and alleged anti-union communications to laid-off survivors. Coverage also highlights fallout from Hasbro canceling a Dungeons & Dragons action game, forcing the studio to seek a new publishing deal.

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Key Takeaway Hasbro is simultaneously facing labor-union recognition controversy and game-development instability, with both workers and studios seeing disruptive outcomes.
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Hasbro is simultaneously facing labor-union recognition controversy and game-development instability, with both workers and studios seeing disruptive outcomes.

People are focusing on Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast labor relations and corporate decisions affecting workers, including missed timelines for voluntary union recognition and alleged anti-union communications to laid-off survivors. Coverage also highlights fallout from Hasbro canceling a Dungeons & Dragons action game, forcing the studio to seek a new publishing deal.

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Top 2 signals · Hasbro is simultaneously facing labor-union recognition
Rock Paper Shotgun · 4d ago
Hasbro cancel Dungeons and Dragons action game helmed by Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order director, leaving studio hunting for new publishing deal
GamesIndustry.biz · 18d ago
Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro miss deadline to voluntarily recognise workers' union

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PC Gamer · 1d ago
3 years on from laying off over 1,000 people, Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast are sending daily emails and physical letters encouraging the survivors to not unionise

Briefing Findings · Hasbro is simultaneously facing labor-union recognition

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union recognition deadline Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro missed a deadline to voluntarily recognize workers' union
anti-union communications Daily emails and physical letters encouraged survivors not to unionise
canceled project Hasbro canceled a Dungeons & Dragons action game
director affiliation Game was helmed by Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order director

What to Watch

  • Track follow-up reporting on whether Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro agree to voluntary union recognition after missing the deadline. GamesIndustry.biz
  • Watch for announcements of a new publishing deal as the Dungeons & Dragons action-game studio looks for its next agreement. Rock Paper Shotgun
  • Follow ongoing coverage of Hasbro’s labor communications to determine if the alleged anti-union letters/emails continue or escalate. PC Gamer

What Changed

  • Hasbro cancel Dungeons and Dragons action game helmed by Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order director, leaving studio hunting for new publishing deal Rock Paper Shotgun
  • Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro miss deadline to voluntarily recognise workers' union GamesIndustry.biz
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