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Game Developer
JULY 2, 2024
Communication can become challenging in work settings, especially in unfamiliar environments or urgent situations necessitating quick problem resolution. I'd like to share some lessons I learned from my first large-scale team game development project.
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Game Developer
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
'Unity must do better in how they treat their workers in hard times.'
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Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Ubisoft performed its second round of layoffs in the month of September, and its third of 2023 overall.
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Game Developer
AUGUST 26, 2024
Conversations among peers and strong support for RE Engine, make five-year-long dev cycles for games like Monster Hunter Wilds seem sustainable.
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Game Developer
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The PR company has previously worked with clients including Riot Games and Bethesda.
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Game Developer
MARCH 28, 2023
More publishers pull out of E3 2023, raising questions about the event's future months ahead of its intended June launch.
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Game Developer
JANUARY 17, 2023
"Because Mr. Guillemot and his clique only understand the relationship of power, Solidaires Informatique is calling on the employees of Ubisoft Paris to go on strike."
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GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 30, 2024
In a talk during our GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit late last year, games industry comms veteran Cat Channon gave pointers about communication through change, and how to take into account the human impact of change when sharing information with staff, whether about layoffs, big M&A deals, or real-world calamities that might be affecting staff.
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GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
German-based marketing and communications agency 1SP has acquired UK PR firm Renaissance PR. It's part of 1SP's bid to create a 'superagency' covering tech and games.
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Game Developer
APRIL 3, 2023
The NLRB plans to charge Activision Blizzard with illegally surveilling its staff and threatening to shut down their communication channels.
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Game Developer
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
If you aren't ready to clearly communicate about the content included in each DLC and when it will be ready for launch, you shouldn't offer a Season Pass on Steam.'
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Game Developer
APRIL 6, 2023
Communication, diversity in the hiring process, and validating your team are vital steps in creating diversity-focused features.
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Game Developer
MARCH 27, 2024
Genuine Enabling Technology filed its suit against Sony in 2017, claiming PlayStation consoles and controllers communicate in a way similar to an idea it patented in 2001.
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GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Services provider Keywords has acquired US-based games PR firm Fortyseven Communications. Fortyseven was founded in 2006 and employs 55 staff across four offices in New York, San Francisco, Denver, and its HQ in Los Angeles.
PreMortem.Games
JUNE 14, 2023
She emphasises the role of communication and consistent engagement with the audience without compromising development time. “As As a Community Manager you may get a little bit sick of answering the same questions over and over again and you kind of want to be a little bit more creative”, says Reid, pointing at automation as a solution.
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Game Developer
APRIL 24, 2024
Russeil's day-to-day duties as executive VP will see her manage multiple departments at Ubisoft, including corporate affairs, legal, and communications.
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Game Developer
AUGUST 8, 2024
Let's now address a topic that seems far from design but which a game designer must be concerned with: Marketing and communication. In the first two parts of this series of publications devoted to training game and level designers, I addressed the importance of soft skills, an essential complement to know-how.
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Game Developer
MAY 7, 2024
The findings of this paper provide a guiding direction for game producers to express claims in their products, and inform the authorities in communicating ideologies through video games.
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Game Developer
JULY 13, 2023
Voice actors Brandon Winckler and Corina Boettger claim the studio handling Genshin Impact's English dub has failed to pay them or communicate in any capacity.
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Unity Blog
MARCH 3, 2023
Mairi Nolan, lead game designer at Eleven Puzzles, shares the importance of verbal interaction and how the team built communication into the studio’s latest release Unsolved Case.
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 2, 2024
French indie Studio Black Flag has shut down, declaring bankruptcy. Read more
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PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
This process reinforced the importance of using gameplay itself to communicate, rather than relying on instructions. Watching players’ reactions -where they hesitated, struggled, or smiled- helped us refine the experience. Conclusion The production of LIMBO taught me that great games aren’t just about visuals or technology.
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PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Weve spent countless hours fine-tuning puzzles to ensure both players are always actively solving, thinking and communicating.” We want puzzles to be fair, meaning they should be challenging but solvable through logic and communication, not random trial and error,” Olczyk explains. “Playtesting is key.
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Ask a Game Dev
JANUARY 3, 2025
This might sound contrived, but one of the most valuable skills for any developer will always be communicating effectively. They need to be able to communicate their ideas to me, so I can understand where they are planning on going next. ALT Communication is a constantly-evolving skill alongside workplace relationships.
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The Communication Workers of America (CWA) has criticised Sony for closing Firewalk Studios and Neon Koi. Read more
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PreMortem.Games
JUNE 3, 2024
” First big project Anima Flux’s development process is marked by a high degree of collaboration and open communication within the team. A solid determination to find answers and maintain an open communication.” . “This achievement stands out because we are pioneers in this approach.”
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GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 21, 2025
During the 2025 Games Development Conference this week, industry workers launched the United Videogame Workers union in partnership with the Communication Workers of America. Read more
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GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 22, 2024
Hundreds of staff at Fallout and Elder Scrolls developer Bethesda Game Studios have unionised, joining the Communication Workers of America. The CWA's post on X indicates the new union, One BGS USA, represents "a majority of developers across Bethesda Game Studios Dallas, Rockville and Austin."
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GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
When Destiny originally launched, there was nothing quite like it – even figuring out how to communicate its genre was a massive communication exercise for the marketing teams," indie developer, consultant, and noted Destiny fan Rami Ismail tells GamesIndustry.biz. "It
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GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 25, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Following news that Microsoft laid off 1,900 staffers from its games division, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) said that the move has not impacted any of the staffers it represents.
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GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Workers at Elder Scrolls Online developer Zenimax Online Studios have unionised, Communications Workers of America has announced. Read more
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PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Communicate puzzle logic The creative process at Geometric Interactive follows a specific pattern. The art, sounds, and animation need to communicate the puzzle logic effectively.” The solution he came up with was to mix up linear gameplay sections, open sections with world jumping, and tense boss fights.
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GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 31, 2024
ZeniMax Studios workers are now covered by Microsoft's labour neutrality agreement with the Communications Workers of America. The CWA announced yesterday that, as a result, all ZeniMax staff can now make their choice about collective bargaining, with Microsoft legally bound to take a neutral approach to the unionisation of its staff.
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PreMortem.Games
JUNE 29, 2023
This is because a game trailer often has to communicate more, or at the very least, different information than a movie trailer. I think the best game trailers communicate an experience that makes you not only understand the story and game, but makes you want to play and control it yourself. Great game and great trailer !
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GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 27, 2024
Bethesda Game Studios Montreal has filed to unionise with the Communications Workers of America. The BGS Montreal union announced yesterday in a thread on social media that they filed for certification with the Quebec Labour Board. "As As a union, we will strive to make BGS a supportive workplace that fosters creativity and talent," it wrote.
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GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 5, 2024
That's what Innersloth's communications director Victoria Tran tells us as we sit down to chat about the new indie fund from Among Us developer Innersloth. Outersloth has been a "really bad open secret" since 2022.
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GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 11, 2024
The Communications Workers of America has filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against Lionbridge Technologies, which Microsoft has been working with as a QA contractor on Activision projects. The CWA issued the notion with the National Relations Board (NLRB), in which it alleged that Lionbridge violated the rights of its Boise, Idaho team.
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GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 29, 2024
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) – which includes members from a range of high-profile game developers and publishers, including Activision, Bethesda, Blizzard Entertainment, Sega, and ZeniMax – says it stands in "complete solidarity with striking members of SAG-AFTRA."
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GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 24, 2024
By forming the World of Warcraft Game Makers Guild under the Communications Workers of America union (WoWGG-CWA), over 500 "designers, engineers, producers, artists, quality assurance testers, and more" have formed the "first wall-to-wall union at Activision Blizzard." Over 500 World of Warcraft developers have unionised.
GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 28, 2024
According to Game File , the complaint was filed last Friday with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming a "Refusal to Bargain/Bad Faith Bargaining" as workers have been trying to reach an agreement with the studio since unionising via the Communication Workers of America in 2022.
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GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The Communication Workers Of America (CWA) has slammed former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick's claims that the numerous reports of harassment that allegedly took place when he was led the firm were "fake." Read more
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GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 8, 2024
Another swath of Activision QA workers has unionized, as the Communication Workers of America announced today that Microsoft has voluntarily recognized a union for workers at Activision Central Quality Assurance.
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) filed an unfair labour practice on behalf of the Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS) after Sega reportedly proposed a plan to "phase out" temporary workers by February 2024 and outsource roles to Europe and Japan.
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GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was developed in just 16 months with some periods of crunch and communications issues between developer Sledgehammer Games and Modern Warfare creator Infinity Ward.
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