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Conditions for working in the games industry are improving, according to the IGDA News Jan 29th, 2020

Conditions for working in the games industry are improving, according to the IGDA

Sexism and racisim are still giving the sector a bad name

“We view our development process more like a marathon than a sprint, so it makes no sense to have a crunch culture” Interview Aug 15th, 2019

“We view our development process more like a marathon than a sprint, so it makes no sense to have a crunch culture”

Future Games of London MD Ian Harper discusses how the studio aims to look after employees and fights off toxicity and crunch culture

as E3 2019: Nintendo's Doug Bowser speaks out on crunch culture and game delays News Jun 12th, 2019

E3 2019: Nintendo's Doug Bowser speaks out on crunch culture and game delays

“One of our key tenets is that we bring smiles to people's faces”

An EU court ruling could help cut crunch in the games industry News May 15th, 2019

An EU court ruling could help cut crunch in the games industry

European Court of Justice looks to enforce the EU's existing Working Time Directive

Fortnite devs speak out about constant crunch Job News Apr 25th, 2019

Fortnite devs speak out about constant crunch

"The company gives us unlimited time off, but it’s almost impossible to take the time. If I take time off, the workload falls on other people, and no one wants to be that guy"

as Chinese activists 996.ICU blast Tencent and NetEase for intense overtime policies News Apr 24th, 2019

Chinese activists 996.ICU blast Tencent and NetEase for intense overtime policies

But some leaders have fired back, claiming workers who don't put in their 12-hours-a-day are unambitious

as The indie spirit behind the rebirth and growth of the Australian games industry Feature Jan 2nd, 2019

The indie spirit behind the rebirth and growth of the Australian games industry

"We have to share the knowledge that we keep to ourselves and the things that scare us. We have to connect"

“It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times": IGDA exec Jen MacLean on being a games developer in 2018 Interview Nov 22nd, 2018

“It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times": IGDA exec Jen MacLean on being a games developer in 2018

"We also know that the games industry is cyclical, and I suspect that some of the things that we see with studio closures are only the beginning"

Maintaining a work/life balance as an indie games developer Mobile Mavens Nov 7th, 2018

Maintaining a work/life balance as an indie games developer

The Indie Mavens air their views and tips

How can we tackle the games industry's crunch problem? Mobile Mavens Oct 26th, 2018

How can we tackle the games industry's crunch problem?

The Mobile Mavens have their say on working conditions

Minit developer encourages developers to share games made without crunch News Oct 18th, 2018

Minit developer encourages developers to share games made without crunch

Indies take to Twitter to share games developed without excessive overtime

Skybound Games CEO talks finishing The Walking Dead: The Final Season, bringing back Telltale staff and crunch News Oct 18th, 2018

Skybound Games CEO talks finishing The Walking Dead: The Final Season, bringing back Telltale staff and crunch

"I can say that I would never expect or ask anyone to work what would be considered inhumane hours"

as Sega aims to improve work-life balance for employees Job News Oct 17th, 2018

Sega aims to improve work-life balance for employees

Japanese publisher also interested in addressing addiction

IGDA responds to public outcry over working conditions within the gaming industry News Oct 5th, 2018

IGDA responds to public outcry over working conditions within the gaming industry

Executive director Jen MacLean remarked that it was unfortunately common but IGDA is looking into it

Studio employees campaign against poor working conditions with #AsAGamesWorker hashtag Job News Oct 3rd, 2018

Studio employees campaign against poor working conditions with #AsAGamesWorker hashtag

Developers let out their frustrations over industry working conditions

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