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Telltale Games pushes back release of The Wolf Among Us 2 News Mar 3rd, 2023

Telltale Games pushes back release of The Wolf Among Us 2

The company hopes that the delay will help avoid crunch time

Anna Yukhtenko: "Some tasks that I thought would take me a long time, actually require much less time if approached tactically" Interview Sep 30th, 2022

Anna Yukhtenko: "Some tasks that I thought would take me a long time, actually require much less time if approached tactically"

Hutch is one of the many companies for whom the four day work week trial is still ongoing.

tinyBuild is trailing limitless paid time off until end of year News May 31st, 2022

tinyBuild is trailing limitless paid time off until end of year

Mandatory minimum of two weeks remains in place

BANDAI NAMCO Mobile trials four-day working week News Mar 15th, 2022

BANDAI NAMCO Mobile trials four-day working week

New working structure to focus on employee wellbeing while retaining innovation in F2P market

Hutch to trial 4-day working week News Jan 31st, 2022

Hutch to trial 4-day working week

Six month trial aims to see increased efficiency and improve staff health

Riot is giving its employees a week off to "disconnect, recharge, and reboot" News Aug 5th, 2020

Riot is giving its employees a week off to "disconnect, recharge, and reboot"

It is putting the health of its staff first to avoid toxic crunch culture

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

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

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

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