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Employees from Activision Blizzard's Raven Software form the first gaming union News May 24th, 2022

Employees from Activision Blizzard's Raven Software form the first gaming union

Accepted by the National Labor Relations Board with 19 votes to 3

Why games industry staffing is broken Comment & Opinion Mar 30th, 2022

Why games industry staffing is broken

TheXPlace's Maya Rand details the post-pandemic struggle to acquire and retain video game talent, and the need for a change in 2022

Epic Games hiring hundreds as full employees with benefit plans News Feb 25th, 2022

Epic Games hiring hundreds as full employees with benefit plans

QA testers make up bulk of hires

Finnish games industry grows by 9% to nearly $3 billion in revenue News Jun 9th, 2021

Finnish games industry grows by 9% to nearly $3 billion in revenue

46 studios made a turnover of more than $1 million dollars

Modern Times Group appoints Maria Redin as CEO Job News Sep 7th, 2020

Modern Times Group appoints Maria Redin as CEO

Follows Lindemann vacating the position in July

Scopely appoints Aaron Loeb as its new chief business officer Job News Sep 1st, 2020

Scopely appoints Aaron Loeb as its new chief business officer

"His deep games experience is invaluable to our employees, players and business"

Playrix is giving its staff a $650 one-off payment to help alleviate coronavirus stress News Apr 24th, 2020

Playrix is giving its staff a $650 one-off payment to help alleviate coronavirus stress

“We hope this money will help relieve some of the stress everyone is now coping with"

New Zealand's games industry doubles in revenue over two years News Feb 7th, 2020

New Zealand's games industry doubles in revenue over two years

63 per cent of titles created are mobile apps

UK game companies employ over 16,000 people and contribute $1.75 billion to the local economy News Jan 28th, 2020

UK game companies employ over 16,000 people and contribute $1.75 billion to the local economy

Data collated from 2,100 games businesses in 2016

as While Canada's game industry has boomed, Australia has flatlined News Oct 8th, 2019

While Canada's game industry has boomed, Australia has flatlined

Mighty Kingdom CEO Philip Mayes wants more

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