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Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Blizzard form a new union: The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild | The Communications Workers of America says Microsoft has already recognized the union.


The Communications Workers of America says Microsoft has already recognized the union.

The following year, World of Warcraft senior producer Samuel Cooper gave credit to Microsoft for helping to facilitate the unionization of WoW devs. (Image credit: CWA (Twitter)) Much of the drive to unionize arises from the absolutely brutal layoffs of 2023 and 2024, which saw tens of thousands of people in the industry put out of work. Overwatch UI artist Sadie Boyd, who was previously with Arkane Austin before Microsoft closed the studio, expressed similar sentiments on X.

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