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Over 450 Diablo developers at Blizzard have unionized


Developers of Diablo are the latest video game workers at Microsoft to unionize.

The union will represent employees across multiple disciplines including designers, engineers, artists and support staff. Kelly Yeo, a Diablo game producer and organizing committee member, said that the mass layoffs at Microsoft were a major motivating factor in the unionization. "With every subsequent round of mass layoffs, I've witnessed the dread in my coworkers grow stronger because it feels like no amount of hard work is enough to protect us," she said.

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