Project S+
@projectsplus.bsky.social
We are an organization dedicated to rehabilitating the video game industry. #GamingReform
Contact us at ProjectSPlus@protonmail.com
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@projectsplus.bsky.social
· Jun 20
Hello everyone, we're building teams dedicated to gaming reform projects like pushing back against predatory practices and building consumer protections. We're looking for volunteers! Any skill level is accepted, so please let us know if you're interested in joining!
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the buried lede here: ubisoft made accounting "errors" that masked the fact that it's in serious debt
Ubisoft didn't get sold: everything we learned about accounting errors, upcoming release dates, and AI https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-ubisoft-sold-ai-2000646161
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
the buried lede here: ubisoft made accounting "errors" that masked the fact that it's in serious debt
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'Our solidarity will always emerge stronger:' Protests against Rockstar continue in London, Edinburgh, and Paris
'Our solidarity will always emerge stronger:' Protests against Rockstar continue in London, Edinburgh, and Paris
'Unions have always faced repression, the last resort of the weak to try to delay what is bound to happen.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
'Our solidarity will always emerge stronger:' Protests against Rockstar continue in London, Edinburgh, and Paris
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help them survive and fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals!
Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...
actionnetwork.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help them survive and fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
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What leaks?
NEW: Rockstar Games says the 30+ employees it fired last week were leaking confidential information, disputing allegations that the company is union-busting.
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Says Fired Employees Were Leaking Information
Rockstar Games terminated more than 30 people last week in an action that a labor group called “union-busting.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What leaks?
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Rockstar: tries to bust unions🦹♀️
Us: Hold my controller 🎮🔥🔥
We're fighting back 💥💥
IWGB organized a protest in front of the @rockstargames.com parent company Take-Two Interactive in London today
We'll make sure the credits are rolling on their corporate greed ❌️
@gameworkers.co.uk
Us: Hold my controller 🎮🔥🔥
We're fighting back 💥💥
IWGB organized a protest in front of the @rockstargames.com parent company Take-Two Interactive in London today
We'll make sure the credits are rolling on their corporate greed ❌️
@gameworkers.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Rockstar: tries to bust unions🦹♀️
Us: Hold my controller 🎮🔥🔥
We're fighting back 💥💥
IWGB organized a protest in front of the @rockstargames.com parent company Take-Two Interactive in London today
We'll make sure the credits are rolling on their corporate greed ❌️
@gameworkers.co.uk
Us: Hold my controller 🎮🔥🔥
We're fighting back 💥💥
IWGB organized a protest in front of the @rockstargames.com parent company Take-Two Interactive in London today
We'll make sure the credits are rolling on their corporate greed ❌️
@gameworkers.co.uk
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We won't back down - we will fight @rockstargames.com & @taketwointeractive.bsky.social for our members' reinstatement.
No one should be fired for union activity.
You can support our campaign here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
No one should be fired for union activity.
You can support our campaign here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We won't back down - we will fight @rockstargames.com & @taketwointeractive.bsky.social for our members' reinstatement.
No one should be fired for union activity.
You can support our campaign here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
No one should be fired for union activity.
You can support our campaign here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
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Have you considered this model for your studio?
The worker cooperative is a little-known business model in games, focused on workers' rights and democratic management, working against the current AAA flow of the industry.
youtu.be/bNVH8JQ4ORA
#gamedev
The worker cooperative is a little-known business model in games, focused on workers' rights and democratic management, working against the current AAA flow of the industry.
youtu.be/bNVH8JQ4ORA
#gamedev
Cooperating as Game Worker Cooperatives #GDoCExpo 2021
YouTube video by Game Devs of Color Expo
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Have you considered this model for your studio?
The worker cooperative is a little-known business model in games, focused on workers' rights and democratic management, working against the current AAA flow of the industry.
youtu.be/bNVH8JQ4ORA
#gamedev
The worker cooperative is a little-known business model in games, focused on workers' rights and democratic management, working against the current AAA flow of the industry.
youtu.be/bNVH8JQ4ORA
#gamedev
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This is being a little late to the news, but this is due to pressure from #StopKillingGames early on while the European Citizens' Initiative was launching in 2024, due to fears from Ubisoft that we would succeed
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is being a little late to the news, but this is due to pressure from #StopKillingGames early on while the European Citizens' Initiative was launching in 2024, due to fears from Ubisoft that we would succeed
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No comment on all the hack stuff but I wish AAA game budgets were public like the film industry, fascinating seeing them
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
No comment on all the hack stuff but I wish AAA game budgets were public like the film industry, fascinating seeing them
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There's news that Nintendo got hacked but since people don't know what they're talking about, people get hyped for a gigaleak 2 when all they got is just basically the repositories for what manages the japanese topic (news) pages.
October 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There's news that Nintendo got hacked but since people don't know what they're talking about, people get hyped for a gigaleak 2 when all they got is just basically the repositories for what manages the japanese topic (news) pages.
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Once again, make a hit game loved by many... and you still get hit by a truck.
The industry is pretty sick right now.
The industry is pretty sick right now.
October 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Once again, make a hit game loved by many... and you still get hit by a truck.
The industry is pretty sick right now.
The industry is pretty sick right now.
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Worried about the private acquisition of EA? Nathan Brown of @hitpoints.bsky.social is struggling to get too upset, given what the company has become.
With enough awful things happening in games and the world, maybe we can have a little apathy, as a treat.
With enough awful things happening in games and the world, maybe we can have a little apathy, as a treat.
Spare Some Apathy For EA - Bonus Hit Points
Nathan Brown has been thinking a lot about the EA acquisition deal. His advice? Forget about it. Give yourself a little apathy, as a treat.
thisweekinvideogames.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Worried about the private acquisition of EA? Nathan Brown of @hitpoints.bsky.social is struggling to get too upset, given what the company has become.
With enough awful things happening in games and the world, maybe we can have a little apathy, as a treat.
With enough awful things happening in games and the world, maybe we can have a little apathy, as a treat.
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Newly minted evergreen meme
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Newly minted evergreen meme
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Industry: hey GDC, we need you to move out of San Francisco and the US at large because it's unsafe, deal with the still-too-common harassment issues, stop charging egregious for-profit fees, and for you to provide proper compensation for speakers
GDC: we hear you but best we can do is rename it
GDC: we hear you but best we can do is rename it
September 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Industry: hey GDC, we need you to move out of San Francisco and the US at large because it's unsafe, deal with the still-too-common harassment issues, stop charging egregious for-profit fees, and for you to provide proper compensation for speakers
GDC: we hear you but best we can do is rename it
GDC: we hear you but best we can do is rename it
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ever since microsoft's layoffs in early july, the two zenimax unions have been fighting for impacted employees following the cancellation of the elder scrolls online studio's unannounced mmo. they've won laid-off workers more time (aka more pay), better severance, recall rights, and saved some jobs
!["We were able to extend out [laid-off workers] impacted period, because their timers didn't even start until we signed the memorandum of understanding [about the layoffs],” Alyssa Gobelle, senior motion graphics artist and Zenimax Online Studios union bargaining committee member, told Aftermath. “Even their 60 days of continued employment and pending termination notices didn't happen until that ink was signed. So instead of starting July 2, that started mid-August, so that essentially bought them a lot more weeks of pay and healthcare security while we figured this out. That's sort of a soft win in a way, because obviously [it's] not in the contract, but it was an impact of us being able to bargain. We were able to buy them more time."
As a result, ZOS union members who lost their jobs in July technically remain employed until October. The ZOS union also squeezed an additional four weeks minimum severance out of Microsoft, bringing the total up to eight weeks across the board. On top of all that, the union also secured 18 months of recall rights for everyone on the canceled Zenimax MMO that lost their jobs, meaning that if there’s a relevant job opening at Zenimax Online Studios, there’s now a chance that workers who’ve been let go will get their old jobs back – as opposed to the company throwing the baby out with the bathwater.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreic6lpwfrmoerdx3kix5cadniqhref4k4352p3c57sxig53bjtwkiu@jpeg)
September 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ever since microsoft's layoffs in early july, the two zenimax unions have been fighting for impacted employees following the cancellation of the elder scrolls online studio's unannounced mmo. they've won laid-off workers more time (aka more pay), better severance, recall rights, and saved some jobs
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Clovers' Hideki Kamiya feels "a very strong responsibility" to protect the studio during the current climate of industry layoffs
www.gamesindustry.biz/clovers-hide...
www.gamesindustry.biz/clovers-hide...
Clovers' Hideki Kamiya feels "very strong responsibility" to protect workers from layoffs
Clovers studio head and chief game designer Hideki Kamiya feels "a very strong responsibility" to protect the studio du…
www.gamesindustry.biz
September 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Clovers' Hideki Kamiya feels "a very strong responsibility" to protect the studio during the current climate of industry layoffs
www.gamesindustry.biz/clovers-hide...
www.gamesindustry.biz/clovers-hide...
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Testronic makes 4.8 percent of its total workforce redundant, closes Madrid and Belgrade studios
Testronic makes 4.8 percent of its total workforce redundant, closes Madrid and Belgrade studios
The news comes after numerous reports about upcoming layoffs and severance negotiations, which Testronic didn't officially address until today.
www.gamedeveloper.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Testronic makes 4.8 percent of its total workforce redundant, closes Madrid and Belgrade studios
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Report: Crystal Dynamics layoffs came after developers scrambled to save Perfect Dark
Report: Crystal Dynamics layoffs came after developers scrambled to save Perfect Dark
Microsoft's cancellation of Perfect Dark reportedly caused a ripple effect that left developers at Crystal Dynamics fighting for their livelihoods.
www.gamedeveloper.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Report: Crystal Dynamics layoffs came after developers scrambled to save Perfect Dark
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Sure france has different laws, but the union really helped workers organize and make sur they didn't feel alone when Don't Nod started doing layoffs.
Unions are the best way to defend ourselves against these top managements that just see us as disposable.
Unions are the best way to defend ourselves against these top managements that just see us as disposable.
like the overwatch and world of warcraft teams before them, over 450 diablo devs have voted to unionize. last year's mass microsoft layoffs convinced them to start organizing, but this year's kicked things into high gear
August 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sure france has different laws, but the union really helped workers organize and make sur they didn't feel alone when Don't Nod started doing layoffs.
Unions are the best way to defend ourselves against these top managements that just see us as disposable.
Unions are the best way to defend ourselves against these top managements that just see us as disposable.
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Diablo devs unionize following layoffs and dissatisfaction with AI, pay
aftermath.site/diablo-union...
aftermath.site/diablo-union...
August 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Diablo devs unionize following layoffs and dissatisfaction with AI, pay
aftermath.site/diablo-union...
aftermath.site/diablo-union...
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Giant Squid doing layoffs after SoTS released to glowing reviews is a prime example of how the industry is currently broken.
August 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Giant Squid doing layoffs after SoTS released to glowing reviews is a prime example of how the industry is currently broken.
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New: Blizzard cofounder's Dreamhaven is struggling in today's challenged games market per an internal letter. Its 2 new games sold below expectations. Dreamhaven now seeks funding
It's not alone. Some of the most promising new studios are hitting roadblocks. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It's not alone. Some of the most promising new studios are hitting roadblocks. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Blizzard Co-Founder’s Game Startup Struggles Amid Industry Glut
Mike Morhaime, a co-founder of video-game giant Blizzard Entertainment, sent a letter to staff at his new company Dreamhaven this week that he wished he didn’t have to write.
www.bloomberg.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
New: Blizzard cofounder's Dreamhaven is struggling in today's challenged games market per an internal letter. Its 2 new games sold below expectations. Dreamhaven now seeks funding
It's not alone. Some of the most promising new studios are hitting roadblocks. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It's not alone. Some of the most promising new studios are hitting roadblocks. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NEW: 2K Games laid off more than 80 people at BioShock 4 developer Cloud Chamber this week, about 1/3 of the studio.
This new BioShock has been in the works for more than a decade across multiple studios.
Here's the story behind its development hell: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This new BioShock has been in the works for more than a decade across multiple studios.
Here's the story behind its development hell: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Take-Two Guts ‘BioShock’ Studio After a Decade of Development
Thirty percent of the studio was laid off this week, adding more years to the game’s production
www.bloomberg.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
NEW: 2K Games laid off more than 80 people at BioShock 4 developer Cloud Chamber this week, about 1/3 of the studio.
This new BioShock has been in the works for more than a decade across multiple studios.
Here's the story behind its development hell: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This new BioShock has been in the works for more than a decade across multiple studios.
Here's the story behind its development hell: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Seems like the overwhelmingly negative response stuck a major nerve for these companies. Let's keep it up!
Asked some questions on the Reddit AMA, ACLU & Fight for the Future gave some great responses. Link in the comment below
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bsky.app/profile/acva...
August 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Seems like the overwhelmingly negative response stuck a major nerve for these companies. Let's keep it up!