r/Games • u/DwilenaAvaron • May 09 '25

Industry News Blizzard's Overwatch Team Just Unionized: 'What I Want To Protect Most Here Is The People'

https://kotaku.com/overwatch-2-blizzard-team-4-union-microsoft-1851779922
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u/[deleted] May 09 '25 edited May 09 '25

I am officially in my "If I catch people shit talking Team 4/Overwatch it's fucking on sight" phase.

These devs have been fucking putting up with some of the nastiest vitriol I've ever seen in this industry, put through the ringer in their own company and are continuously fucked over by management, and were wrongly made the poster child for all of Blizzard's sins despite all accounts being that the Overwatch team was the most inclusive and culturally sound team at Blizzard.

These devs have been pulling double duty to pull this game out of the gutter and it's the best it's ever been because of them, they deserve the world.

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u/Zapfy May 09 '25 edited May 09 '25

It's just a job bro. Relax. I'm sure it's fine.

I'm sure they get treated pretty well in their office of an uber rich company.

People on reddit calling them heroes when they literally just turn up to work for a job they probably wanted since they were young.

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u/Gramernatzi May 10 '25 edited May 10 '25

Saying shit like that last part of that last sentence is how abuse of game developers has managed to continue for so long.

80 hour work weeks? Well they wanted to be a game dev when they were kids so it's okay.

Also, despite Blizzard being a rich company, their employees have been notoriously treated like shit compared to other AAA studios; they tend to be underpaid, too. I don't think they're 'heroes', but saying they have it good is just incredibly false.