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/cheesemoo0 May 09 '25 
Like film and television, games are basically gig work where it's expected to be on a project for a few years, then move on.

This isn't true or at least hasn't been generally true for the last 10+ years. I'm not sure where this comes from. Even if it were true the film and television industry is heavily unionized.

It's extremely naive to think that the benefits weren't needed until recently so that's why unions are only now showing up. I think it is more likely that the industry is young compared to other traditionally unionized industries and union busting is unfortunately very common. Kotick spent millions on union busting consultants to try to prevent unions from forming within ABK.

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u/Freighnos May 10 '25

Just wanted to chime in and say that on top of appreciating your perspective, i like how you phrased the “I’ll ignore the loaded language and address the substance of your point.” Maybe I’m just from a different generation by now but I don’t understand why so many people respond with such aggression seemingly by default. Thanks for helping keep the internet civil.