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Don't you just hate it when you're left out of a game's credits after crunching for it for numerous weeks and months close to a Holiday season release? That seems like the case for last year's not-quite-exciting horror action game The Callisto Protocol. According to a Gamesindustry.biz report, 20 developers were omitted from the end credits of T...
A Washington Report states that the development of Diablo 4 was troubling, to say the least. While the report confirmed that the game would be out on 6 June (as previously leaked), the road leading up to it was filled with periods of crunch. Said report includes testimonies from 15 current and former Blizzard employees, obviously speaking under ...
File Bungie under the "toxic workplace video game company" section alongside Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft, Riot Games, and many others. IGN recently published a massive report on the Destiny/Destiny 2/OG Halo developers' flawed workplace culture, crunch, and hiring practices. The report included dozens of stories from former and current employee...
With all the news of Activision Blizzard being sued by the State of California for its hostile working environment, sexual harassment, and discrimination, alongside other pieces of news, fans are reconsidering their role in supporting the company and its games. These include the long-running MMORPG World of Warcraft, action RPG Diablo, and co-op mu...
A giant company that requires its workers to do as much overtime without extra pay (ie: to crunch) is a sign of both a systemic weakness and flaw in the video game-making business and the fact that companies need to learn how to manage a company properly as well as need some courses in business ethics. Allegations of said business practices and its...
Back in 2018, Kotaku published a detailed report on Rockstar's culture of crunch. Now, a new report shines the spotlight on the studio again. This time though, it's for positive reasons. According to Kotaku writer Jason Schreier's new report, Rockstar has been working on improving the working experience for its employees. An internal email from ex...
Crunch culture. The two words everyone in the video games industry knows all too well and constantly hope that they don't have to be a part of. Crunch is basically the act of working ungodly hours so that a game can ship on time. One of the most infamous perpetrators of crunch is none other than Rockstar Games. You'd think that one of the most suc...
At last year's E3, StudioMDHR announced that they were developing a DLC, aptly titled "Delicious Last Course", for their brutal-but-beautiful run and gun game Cuphead. However, it seems that fans will have to wait a bit longer. The indie studio announced that the DLC's release will be pushed to 2020 to ensure that the developers will be able to fo...
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