Our latest coverage of Proletariat.
Not all unionizing efforts are destined for a happy ending, especially when a big bad bully is doing everything it can to stop it. Over the past few months, Activision Blizzard has been actively trying to derail the formation of worker unions in several of its studios, including Raven Software, Blizzard, Albany, and Proletariat. Unfortunately, the company has succeeded in [...]
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Another ABK-owned studio is currently in the process of forming a union, and this time it’s the whole studio and not just the QA department. Proletariat joins the QA workers of Raven Software and Blizzard Albany in unionizing under the Communication Workers Alliance banner. The studio is best known for its fantasy battle royale game Spellbreak and was acquired by [...]
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Spellbreak developer Proletariat has been acquired by Blizzard Entertainment to bolster the World of Warcraft development team. According to VentureBeat, all 100 employees of the Boston-based studio will be working on Blizzard’s popular MMORPG including the upcoming Dragonflight expansion. “A big part of caring for our teams is making sure we have the resources to produce experiences our communities will [...]
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