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IGDA Developer Satisfaction Survey illuminates thoughts on DEI, crediting

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
May 13, 2024
2 min

The International Game Developer Association (IGDA) recently released the findings of its 2023 Developer Satisfaction Survey. The new survey shows that respondents generally believe...

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2 min

Gilles Langourieux interview — How Virtuos grew with gaming and deals with labor shortages and crunch

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 2, 2021
17 min

Virtuos recently raised $150 million from private equity firm Baring Private Equity Asia, a new kind of investor coming into the growing game industry....

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17 min

Building a portfolio and turning it into a career.

A heartbreaking story of getting into the games industry

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 22, 2018
2 min

One of the defining characteristics of labor issues in the video game industry is that companies tend to treat workers as disposable. If you...

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2 min

Game developers need unions — they can’t afford another Telltale

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 26, 2018
7 min

For many people, working in the gaming industry is a dream come true. Until recently, I was one of those people: a four-year industry...

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7 min

The game industry must learn that uncompensated crunch isn’t normal

Posted byby Jason Wilson
May 3, 2016
3 min

After the International Game Developers Association announced our renewed focus on crunch time at GDC 2016, including ensuring fair compensation for the persistent practice...

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3 min