Game Workers Unite UK will take aim at unpaid overtime, racism and sexism in sector
Enizr: "Today we have some artwork of New Union - a STALKER meets Fallout RPG third-person shooter being developed by Best Way on its GEM Engine, which show us some interesting and diverse locales. Their upcoming game is set in an alternative future where the Cold War and Cuban missile crisis actually ended in a nuclear faceoff, resulting in the demise of most of the world's population, while nearly all territory has become uninhabitable due to radioactive contamination"
Enizr: "The first trailer for New Union - a STALKER meets Fallout RPG/third-person shooter - has been released, and we got dibs. Being developed by Best Way on its GEM Engine, the clip gives us our first look at life in post-apocalyptic Russia, and shows how residents now dwell in underground structures, as mutants and anomalies roam the ground above."
Enizr: "New Union is an upcoming third-person role-playing game set in alternate historical reality in Russia, being developed for the PC. Scheduled for release in 2013, the title is set in an open world free for you to explore. You play as a Soviet officer traversing through a post-nuclear Russia while attempting to survive anomalies, mutants and other diverse enemies."
GSC's death creates another stalker off shoot. I'm honestly more interested in cryzone now it's gone full indie. The third person part immediately shoots this in the head for me - still I hope it works out.
Ya and by extent now you get paid less than everyone else because of union fees.
Racism and sexism? How appalling. Who would join an industry that promotes such things in the first place? Why subject yourself to such medieval misery? Please administrative state, save us from ourselves with your arbitrary quotas.
Good stuff. Crunch time over a long period of time is completely unacceptable. When Bobby Kotick's yearly bonus alone is over $30 million, why shouldn't workers stand up for themselves and ensure that they are working reasonable hours? Their work is what makes these companies billions of dollars.
Unions are demonized in America by the right but anyone with common sense will understand that workers standing together is the most effective way to fight against crunch and advocate for better conditions. "That's communism, bro!!!"
Never understood the mentality of defending abusive and exploitative employment practices in gaming. More than often it doesn't result in better games, and really, consumers showing such blind loyalty has only lead to consumer abuse and exploitation.
Well done, this is a much needed move.
People are easily exploited out there and a union will be their logical voice of reason in this industry.
I have worked in the creative industry and crunch time is something inevitable. No matter how hard you work at the beginning, it is inevitable that you will work to the last second before submitting. It's good to know that people get payed for the overtime they do and only people who have been through this predicament will understand.