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Tyler Wilde

Bethesda Game Studios developers form 'wall to wall' union that includes artists, designers, and programmers

Todd Howard at E3 2018.

Developers at Bethesda Game Studios have elected to unionize with the Communications Workers of America, a national labor organization that has also worked with Activision Blizzard employees on collective bargaining efforts.

Unlike some games industry unions whose membership is isolated to QA departments—ZeniMax QA workers unionized last year, for instance—this is a "wall-to-wall union," says the CWA, and was formed by votes from 241 "artists, engineers, programmers, and designers" across three offices. It's the first of its kind at a Microsoft-owned studio.

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