The entirety of Blizzard’s 500-strong World of Warcraft development team have unionised, making it the largest group within Microsoft’s gaming teams to do so thus far.

Around 1750 employees within Microsoft’s gaming teams are now unionised, Bloomberg reported yesterday, including those working on Blizzard’s veteran MMO.

World of Warcraft developers will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America (CWA), which celebrated the inclusion of Blizzard staff yesterday in a statement which dubbed the joining as the “first wall-to-wall union at Activision Blizzard”, and “a key inflection point in the broader movement for video game worker organising industry-wide”.

Blizzard unionisation leaders have said they want to improve standards of pay, as well …

Tasking us all with bringing some order back to the universe, Nintendo has announced its next Switch Online trial for members.
From today (8th July) until 14th July, those interested can take Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope out for a spin as part of their subscription. The full game is available during this time.

Mario+Rabbids: Sparks of Hope – Nintendo Switch – DF Tech Review – A Worthy Sequel?

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We all knew it was coming, but yesterday, after multiple leaks, Rockstar finally announced Red Dead Redemption will soon launch on PC.
As Ed reported, the upcoming release will also include Red Dead Redemption’s standalone zombie expansion – Undead Nightmare – on its PC debut.
And now, we also know those all important PC requirements for Rockstar’s cowboy epic, so if you are getting ready to saddle up and ride off with John Martson and co, you can double check you’ve got the kit you need.

Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare Coming to PC October 29

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