Hyper Light Drifter studio workers form union after rounds of layoffs
Workers at independent game studio Heart Machine, known for Hyper Light Drifter, have formed a union with Communications Workers of America Local 9003. This move follows multiple rounds of layoffs at the studio, including the discontinuation of Hyper Light Breaker. The union aims to protect workers in the face of industry instability and increasing demands for employee voices to be heard.
- Entities
- Company: Electronic Arts
- Company: id Software
- Company: Microsoft
- Game: Hyper Light Drifter
- Topic: Layoffs
- Topic: Labor Relations
- Company: Communications Workers of America
- Game: Solar Ash
- Company: Heart Machine
- Game: Hyper Light Breaker
- Company: Ubisoft
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