“We want to make games but…”: The Reason Overwatch Devs Unionized Also Applies to Marvel Rivals
The gaming industry’s relationship with its talent has always been… complicated. One day you’re celebrated for creating a blockbuster title, and the next you’re updating your LinkedIn profile.
This harsh reality recently drove Blizzard’s Overwatch team to form a union of nearly 200 developers—the second wall-to-wall union at the company following World of Warcraft‘s similar move last July.
But this story isn’t just about Overwatch. It’s about a troubling pattern that’s becoming all too familiar—one that recently played out with NetEase Games’ Marvel Rivals team. The parallels are striking, and they reveal an uncomfortable truth about job security in an industry where success doesn’t guarantee safety.
When success sadly doesn’t guarantee job security
The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild-cwa was formed primarily in response to Microsoft’s sweeping layoffs in January 2024, which cut 1,900 people from its gaming division. This was the...
This harsh reality recently drove Blizzard’s Overwatch team to form a union of nearly 200 developers—the second wall-to-wall union at the company following World of Warcraft‘s similar move last July.
But this story isn’t just about Overwatch. It’s about a troubling pattern that’s becoming all too familiar—one that recently played out with NetEase Games’ Marvel Rivals team. The parallels are striking, and they reveal an uncomfortable truth about job security in an industry where success doesn’t guarantee safety.
When success sadly doesn’t guarantee job security
The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild-cwa was formed primarily in response to Microsoft’s sweeping layoffs in January 2024, which cut 1,900 people from its gaming division. This was the...
- 12/05/2025
- di Soumyajit Mukherjee
- FandomWire
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