Over 450 Diablo developers at Blizzard have unionized

Over 450 Diablo developers at Blizzard Entertainment have voted to unionize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union will represent employees across multiple disciplines, including designers, engineers, artists, and support staff. This comes after a series of layoffs in the gaming division at Microsoft, Blizzard's parent company, as well as across the industry. The Diablo team is not the first to unionize at Blizzard. ZeniMax QA workers and the Blizzard Story and Franchise Development team have also unionized with the CWA. The mass layoffs at Microsoft were a major motivating factor for the Diablo team's decision to unionize, as they felt that no amount of hard work could protect them from future layoffs. The CWA also helped the developers behind Overwatch unionize earlier this summer, and the union says that more than 3,500 Microsoft workers have organized with them. The article notes that this is just the first step in a growing movement of video game workers across the industry who are tired of living in fear of job insecurity.