French Game Developers Mark First Industry-wide Strike

Fuente: International Business Times

Workers at 'Assassin's Creed' maker Ubisoft joined the video game sector-wide strike in France AFP French video game workers on Thursday hit the pause button in a first-ever sector-wide walkout over conditions and job cuts. Several fat years fed by higher sales during coronavirus lockdowns have given way to belt-tightening in the industry, with waves of layoffs and studio closures. The STJV union called for demonstrations in a clutch of cities around France including Paris, Bordeaux in the southwest and Rennes in the northwest.