Posts Tagged ‘Gaming’
Gambling in Video Games: Australia’s Selective Moral Panic
Australia’s recent crackdown on gambling-like mechanics in video games looks, at first glance, like a clear win for consumer protection. From September 2024, games with paid loot boxes or chance-based purchases must carry at least an M rating, while games with simulated gambling are pushed into R18+ territory. The policy is framed as a way…
Read MoreRockstar Games Meets Union Leaders for First Recognition Talks
This article is part of a series about Rockstar Games and working conditions in the video games industry. The recently established Rockstar Games Worker’s Union could be a step closer to achieving formal recognition. Leaders within the RGWU report they have had met with Rockstar Games management for the first time to negotiate a voluntary…
Read MoreQuake at 30: The Game That Shook the Future of First-Person Shooters
When Quake arrived in 1996, it did more than add another landmark title to id Software’s already formidable reputation. It pushed the first-person shooter into a new technical, social, and cultural era. Released after the genre-defining success of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, Quake transformed the shooter from a fast, flat, maze-like experience into a fully…
Read MoreRockstar Games Workers Union Seeks Formal Recognition
This article is part of a series about Rockstar Games and working conditions in the video games industry. Rockstar Games could become just the second UK games studio with a recognised union after developers applied for voluntary recognition of the IWGB Games Workers Union. Formal recognition of the union would grant additional protections and rights…
Read MoreAnother Legal Setback For Rockstar Games
A UK employment tribunal has denied Rockstar Games’ request to have allegations of ‘blacklisting’ removed from the case involving the summary dismissal of 31 employees. The ruling means the fired workers, represented by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), will be allowed to bring all claims of union-busting by Rockstar to the trial,…
Read MoreRockstar Developers Launch UK Union
Developers at Rockstar Games in the United Kingdom have publicly launched the Rockstar Game Workers Union, the studio’s first union, as a legal dispute over the dismissal of 31 workers continues five months before the release of Grand Theft Auto VI. The union, a subsidiary of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain, was announced…
Read MoreThis Week In Entertainment News Fri 13 March 2026
Court has been in session this week with two high-profile cases brought to a close, another major Australian festival has been cancelled, and Aussie rock royalty celebrate a milestone, plus more entertainment news from Australia and around the world. In a blow to ticketholders, Live Nation has retained its monopoly on the live event ticketing…
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