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93 current and former developers at Leslie Benzies' Build A Rocket Boy studio have published an open letter exposing mandatory overtime, botched layoffs, and management calling them 'family' while wreaking havoc on their lives.
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00:00 93 Devs Just Went Nuclear
02:43 "Worst Launch This Decade"
04:32 Four Months of Hell
06:39 The Union Gets Involved
08:31 Legal Action Begins
09:54 How ZA/UM Won This Fight
11:25 What Management Fears Most
Sources:
https://bellular.games/mindseye-the-worst-game-of-2025/
https://bellular.games/we-place-a-closer-eye-on-the-split-between-how-these-teams-handle-layoffs/
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/union-members-announce-legal-action-against-build-a-rocket-boy-over-layoffs
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/with-the-waves-of-layoffs-the-way-that-people-are-overworked-everyone-agrees-that-there-is-a-systemic-problem
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoffs-cancellations-and-controversy-zaum-uk-staff-unionise-as-the-workers-alliance
gameworkers.co.uk/barb-open-letter
pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/cheated-and-manipulated-mindseye-devs-eviscerate-studio-bosses-who-blamed-botched-launch-on-saboteurs-and-say-theyll-see-them-in-court-the-games-industry-is-not-the-wild-west-anymore
https://bellular.games/disco-elysiums-fractured-successor-studios/
gamedeveloper.com/business/report-za-um-will-lay-off-25-percent-of-staff-after-project-cancellation
medium.com/@dora.klindzic/i-blew-the-whistle-on-workplace-abuses-at-za-um-in-return-za-um-tried-to-defame-me-7ea1eda847e0
gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-za-um-announce-landmark-recognition-agreement
https://bsky.app/profile/shevek.bsky.social/post/3m27jgeh3bs2z
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93 current and former developers at Leslie Benzies' Build A Rocket Boy studio have published an open letter exposing mandatory overtime, botched layoffs, and management calling them 'family' while wreaking havoc on their lives.
Join us at http://bellular.games for early access content, 20 editions of 'Loading Screen' a month and to support our team!
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00:00 93 Devs Just Went Nuclear
02:43 "Worst Launch This Decade"
04:32 Four Months of Hell
06:39 The Union Gets Involved
08:31 Legal Action Begins
09:54 How ZA/UM Won This Fight
11:25 What Management Fears Most
Sources:
https://bellular.games/mindseye-the-worst-game-of-2025/
https://bellular.games/we-place-a-closer-eye-on-the-split-between-how-these-teams-handle-layoffs/
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/union-members-announce-legal-action-against-build-a-rocket-boy-over-layoffs
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/with-the-waves-of-layoffs-the-way-that-people-are-overworked-everyone-agrees-that-there-is-a-systemic-problem
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoffs-cancellations-and-controversy-zaum-uk-staff-unionise-as-the-workers-alliance
gameworkers.co.uk/barb-open-letter
pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/cheated-and-manipulated-mindseye-devs-eviscerate-studio-bosses-who-blamed-botched-launch-on-saboteurs-and-say-theyll-see-them-in-court-the-games-industry-is-not-the-wild-west-anymore
https://bellular.games/disco-elysiums-fractured-successor-studios/
gamedeveloper.com/business/report-za-um-will-lay-off-25-percent-of-staff-after-project-cancellation
medium.com/@dora.klindzic/i-blew-the-whistle-on-workplace-abuses-at-za-um-in-return-za-um-tried-to-defame-me-7ea1eda847e0
gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-za-um-announce-landmark-recognition-agreement
https://bsky.app/profile/shevek.bsky.social/post/3m27jgeh3bs2z
