Raises Instead of Layoffs; Nintendo Positively Surprises
Nintendo is not going to follow in the footsteps of other companies and make huge staff cuts. The Japanese company not only does not get rid of employees, but also wants to pay them even more. It has just announced 10 percent salary increases.
hardware & software
February 10, 2023
Ubisoft CEO Gives Up Part of Salary Due to Company's Situation
The head of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot gave up part of his salary. The reason for the decision are problems in the company.
video games
June 24, 2022
EA CEO's Annual Earnings Halved, but Still Worth Millions
EA's CEO's salary has been cut in half. However, Andrew Wilson has no reasons to complain, as he earned more than $20 million last fiscal year anyway.
video games
June 18, 2022
Capcom Will Pay People More And It's No April Fool's Joke
Capcom, on a wave of success, is making management changes. One of them is to increase employee salaries by 30%.
video games
April 1, 2022
Bobby Kotick Second Top-paid CEO of 2020 in Gaming Industry
The creator of Games One has collected data on the richest CEOs in the video game industry. Surprisingly, Bobby Kotick is not the king of the list.
video games
January 14, 2022
Ubisoft Gives Raises to Experienced Employees Amid Fears They May Leave
Ubisoft Canada raises salaries of its employees, but not like one would expect. The biggest increase goes to those who can already boast impressive salaries.
video games
November 8, 2021
Bobby Kotick Wants His Salary Reduced to Legal Minimum
Activision's CEO will be earning significantly less. Bobby Kotick has asked to reduce his salary to the minimum allowed by law. He also revealed a plan to prevent cases of bullying and sexual harassment in his company.
video games
October 29, 2021
Twitch Hacked - Leak Reveals Streamer Earnings and Plan to Compete With Steam
An anonymous hacker leaked the source code of Twitch. Among the 125 GB of data were also the earnings of major streamers using the service. The amounts are staggering.
other
October 6, 2021
How Much Does a Gamedev Make? Apparently Up to $1 Million
A spreadsheet has been published on Twitter that summarizes the salaries of various positions in the video game industry. The record holder made over $1 million last year.
video games
August 17, 2021
Google Slashes Salaries of Remote Workers Based on Where They Live
How to earn less at Google? All you need to do is to permanently relocate in remote work mode to some place not too urbanized, it doesn't have to be far from the main office. Thanks to this, your salary could be reduced by up to 25%.
hardware & software
August 11, 2021
5 Billion in 5 Years; Pokemon GO is Making Tons of Money
It has been 5 years since the launch of Pokemon GO. Despite the age of time, the game still generates huge profits and remains a global phenomenon.
video games
July 7, 2021
GameDevPaidMe - Developers Reveal Their Earnings on Twitter
Hashtag #GameDevPaidMe is trending on Twitter again, and just like a year ago, developers are revealing their earnings and encouraging fellow developers to break the conspiracy of silence.
video games
May 12, 2021
Jason Schreier on Controversy Surrounding Bonus Distribution at CD Projekt
In his latest article published on Bloomberg, Jason Schreier touched on the subject of bonuses received by the bosses of CD Projekt and how they compare to the amounts received by other employees. The disproportion is very large.
video games
April 30, 2021
Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick Agrees to 50% Salary Cut
Bobby Kotick agrees to cut his salary and annual bonus by 50%. Activision Blizzard's CEO will stay in his position until at least March 31, 2023.
video games
April 29, 2021
Activision Blizzard Investors Concerned About Bobby Kotick's Bonuses
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will receive further bonuses despite continuing layoffs at the company. The situation has the investors worried.
video games
March 17, 2021
Elon Musk Became the Richest Man in the World
Thanks to the dynamic increase in the value of Tesla's stock prices, its founder, Elon Musk, climbed to the top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
hardware & software
January 8, 2021
Elon Musk Takes Over Bill Gates as World's Second Richest Man
Thanks to the stock market success of Tesla, its founder - billionaire Elon Musk - earned as much as $100.3 billion this year. Thanks to that he overtook Bill Gates in the ranking of the richest people in the world.
hardware & software
November 24, 2020
EA Executives Won't Get Their Huge Bonuses
Electronic Arts was going to award great bonuses to its directors. They won't get them, though, as during a recent meeting, the shareholders refused to approve bonuses for Andrew Wilson, among others.
video games
August 13, 2020
Blizzard Employees Organise Themselves and Demand Pay Rises
Bloomberg reports of further actions of disgruntled Blizzard employees. More than 870 people have tly developed a list of demands from the company, including longer holidays and wage increases.
video games
August 6, 2020
Blizzard - Frustrated Employees Fight for Higher Wages
Employees of Blizzard Entertainment, reached by journalist Jason Schreier from Bloomberg Technology, complain about the amount of wages in the studio. A sheet is circulating around the company, in which people write their salaries anonymously. One employedd also added the remuneration the company's CEO, Bobby Kotick.
video games
August 4, 2020