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Balatro dev bumps update to avoid crunch News Sep 18th, 2025

Balatro dev bumps update to avoid crunch

"I am working slowly, but I like it that way"

Striking Distance's Schofield walks back crunch remarks News Sep 5th, 2022

Striking Distance's Schofield walks back crunch remarks

"We value passion and creativity, not long hours"

Rockstar reportedly has addressed working culture as it works on GTA 6 News Jul 29th, 2022

Rockstar reportedly has addressed working culture as it works on GTA 6

Follows aggressive crunch being frequent on previous titles

CD Projekt once again promises no crunch for new Witcher game News Mar 24th, 2022

CD Projekt once again promises no crunch for new Witcher game

The studio has made this pledge in the past only for staff to work longer hours

Report: TT Games staff crunching to finish LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga News Jan 21st, 2022

Report: TT Games staff crunching to finish LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Employees complain of pressure to work longer hours than expected

IGDA dev survey shows unionisation level has doubled since 2019 News Oct 19th, 2021

IGDA dev survey shows unionisation level has doubled since 2019

12 per cent of workers are involved in a union

Respawn says it refuses to crunch team on Apex Legends News Nov 11th, 2020

Respawn says it refuses to crunch team on Apex Legends

Game director Grenier says updates might be slower, but staff health is a priority

CD Projekt's Kiciński apologises for Cyberpunk 2077 crunch remarks News Oct 30th, 2020

CD Projekt's Kiciński apologises for Cyberpunk 2077 crunch remarks

"I have nothing to say in my defence. What I said was not even unfortunate, it was utterly bad"

CD Projekt's Kiciński insists Cyberpunk 2077 crunch was "not that bad" News Oct 29th, 2020

CD Projekt's Kiciński insists Cyberpunk 2077 crunch was "not that bad"

Joint CEO says that not everyone at the studio was working longer hours to complete the game

Report: CD Projekt mandates six-day weeks ahead of Cyberpunk 2077 launch News Sep 30th, 2020

Report: CD Projekt mandates six-day weeks ahead of Cyberpunk 2077 launch

Comes after the studio made a big song and dance about not forcing staff to crunch

New report suggests Rockstar is changing its working culture News Apr 16th, 2020

New report suggests Rockstar is changing its working culture

Follows accusations of long periods of crunch for Red Dead Redemption 2 and other titles

Id was crunching for most of 2019 on Doom Eternal News Jan 22nd, 2020

Id was crunching for most of 2019 on Doom Eternal

The game is set for a March release

New publisher Modern Wolf says it has a crunch-free environment News Aug 22nd, 2019

New publisher Modern Wolf says it has a crunch-free environment

The company has five titles set for release over the next two years

Treyarch says it takes employee wellbeing "very seriously" following damning report into Call of Duty Black Ops 4's development News Jun 27th, 2019

Treyarch says it takes employee wellbeing "very seriously" following damning report into Call of Duty Black Ops 4's development

Contractors complain of being treated like second class citizens, developers had to work long hours to finish last-minute battle royale addition Blackout

Destiny 2 content delayed as Bungie looks to maintain developer work-life balance News Jun 25th, 2019

Destiny 2 content delayed as Bungie looks to maintain developer work-life balance

Creative director Luke Smith says forthcoming patch could be ready sooner than anticipated if it had people work absurd hours to get it done

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