Almost 200 members of Blizzard's Overwatch 2 team have unionized: "The biggest issue was the layoffs at the beginning of 2024"

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This is the second wall-to-wall union to form at Blizzard since the World of Warcraft team organized in July 2024

Screenshots of Overwatch 2 showing teams battling it out along with new perks and a Stadium game mode in action
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Most of the Overwatch 2 development team has formed the second wall-to-wall union under Blizzard since the World of Warcraft team voted to organize in July 2024.

Per Kotaku, almost 200 Overwatch 2 developers — pretty much everyone who isn't a supervisor or part of the management team — have joined the Communications Workers of America (CWA) as Overwatch Gamemakers Guild-CWA.

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