Yesterday, the European Court of Justice ruled that employers in Europe should implement a system for tracking employees’ working hours. According to a number of analysts, this decision will contribute to the fight against crunches in the gaming industry.

We often hear about the burnout of individual developers or entire creative teams that have gone through a crunch. The Red Dead Redemption 2 team from Rockstar and the bankrupt Telltale studio faced rework.

Mike Wilson, a veteran of the gaming industry, believes that the corporate culture of large gaming companies is inhumane and harms their employees. Therefore, developers need their own trade union or a collective agreement with the employer.