As videogames make billions, the workers behind them say it’s time to unionise


Attendees play with the Microsoft Xbox at the Microsoft booth at the GDC Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 20, 2019. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS) **FOR USE WITH THIS STORY ONLY**

At an industry conference for videogame developers in late March, the thousands of lanyarded attendees could try new games, swap business cards and hear from experts on rendering realistic blood spatter. 

Or they could talk about unionising. 

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