{"id":1927882,"date":"2026-05-10T15:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1927882"},"modified":"2026-05-10T15:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:52:42","slug":"psychonauts-kiln-studio-double-fine-votes-to-unionise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1927882","title":{"rendered":"Psychonauts, Kiln studio Double Fine votes to unionise"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Psychonauts, Kiln studio Double Fine votes to unionise<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;Microsoft has taken a neutral approach and agreed not to interfere in any way with workers&#8217; rights to organise unions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Kiln-key-art-showing-battling-pots.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Kiln key art showing battling pots\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Kiln-key-art-showing-battling-pots.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Double Fine<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-10T15:52:42+00:00\">May 10, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"8c74f014-523f-405b-a232-754158c1899b\" data-name=\"Kiln\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Kiln\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Kiln\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Kiln\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Kiln\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Kiln\" title=\"Follow Kiln\"><br \/>\n  Follow Kiln<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/psychonauts\">Psychonauts<\/a> studio, Double Fine, is set to unionise with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).<\/p>\n<p>Workers from the developer petitioned to form the union at the end of last week, following in the footsteps of several other Microsoft-owned studios that have formed unions with the CWA. A total of 42 full- and part-time employees voted in favour of the decision.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Kiln &#8211; Official Beta Launch Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NZBiSjFg8VU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;On 7th May, the workers at Microsoft studio Double Fine Productions announced their decision to form a union with CWA to preserve and extend the studio&#8217;s commitments to creative excellence, diversity and inclusion, and worker quality of life,&#8221; CWA told <a href=\"https:\/\/aftermath.site\/double-fine-union-microsoft-cwa-xbox\/\">Aftermath<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In tandem with requesting voluntary recognition from the company, workers have also filed an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to secure union representation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate that Microsoft has taken a neutral approach and agreed not to interfere in any way with workers&#8217; rights to organise unions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not, of course, the first Microsoft studio to unionise. Employees at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/developers-microsoft-owned-doom-studio-id-software-form-union-with-cwa\">Doom studio id Software similarly voted in favour of union representation with the CWA<\/a> back in December.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cwa-negotiates-new-contract-for-zenimax-including-substantial-wage-increases-and-a-credits-policy-for-qa-staff\">CWA also negotiated a new contract with ZeniMax Media staff at Microsoft<\/a> that set &#8220;new standards for the industry&#8221; last May.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/psychonauts\">Psychonauts<\/a> studio, Double Fine, is set to unionise with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).<\/p>\n<p>Workers from the developer petitioned to form the union at the end of last week, following in the footsteps of several other Microsoft-owned studios that have formed unions with the CWA. A total of 42 full- and part-time employees voted in favour of the decision.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Kiln &#8211; Official Beta Launch Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NZBiSjFg8VU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;On 7th May, the workers at Microsoft studio Double Fine Productions announced their decision to form a union with CWA to preserve and extend the studio&#8217;s commitments to creative excellence, diversity and inclusion, and worker quality of life,&#8221; CWA told <a href=\"https:\/\/aftermath.site\/double-fine-union-microsoft-cwa-xbox\/\">Aftermath<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In tandem with requesting voluntary recognition from the company, workers have also filed an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to secure union representation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate that Microsoft has taken a neutral approach and agreed not to interfere in any way with workers&#8217; rights to organise unions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not, of course, the first Microsoft studio to unionise. Employees at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/developers-microsoft-owned-doom-studio-id-software-form-union-with-cwa\">Doom studio id Software similarly voted in favour of union representation with the CWA<\/a> back in December.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cwa-negotiates-new-contract-for-zenimax-including-substantial-wage-increases-and-a-credits-policy-for-qa-staff\">CWA also negotiated a new contract with ZeniMax Media staff at Microsoft<\/a> that set &#8220;new standards for the industry&#8221; last May.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Psychonauts, Kiln studio Double Fine votes to unionise &#8220;Microsoft has taken a neutral approach and agreed not to interfere in any way with workers&#8217; rights to organise unions.&#8221; Image credit: Double Fine News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on May 10, 2026 Follow Kiln Psychonauts studio, Double Fine, is set to unionise with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-1927882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1927882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1927882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1927882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1927882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}