{"id":849464,"date":"2026-08-07T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849464\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T14:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:00:09","slug":"charity-bundle-hosted-by-necrosoft-games-nears-200000-goal-to-support-workers-affected-by-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849464\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity bundle hosted by Necrosoft Games nears $200,000 goal to support workers affected by layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/b\/3802\/game-industry-hardship-fund\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Itch.io charity bundle<\/a> supporting industry workers affected by layoffs in the US and Canada is close to reaching its $200,000 goal.<\/p>\n<p>Necrosoft Games is hosting the bundle, offering 127 titles for a minimum price of $10.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, the bundle has raised over $169,000 with seven days left. The offer ends August 13.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the bundle will support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/union-launches-hardship-fund-for-laid-off-developers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a hardship fund created by the United Videogame Workers (UVW-CWA) union<\/a>, which launched on July 6.<\/p>\n<p>The fund is supported by UVW-CWA membership fees and offers two tiers: the Small Fund, providing up to $1,000, and the Major Expenses Tier, offering $1,000 to $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>The UVW-CWA hardship fund is available to anyone affected by layoffs or related hardships, regardless of union membership.<\/p>\n<p>Recipients may use the funds for work-related or personal expenses, such as groceries, rent, medical bills, and moving costs.<\/p>\n<p>Bethesda Game Studios union OneBGS recently reported that a member <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/bethesdaunion.bsky.social\/post\/3msevpeufsk2j\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">used the hardship fund to cover moving expenses<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/xbox-to-reduce-workforce-by-3200-five-studios-to-be-divested\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> mass layoffs at Xbox<\/a> impacted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/they-want-us-to-accept-this-as-a-done-deal-and-quietly-disappear-bethesda-union-members-organise-protest-in-response-to-xbox-layoffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">440 union members<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Itch.io charity bundle supporting industry workers affected by layoffs in the US and Canada is close to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-849464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}