Beat the 'crunch': new union for video games workers launches

Game Workers Unite UK will take aim at unpaid overtime, racism and sexism in sector

It is known as "crunch" - long hours of unpaid overtime put in by computer games workers in the run-up to highly anticipated releases, often at the behest of managers.

But the practice could soon be a thing of the past, as games workers unionise for the first time this weekend, taking aim at overtime, racism, sexism and bullying, which some say is rife in the sector.