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Raven Software

Based in Middleton, Wisconsin, United States Founded 1990 Part of Activision

Raven Software is an Activision studio in Wisconsin that co-develops Call of Duty, including work on Warzone; earlier it made Heretic, Hexen and Soldier of Fortune. Its games are sold by Activision at full price or as free-to-play titles funded by in-game purchases.

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On the record 4dated events, each with a source
In the guide 1game it made or published

Track-record badges

What stands out, worst first

  • Labour dispute

    Labour dispute

    QA staff struck for nearly two months in 2021-22; in 2022 the US labour board found merit in a charge that Activision withheld raises from them in retaliation for unionising.

Track record

What's on the record, newest first

  1. Labour

    Union ratified first contract after three years

    Raven's union ratified its first contract with Microsoft, including a 10% wage increase over two years, limits on mandatory overtime and layoff protections. It followed an August 2024 unfair-labour-practice charge in which the union alleged Raven, Activision and Microsoft were bargaining in bad faith; Microsoft said it was committed to good-faith bargaining.

    GamesIndustry.biz
  2. Regulator action

    US labour board found merit in retaliation charge

    The National Labor Relations Board found merit in the union's charge that Activision Blizzard retaliated against Raven QA testers by excluding them from an April 2022 pay rise given to other QA staff. Activision Blizzard disagreed, saying labour law barred new pay changes during a pending election.

    GamesIndustry.biz
  3. Labour

    QA testers voted to form the first union at a major US games publisher

    Raven's QA testers voted 19 to 3 to form the Game Workers Alliance with the Communications Workers of America after Activision Blizzard declined to recognise the union voluntarily. Activision Blizzard said a decision affecting the whole studio should not be made by 19 employees, then recognised the union in June 2022.

    GamesIndustry.biz
  4. Labour

    QA staff walked out after contract testers were laid off

    Raven Software staff began a walkout, which became a strike lasting nearly two months, after a dozen QA contractors were let go, demanding full-time jobs for the whole QA team. Activision said it was converting about 500 temporary workers across its studios to full-time roles. The strike ended in January 2022 after the QA testers announced they were forming a union.

    GamesIndustry.biz

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Games in the guide

What Raven Software made or published

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Last checked 1 November 2026. Sources: www.gamesindustry.biz, www.gamesindustry.biz, www.gamesindustry.biz, www.gamesindustry.biz, www.gamesindustry.biz, www.gamesindustry.biz, kotaku.com, www.bloomberg.com, www.gamesindustry.biz, cwa-union.org, en.wikipedia.org. Spotted something wrong or missing? Send a correction.