No Games For Genocide is a group of game workers, activists, union organisers, and journalists that care about the games industry, Palestine and all people living under the violence of colonialism and imperialism. We want to expose and work to end the material and commercial ties between the games industry and any military it has ties too, with a particular focus on Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The games industry’s complicity in normalising the presence of the military, and even in the development of military technology, has gone on for too long. Whether it be through the racist, militaristic content of the games themselves, having military recruiters at eSports events, or games being developed as military training simulators, there is a deep connection between games and genocide that needs to be broken. There are even games companies that work with businesses that directly benefit from or support Israel and its military.
We not only need to actually have conversations about how these games studios profit from financial links to genocide, but to take action against them. There is no place for genocide in the games industry, and we are committed to pushing against this complicity.