Close to the top of October 2025, Rockstar fired over thirty devs in the UK and Canada over what it referred to as “gross misconduct.” The Impartial Staff’ Union of Nice Britain accused Rockstar of union busting for shedding employees who had been organizing with the union. Either side have held agency for the reason that preliminary accusations, and now the battle has gone to courtroom within the UK.
As reported by Video Games Chronicle, Rockstar and the IWGB went earlier than the courtroom earlier this week, the place the latter requested that the fired employees be given “interim aid” whereas the authorized drama performs out. If granted, that will place the affected employees again on Rockstar’s payroll and permit some to maintain their visas that had been reliant on their jobs. The courtroom will reportedly determine on the matter earlier than the top of the week.
The IWGB pledged to proceed preventing for the employees whatever the courtroom’s choice, whereas Rockstar reiterated its place that the employees broke the corporate’s coverage.
“Now we have persistently made clear that we took obligatory motion towards a bunch of people throughout the UK and Canada who mentioned extremely confidential data, together with regarding recreation options from upcoming and unannounced titles, in an insecure and public social channel,” a Rockstar spokesperson advised IGN. “This was a breach of long-standing and well-understood confidentiality insurance policies. This channel contained at the very least 25 non-Rockstar workers, together with workers of competitor recreation builders, a video video games trade journalist, in addition to dozens of nameless, unidentifiable members. In the meantime, workers who posted union-supportive messages, however who didn’t breach confidentiality insurance policies, weren’t dismissed.”
There may be some query as as to if the alleged break of confidentiality had something to do with Grand Theft Auto 6. A report from November 2025 famous that the workers in query shared particulars about Rockstar’s rule modifications for Slack, which eradicated many of the private and non-work channels. That story additionally acknowledged that Rockstar’s inside safety is so tight that workers cannot even examine their work emails except they’re within the workplace.
This case could boil down as to if Rockstar can show that the workers shared delicate particulars that violated their phrases of employment. The case has drawn a substantial quantity of consideration worldwide. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and MP Chris Murray have each pledged to look into it, however the authorized battle could take a very long time to play out.