Overview
- People Make Games reports the flagged messages concerned internal Slack rule changes that removed non-work channels and limited status messages, not game leaks.
- An anonymous insider says a Discord member took the posts to management, which led to an investigation and the dismissals.
- Rockstar and Take-Two labeled the conduct “gross misconduct” for distributing confidential information and declined to add to prior statements.
- The Discord was invite-only for Rockstar employees and IWGB representatives, active since 2022 with paid union-only channels.
- Over 200 staff signed a letter seeking reinstatement of the fired workers, while protests and UK legal claims by IWGB continue.