Overview
- Rockstar says 30–40 staff in the UK and Canada were terminated for distributing confidential information in a public forum that included non-employees, asserting the actions were unrelated to union rights.
- Parent company Take-Two backs the decision as “gross misconduct,” while the IWGB rejects the leak claim and says the conversations occurred in a private union Discord channel.
- Protesters rallied on November 6 outside Rockstar North in Edinburgh and Take-Two’s London office, calling for reinstatement and reading statements from dismissed workers who deny leaking information.
- The union says it has backed up the Discord server for review by its barrister and is pursuing legal avenues, including appeals and interim relief, asserting the firings constitute unlawful union-busting.
- Rockstar has not specified what was allegedly leaked; the dispute follows a 2022 GTA 6 breach the company said cost about $5 million and prompted tighter security, with GTA 6 currently slated for May 26, 2026.