A love tale across time

Highlights

• Around 30–40 Rockstar Games employees reportedly dismissed on 30 October
  
• Union alleges staff were targeted over attempts to organise
  
• Take-Two says workers were fired for “gross misconduct”, denies union-busting
  
• Firings come months before GTA 6’s expected launch
  

Union claims ‘brazen retaliation’

Rockstar Games is facing allegations of union busting after reportedly dismissing dozens of staff believed to have been involved in a private workplace-organising chat. According to a Bloomberg report, between 30 and 40 employees across the UK and Canada were let go on 30 October, all linked to a Discord group used to discuss union issues.

The Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union said some of those affected were members, while others were attempting to organise. In a post on Bluesky, IWGB called the move “the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry”, saying it would fight for the workers to be reinstated.