Rockstar dismisses more than 30 staff; union alleges union-busting
At the end of October 2025, Rockstar Games let go of dozens of employees in the UK and Canada, Bloomberg reported. The IWGB union calls it union-busting, while Rockstar says the staff leaked confidential game information.
Published
Rockstar Games dismissed dozens of employees at offices in the UK and Canada at the end of October 2025, Bloomberg reported on October 31, 2025. The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) accuses the studio of trying to stop staff from unionizing. Rockstar rejects that and points to misconduct.
What was reported
In the Bloomberg report by Jason Schreier, an IWGB spokesperson put the number of people affected at between 30 and 40. The union said all of them belonged to a private union chat group on Discord and were either members or trying to organize at the company. At the time, Rockstar's stated reason was misconduct.
Rockstar's later explanation
On December 11, 2025, VGC reported on a statement Rockstar had given to IGN. In it, the studio said a small group had shared confidential information in a public forum, including specific features of upcoming and unannounced games. Rockstar called this a breach of company policy and of the employees' legal obligations, and described claims of a link to union membership as “entirely false and misleading.”
The case also reached British politics. During Prime Minister's Questions that same week, Edinburgh MP Chris Murray raised the dismissals. According to VGC, Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the case as deeply concerning and said the government would look into it.
What remains open
The sources we read do not confirm whether legal action followed or how it ended. None of them says the dismissals affected GTA VI's schedule, and Rockstar still lists the game for November 19, 2026.
More reports about Rockstar Games and GTA VI are in our news section.
Sources
Event: 30 October 2025 · Source published: 31 October 2025 · Checked on 27 October 2026.
