Overview
- The union publicly launched on May 28, 2026 and said a full UK employment tribunal hearing over the October 30 dismissals has been set.
- Thirty-one UK developers were sacked in a single day on October 30, 2025 after which staff say office workers were escorted out and remote accounts were locked.
- The IWGB and the new Rockstar Game Workers Union say the firings targeted union members and allege some fired staff on sponsored visas were reported to the Home Office, a claim reported by the union but not independently verified.
- Rockstar and parent Take-Two maintain the dismissals were for gross misconduct tied to sharing confidential information and deny union activity was a factor; interim pay was denied to the fired workers at a preliminary hearing in January.
- The union is organising across all five UK Rockstar sites, fundraising for legal costs, pressing demands for pay transparency and an end to crunch, and has drawn public protests and political scrutiny that could affect industry labour norms ahead of Grand Theft Auto VI’s release.