Rockstar says that the IWGB union 'have no idea who was in this Discord' as the GTA 6 developer continues to claim that the firings of former devs were over leaks of 'specific game features'

Rockstar Games continues to deny the claims of union-busting

16 Dec 2025, 12:52 · TechRadar

News By Demi Williams published 16 December 2025

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Rockstar Games has reiterated that recent firings of GTA 6 employees were because they were leaking company secrets on Discord
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has denied these claims, accusing Rockstar of union-busting
In a new statement, Rockstar hit back at the counter-allegations, saying the IWGB doesn't know who was in the Discord channel

Rockstar Games has once again addressed accusations of union-busting from the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), claiming that it fired over 30 Grand Theft Auto 6 developers for sharing company secrets in a Discord channel.

Last week, UK Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer said the UK Parliament would investigate union-busting allegations against Rockstar Games after the studio fired 31 in the UK and three in Canada in October, calling the case "deeply concerning."

Following Starmer's words, Rockstar released a statement, reiterating on its initial defence, saying that it took action against a small group of individuals who "distributed and discussed confidential information (including specific game features from upcoming and unannounced titles) in a public forum, in breach of company policy and their legal obligations" and that claims of dismalls due to union membership or activities was false.

In response, the IWGB denied the claims, saying that the game developer's latest statement is "littered with falsehoods and disinformation" and that Rockstar has "given multiple, conflicting reasons to explain why the workers were fired, as if attempting to reverse engineer a rationale for the dismissals."

"Once again, they have chosen to mischaracterise workers speaking about their working conditions in a private forum as 'leaking information'," the statement reads. "It is hard to understand this statement as anything but a desperate attempt to deflect from the global scrutiny they have come under over the last month. From the UK Prime Minister in the House of Commons, to the game developers across the world erupting in protest - all eyes are on Rockstar and their lawless attack on the people who make them their billions."

According to IGN, Rockstar said that the Discord channel, which it claimed was used to spread company secrets, included non-Rockstar employees, including a game journalist, an employee of a rival developer, and multiple anonymous members.

It also claimed that current employees who were aware of Rockstar's policies informed the GTA developer of the alleged sharing of confidential information and expressed concern about what the now-fired employees were discussing in the channel.

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