Update #2 [Fri 7th Nov 2025, 12am]: An anonymous staff member from Rockstar has shed light on troubling times at the studio via the .

This has been a particularly tough week for the juggernaut studio, which until 19th November, 2026 overnight.

Last week, the company dismissed approximately 30 to 40 staff from its Scottish and Canadian offices, in a move which was labelled as “union busting”.

But a statement from a studio spokesperson insisted those employees were dismissed due to sharing company secrets in a public forum. It’s since been confirmed that the mobilising staff were part of a private Discord also accessed by labour organisers.

This led to protests outside Rockstar North in Edinburgh and Take-Two’s office in London yesterday.

Now an anonymous staff member has shed more light on the situation, via .

We’re included the full, unedited post below:

Hey everyone, R* Employee of many years here!

Understandably I want to remain anonymous due to retaliation from the Company, but I may be willing to verify I'm an employee with @Spider-Vice via DM (if required). I am also a member of the Union.

I've been reading a lot of the discussion on here and elsewhere about the firing of more than 34 of my colleagues last week (31 in the UK + 3 in Canada) and have seen a lot of disinformation and lies that are really concerning. Particularly concerning how so many folk are willing to believe the Company's excuses.

Last week, my colleagues who were in the studio were each...

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