GTA 6 Leaks: Rockstar Fires 40 Employees Found Guilty Of Leaking Game Info

Rockstar Games, the studio behind the GTA franchise, has taken a rather bold step of firing around 40 employees who were leaking company secrets, most probably content related to GTA 6. A Rockstar Games spokesperson said to Bloomberg that the employees had been sharing company information in a forum that included non-employees. The statement read, 'Last week, we took action against a small number of individuals who were found to be distributing and discussing confidential information in a public forum, a violation of our company policies,” the spokesperson said. “This was in no way related to people’s right to join a union or engage in union activities.'Around 30 to 40 employees have been removed from the offices of Rockstar Games located in Canada

and UK citing 'gross misconduct.' However, there's another side to the story, too. The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain said to Bloomberg that the firings are, 'one of the most blatant and ruthless acts of union busting in the history of the games industry.'For your information, all the affected employees were part of a private trade union chat group on Discord, and the outsiders in the group consist of labor organizers. Alex Marshal, president of the Union, said, 'Rockstar Games is afraid of hard-working staff privately discussing exercising their rights for a fairer workplace and a collective voice. Management is showing they don’t care about delays to GTA VI, and that they’re prioritizing union-busting by targeting the very people who make the game.'

Rockstar Games' Stance On Leaks

Rockstar Games has been pretty strict in dealing with leakers in the past. And the company has tightened the protocols after the monstrous 2022 leak in which a lot of GTA 6 gameplay footage surfaced online. Rockstar Games also asked all the employees to work from the office primarily for security reasons. As of now, both the studio and the union are telling different stories. However, Rockstar's stand is pretty justified considering the amount of leaks related to GTA 6 already floating on the internet.