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The Verge's big story wasn't a comprehensive account of the leadership changes. It was a chance for people inside MS to blame someone who was heading out the door for problems far wider and older than her tenure.

(content warning for spurs fans: story includes substantial tottenham references)

The one interview Xbox retweets 😶

Launch marketing for GTA VI will begin this Summer and there are no plans to delay the physical version, says Take-Two

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#GrandTheftAutoVI #GTA6 #GTAVI

Some 2025 US video game sales fun facts:

- 49% of PS5 and 66% of XBS hardware sales in 2025 did not include a physical media drive
- 13% of PS5 purchases in 2025 were of Pro models
- PlayStation Portal now has a 7% attach rate to PS5 hardware LTD

Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

Following yesterday's stock plunge, Ubisoft's market cap is now around half a billion euros. In 2018 it was around 10 billion euros. In eight years, the company has lost around 95% of its value

BREAKING: Ubisoft is canceling the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake and 5 other games (4 unannounced, 1 mobile). The company says it is also delaying 7 games (including an unannounced project believed to be a Black Flag remake) as part of a larger restructuring.

A new GTA Online event starts on January 22 (available through January 28).

A fire has spread through the offices of Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar North, following reports of a boiler explosion earlier today. https://bit.ly/4quEIL6

The studio announced it had formed a union, joining CWA Canada, mere weeks ago.

Deepest condolences to all the family and friends of Vince Zampella and the other person involved.

Shocking, awful news.

Naughty Dog Studio Orders Employee Overtime for ‘Intergalactic’ The Sony-owned gamemakers have been racing to hit a December deadline

NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Micron, a major manufacturer of RAM chips, says it is exiting the consumer memory business and focusing on chips used in data centers (AI)

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This comes amid a global memory supply shortage that has seen RAM prices quadruple in price

Small update for my Higher Resolution Vehicles Pack, now version 2.2, nothing major, just optimised shared textures and updated the decal for the Predator. Prepping for a bigger update on another project later.

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YouTube video by People Make Games The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members

EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".

PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...

GTABase.com on X: "At the protest, we spoke to two of the fired devs from Rockstar as a catchup form last week, as well as Fred from the @IWGB_GW. Here’s what they had to say: https://t.co/VwNaynBI5F" / X At the protest, we spoke to two of the fired devs from Rockstar as a catchup form last week, as well as Fred from the @IWGB_GW. Here’s what they had to say: https://t.co/VwNaynBI5F

Interviews with Rockstar and union workers:

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Pictures from the Rockstar protest

Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.

A demonstration for the fired Rockstar employees held in Edinburgh last week outside the front entrance of Rockstar North.

The IWGB has just announced that 220 letters, signed by Rockstar staff, have now been delivered to leadership at the company, demanding the immediate reinstatement of their fired colleagues.

YouTube video by People Make Games The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.

That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026 The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025

BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Workers and supporters including Green MSPs protesting outside Rockstar's Edinburgh offices.

The Scottish Greens stand with the dozens of workers sacked by @rockstargames.com for exercising their right to organise with @gameworkers.co.uk @iwgbunion.bsky.social

Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.

GTABase.com on X: "The protest is wrapping up. We’ve interviewed three former developers about the protest: 1/2 Q: How have you been impacted by the recent union busting? Dev 1: Two of myself and my colleagues, our lives have been completely flipped upside down. We’ve had people on paternity" / X The protest is wrapping up. We’ve interviewed three former developers about the protest: 1/2 Q: How have you been impacted by the recent union busting? Dev 1: Two of myself and my colleagues, our lives have been completely flipped upside down. We’ve had people on paternity

I covered the Rockstar North protest on the @gtabase.com Twitter.

Interviews with devs, politicians, and a union rep (incoming) - as well as pictures and videos.

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#GTAOnline Next Update is arriving on Tuesday, December 9th.

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#GTAOnline Mansions Teaser

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‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Says Fired Employees Were Leaking Information Rockstar Games terminated more than 30 people last week in an action that a labor group called “union-busting.”

NEW: Rockstar Games says the 30+ employees it fired last week were leaking confidential information, disputing allegations that the company is union-busting.

The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’

BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.

Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Amazon Makes ‘Significant’ Cuts In Video-Game Division Tech giant will reduce game development work

BREAKING: Amazon is making "significant" cuts to its video-game division, moving away from MMOs like New World, and gutting its Irvine and San Diego development studios www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

First look at the untitled AAA open world action game from Liquid Swords and teaser:

"Hope moved out. Violence pays the rent. Get comfortable."

The studio was founded in 2020 and is led by Just Cause director and Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg.

Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects

SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.

This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.

Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

'CEOs need to take a backseat:' MindsEye devs accuse studio execs of fumbling layoffs and mandating crunch Almost 100 current and former Build A Rocket Boy employees have signed an open letter containing allegations of debilitating mismanagement–and some workers are even filing legal claims.

'CEOs need to take a backseat:' MindsEye devs accuse studio execs of fumbling layoffs and mandating crunch